Overview

• Clint: The Man and the Movies was released July 1 by HarperCollins and Mariner Books as the first single-volume life of Clint Eastwood covering his seven-decade career.
• The book reframes Eastwood’s public image by highlighting his lifelong small-government libertarian stance as distinct from standard conservative labels.
• Leveraging Eastwood’s own words, Levy details the actor-director’s serial affairs during his 31-year marriage to Maggie Johnson, which Eastwood likened to an “addictive … like you have to have another cigarette” habit.
• The biography maps Eastwood’s blended family, documenting eight known children with six women and tracing evolving relationships across generations.
• Levy also scrutinizes Eastwood’s portrayal of journalist Kathy Scruggs in Richard Jewell, arguing the film understates her lingering remorse and sparks broader questions about media accountability.