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'''Malpaso Productions''', originally known as '''The Malpaso Company''', is [[Clint Eastwood]]'s [[production company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/clint-eastwood|title=Clint Eastwood|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> It was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser [[Irving Leonard (financial adviser)|Irving Leonard]] for the film ''[[Hang 'Em High]]'', using profits from the [[Dollars Trilogy]]. Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company until his death on December 13, 1969. |
'''Malpaso Productions''', originally known as '''The Malpaso Company''', is [[Clint Eastwood]]'s [[production company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/clint-eastwood|title=Clint Eastwood|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> It was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser [[Irving Leonard (financial adviser)|Irving Leonard]] for the film ''[[Hang 'Em High]]'', using profits from the [[Dollars Trilogy]]. Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company until his death on December 13, 1969. |
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The name is derived from [[Malpaso Creek]] (Spanish for "bad step", or "bad crossing"), located south of [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]]. Eastwood had received U.S. Army basic training at nearby [[Fort Ord]], where he remained as a lifeguard until discharged in 1953.<ref>{{cite web |title=Military People |url=https://www.militaryhub.com/military-people?id=35 |website=www.militaryhub.com |accessdate=1 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref> On December 24, 1967, Eastwood bought {{convert|100|acre}} of land along Malpaso Creek from Charles Sawyer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mutual Water Company Subscription Agreement - Victorine Ranch Mutual Water Company |url=http://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/victorine/mutual-water-company-subscription-agreement.pdf |accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> The creek has very steep side slopes and had only one crossing (a ford only {{convert|10|feet}} above sea level) until 1935, when the Malpaso Creek Bridge was constructed for Highway 1. |
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== Founding == |
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⚫ | When Eastwood agreed to take the role of the [[Man with No Name]] beginning in 1964, his agent told him that it would be a "bad step" for his career. The [[Dollars Trilogy]] were surprisingly successful. After filming ''[[Where Eagles Dare]] in 1968 and the musical [[Paint Your Wagon (film)|Paint Your Wagon]], Eastwood grew irritated about the money wasted during these big productions. He wanted more creative control over his movies and decided to form his own production company. He thought the choice of "Malpaso" was an appropriately ironic choice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clint Eastwood|publisher=The Biography Channel|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/53:172/2/Clint_Eastwood.htm|accessdate=June 11, 2008|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216002011/http://thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/53%3A172/2/Clint_Eastwood.htm|archivedate=February 16, 2009|df=}}</ref> |
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Eastwood is known for very tight [[shooting schedule]]s, finishing his movies on schedule and on budget, or earlier and under budget, typically in much less time than most production companies.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford History of World Cinema|pages=472–473|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|author=Edward Buscombe}}</ref> |
Eastwood is known for very tight [[shooting schedule]]s, finishing his movies on schedule and on budget, or earlier and under budget, typically in much less time than most production companies.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford History of World Cinema|pages=472–473|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|author=Edward Buscombe}}</ref> |
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Film |
Founder | Clint Eastwood Irving Leonard |
Headquarters | United States, |
Key people | Clint Eastwood Robert Lorenz David Valdes Fritz Manes Robert Daley Keith Dillin |
Products | Motion pictures |
Services | Film production |
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Malpaso Productions, originally known as The Malpaso Company, is Clint Eastwood's production company.[1] It was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High, using profits from the Dollars Trilogy. Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company until his death on December 13, 1969.
Name origins
The name is derived from Malpaso Creek (Spanish for "bad step", or "bad crossing"), located south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Eastwood had received U.S. Army basic training at nearby Fort Ord, where he remained as a lifeguard until discharged in 1953.[2] On December 24, 1967, Eastwood bought 100 acres (40 ha) of land along Malpaso Creek from Charles Sawyer.[3] The creek has very steep side slopes and had only one crossing (a ford only 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level) until 1935, when the Malpaso Creek Bridge was constructed for Highway 1.
Founding
When Eastwood agreed to take the role of the Man with No Name beginning in 1964, his agent told him that it would be a "bad step" for his career. The Dollars Trilogy were surprisingly successful. After filming Where Eagles Dare in 1968 and the musical Paint Your Wagon, Eastwood grew irritated about the money wasted during these big productions. He wanted more creative control over his movies and decided to form his own production company. He thought the choice of "Malpaso" was an appropriately ironic choice.[4]
Eastwood is known for very tight shooting schedules, finishing his movies on schedule and on budget, or earlier and under budget, typically in much less time than most production companies.[5]
Filmography
The Malpaso Company
- Hang 'Em High (1968)
- Coogan's Bluff (1968)
- Paint Your Wagon (Top Production Billing went to Alan Jay Lerner Productions) (1969)
- Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
- The Beguiled (1971)
- Play Misty for Me (1971)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- Joe Kidd (1972)
- High Plains Drifter (1973)
- Breezy (1973)
- Magnum Force (1973)
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
- The Eiger Sanction (1975)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- The Enforcer (1976)
- The Gauntlet (1977)
- Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
- Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Any Which Way You Can (1980)
- Firefox (1982)
- Honkytonk Man (1982)
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- Tightrope (1984)
- City Heat (1984)
- Pale Rider (1985)
- Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
- Ratboy (1986)
- Bird (1988)
Malpaso Productions
- The Dead Pool (1988)
- Pink Cadillac (1989)
- White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
- The Rookie (1990)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- A Perfect World (1993)
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995 with Amblin Entertainment)
- The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1997)
- Absolute Power (1997)
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
- True Crime (1999, with The Zanuck Company)
- Space Cowboys (2000, with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures)
- Blood Work (2002)
- Mystic River (2003, with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004, with Warner Bros. Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment)
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006, with Warner Bros. Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006, with Warner Bros. Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment)
- Rails & Ties (2007)
- Changeling (2008, with Universal Pictures, Relativity Media and Imagine Entertainment)
- Gran Torino (2008, with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures)
- Invictus (2009, with Warner Bros. Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
- Hereafter (2010, with Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company)
- J. Edgar (2011, with Warner Bros. Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Wintergreen Productions)
- Trouble with the Curve (2012)
- Jersey Boys (2014, with Warner Bros. Pictures, GK Films and RatPac Entertainment)
- American Sniper (2014, with Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and RatPac Entertainment)
- Sully (2016), with Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac Entertainment, BBC Films, FilmNation Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company)
- The 15:17 to Paris (2018)
References
- ^ "Clint Eastwood". Variety.
- ^ "Military People". www.militaryhub.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Mutual Water Company Subscription Agreement - Victorine Ranch Mutual Water Company" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Clint Eastwood". The Biography Channel. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
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