In Clint Eastwood's acclaimed Western, Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), a sadistic, dictatorial sheriff, enforces gun control on a tiny frontier town, doling out his own brand of due process as he sees fit. When he denies justice to the prostitutes of the town brothel, one of whom has been slashed by a client, the women hire Bill Munny (Eastwood), a reformed gunslinger, to gain vengeance. However, Munny must contend with his new moral code in the face of revisiting the life he left behind. Eastwood's directorial masterpiece also stars Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris.

Clint Eastwood's tenth western and sixteenth directorial effort explores the darker side of the myths of the old west. When retired gunslinger Bill Munny accepts a $500 offer to shoot two men who viciously knifed a prostitute, he discovers just how difficult it is to escape his past as a notorious outlaw.

Filmed in Brooks, Drumheller, Stettler, and Longview, Alberta, Canada, and Sonora California. Shot in Panavision using Technicolor.

Eastwood dedicated UNFORGIVEN "to Sergio [Leone] and Don [Siegel]," two directors who served as his most important mentors.

Released theatrically in the USA August 7, 1992.

Named to the "Top Ten" lists of 243 film critics.

Available to buy in the UK (widescreen version).

Clint Eastwood was awarded the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award at the March 27, 1995, Academy Award Ceremonies. It was presented to him by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Excerpt: "I ain't like that no more."--Bill Munny (Clint Eastwood)

HD-DVD Features:

Elite Red HD Case
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French (Quebec)
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 2.0 - Latin Spanish
Subtitles - English SDH, English, French, Latin Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
Commentaries - 1. Richard Schickel - Biographer of Clint Eastwood
Featurettes - 1. MAVERICK Episode: "Duel at Sundown"
2. Documentaries
a. "All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger"
b. "Eastwood & Co.: Making UNFORGIVEN"
c. "Eastwood...A Star"
d. "Eastwood on Eastwood"

Distributor Notes: Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey. Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper, a colorful killer-for-hire called English Bob. And Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Gene Hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless.

Source: Warner Home Video

Clint Eastwood: American actor/director, THE GOOD, THE BAD.../UNFORGIVEN
Gene Hackman: American Actor
Morgan Freeman: American Actor
Richard Harris: Irish actor, THIS SPORTING LIFE/GLADIATOR
Jaimz Woolvett: American Supporting Actor
Frances Fisher: American Actress

Clint Eastwood: American actor/director, THE GOOD, THE BAD.../UNFORGIVEN

Clint Eastwood: American actor/director, THE GOOD, THE BAD.../UNFORGIVEN

David Peoples: 

Lennie Niehaus: 

Joel Cox: Editor, MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)

"...Time has been good to Clint Eastwood....The cast is splendid..."
"...The film is full of sly or amusing touches....Deftly placed emotional moments..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
"...Engaging....Enjoy it for the handsome wide-screen vistas, the interplay of the actors, the classical sweep of its story line..."
"...The screenplay by David Webb Peoples has dialogue as spare and evocative as Hemingway..."
"Eastwood's a true icon..."
"[An] intense, complex meditation on the corrupting nature of violence."