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Article: Commitment according to Eastwood and Redford.(Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford)
- Article from:
- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- April 1, 1999
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Being an avid reader and movie buff, I was initially reluctant to read two recent bestsellers, The Bridges of Madison County and The Horse Whisperer, or see their movie adaptations. I read book and movie reviews, which described them as romantic soap operas, a hodgepodge recycling of old movies and bad books appealing only to love-starved individuals. However, my interest remained high due to their continued popularity, and because two of my favorite actors, Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford, agreed to direct and star in the film version of each novel, respectively.
After reading both books and seeing both movies, I was amazed at the similarities between them. At ...