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What was the name of the final Dirty Harry movie which starred Clint Eastwood as the vigilante cop?

What was the name of the final Dirty Harry movie which starred Clint Eastwood as the vigilante cop?

What was the name of the final Dirty Harry movie which starred Clint Eastwood as the vigilante cop?
1. Hollywood actor-director Clint Eastwood, who turned 80 on May 31, won the Academy Award for best director for two films. Which among these films was he nominated for but failed to win?
Unforgiven (1992)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
 
The film, based on non-fiction books Gyokusai so-shikikan no etegami (Picture Letters From The Commander-in-Chief) by General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (portrayed on screen by Ken Watanabe) and So Sad To Fall In Battle: An Account Of War by Kumiko Kakehashi about the Battle of Iwo Jima, was co-produced by Eastwood. The film is almost entirely in Japanese.
 
2. Which film marked the directorial debut of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood?
Play Misty for Me (1971)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Pale Rider (1985)
 
Eastwood directed and starred in the American psychological thriller film, which also stars Jessica Walter, in the role of Evelyn Draper, an obsessed female fan of David 'Dave' Garver (Eastwood), a radio jockey. The title comes from Draper's habit of phoning in to Garver's radio show and asking him to play the classic Erroll Garner ballad 'Misty'.
 
3. Which United States political leader honoured Clint Eastwood recently with the arts and humanities awards at the White House?
President Barack Obama
Secretary of state Hillary Clinton
Ex-president George W Bush
 

Obama called Eastwood's films “essays in individuality” and said his career had "helped to mark the landscape of American culture for decades". The actor-director had received a medal from the US president in February this year.

4. Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood was last year made the honorary mascot of a French soccer team? Which team are we talking about?
Olympique de Marseille
Girondins de Bordeaux
Olympique Lyonnais
 
In October last year, Eastwood was in Lyon to receive an award at the first Lyon film festival. He was presented with a Lyon jersey with his name emblazoned on the back.
 
5. What was the name of the final Dirty Harry movie which starred Eastwood as the vigilante cop?
The Enforcer
Sudden Impact
The Dead Pool
 
The 1988 film, directed by Buddy Van Horn, was not a commercial success. After The Dead Pool, Eastwood refused to reprise the character, believing that his age would make Harry a parody. The other films in the Dirty Harry series were Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), and Sudden Impact (1983).
 
6. Who directed the classic independent American film Easy Rider (1969), which helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the late 1960s?
Clint Eastwood
Dennis Hopper
Woody Allen
 
Hopper, 74, who died from complications resulting from prostate cancer on May 29, 2010, also starred in the cult classic. He wrote the script with co-star Peter Fonda, with the pair playing pot-smoking bikers on a cross-country trip. At the Academy Awards, the film was also nominated for best writing, story, and screenplay based on material not previously published or produced.
 
7. In which film did Hollywood veteran Dennis Hopper, who died on May 29, play a crazed photojournalist?
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Easy Rider (1969)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
 
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now is a harrowing Vietnam War drama. According to the DVD commentary of Redux, the journalist is supposed to be based on a real-life photographer who went missing in Vietnam in 1966.
 
8. In The Last Movie (1971), what was the name of the character of the horse wrangler played by Dennis Hopper?
California
Kansas
Oklahoma
 
The Last Movie was written and directed by Hopper. Despite winning a prize at the Venice film festival, Hopper's pet project was a bomb and derailed his career for several years. Hopper said the film — the story of the impact a Hollywood movie company has on the inhabitants of a Peruvian village — was filmed during "one long sex and drug orgy". The film also starred Peter Fonda, Henry Jaglom, and Michelle Phillips.
 
9. In which film did Dennis Hopper play an alcoholic high-school basketball coach, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination?
Hoosiers (1986)
Colors (1988)
Speed (1994)
 
Hoosiers was ranked number 13 by the American Film Institute on its 100 Years... 100 Cheers list of most inspirational films. The film is based on the true story of a small-town Indiana team that made the state finals in 1954. It showcases the attempts of a coach and a basketball-loving drunk to lead their high-school team to victory. In 2001, Hoosiers was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film was written by Angelo Pizzo.
 
10. What role did Dennis Hopper play in the 1986 surrealistic film Blue Velvet?
A gangster
A deranged villain
A small-town rapist and sadist
 
Hopper’s character Frank Booth is considered to be the best acting performance of his career. The film, directed by David Lynch, saw Hopper huffing aerosol gas through a medical mask. The title, Blue Velvet, is taken from the 1963 Bobby Vinton song of the same name.

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