Overview

• Shawn Levy’s authorized biography "Clint: The Man and the Movies" hit shelves July 1 as the most comprehensive portrait of Eastwood’s seven-decade career.
• The book chronicles his journey from Rawhide television roles to Oscar-winning filmmaker with interviews from Eastwood and his contemporaries.
• Levy highlights Eastwood’s unwavering small-government libertarian philosophy and examines how cultural shifts have recast his public image.
• It delves into his private life by detailing marriages, long-term partnerships, extramarital affairs and his responsibilities as a father to eight children.
• The biography offers a critical reassessment of his film work by scrutinizing contentious portrayals, including the depiction of journalist Kathy Scruggs in Richard Jewell.