This award was presented to Eastwood a few months before the Cannes Film Fest launches. The statement about Eastwood said was “the talent of a grand master at the summit of his craft.” Jacob said it also was a “testimony of my admiration and a quarter-century of complicity.”
Eastwood will next bring the Nelson Mandela story to the big screen with Morgan Freeman in the lead. Freeman is starring with Eastwood for the third time. The first two films, Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby, both won Best Picture. This is what is going to bring the Oscar chatter to a fevered pitch. One must only remember Munich to see how “on paper” Oscar favorites are as hit and miss as any other.