In the Line of Fire

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After Cliffhanger at four, number three was In the Line of Fire.

And it's-

Yeah, never saw it.

It, y- you know, it depends on, like, your age and how old you are and how long you've been watching their movies and stuff, whether or not, um...

Like, Malkovich, I think the best I ever saw Malkovich was in a movie called In the Line of Fire.

Oh, he was awesome as the bad guy.

He was an as- he was trying to assassinate the president, and Clint Eastwood was a Secret Service guy trying to stop him, but he's great as a creepy bad guy.

Big, big companies who are concerned, like Warners, had it, and they were, they have five or six huge movies.

They opened us up against Schindler's List, uh, The Fugitive, uh, In Line of Fire, In the Name of the Father, and then The Remains of the Day.

Of course we're gonna get lost-

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Today we're going to review In the Line of Fire.

In the Line of Fire, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, is a gripping thriller that combines elements of crime, drama and action to deliver a compelling narrative.

Released in 1993, the film stars Clint Eastwood as Frank Horrigan, a seasoned Secret Service agent haunted by his failure to protect President John F. Kennedy on that fateful day in November 1963.

Now, 30 years later, Horrigan is given a chance at redemption when he uncovers a plot to assassinate the current president, played by Jim Curley, who is running for re-election.

Peterson's direction ensures that the plot unfolds with precision, maintaining suspense throughout.

The film's climax is both thrilling and logical, providing a satisfying conclusion to the cat-and-mouse game between Horrigan and Leary.

In the Line of Fire is not just about action and stunts, it is a smart thriller that delves into the psychology of its characters.

The film explores themes of redemption, guilt, and the complexities of human nature.

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Enemy Mine, In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm.

So he started it, but he left when Warner Brothers offered him Batman versus Superman in 2002.

Oh.

Actually, two fictional.

One was the same director, In the Line of Fire and Air Force One.

And then I did Lincoln.

and Reagan, but Jerry Parr was actually a consultant on In the Line of Fire.

And we shot, I think, as near to the White House as any other film had ever done, probably because Clint Eastwood.

And we got a private tour of the White House.

And, and me, uh, and, and Trevor Donovan and I got to ad lib a little bit there.

I saw one of your interviews where you mentioned my, my giddy up and I thought that was a nice little, little, uh, little thing, but it was, uh, I also thought it hopefully brought some levity, and there were definitely a lot of humorous moments, right? And Dennis himself brought so much of his natural humor.

um owing to clint eastwood's age and my age being 44 years younger than him i didn't my first clint eastwood film the first one that i ever saw in theaters is actually unforgiven which is crazy because i was already a big fan of his but i didn't see the deadpool in theaters i would have been too young nobody was going to take me to heartbreak ridge in 86 i didn't see pink cadillac or white hunter blackheart i intended to see the rookie in theaters but the new york papers fucking trashed it to such an extent that I said well there's no point it's one star across the board and these are not critics that had an axe to grind with Clint Eastwood as some you know going back to the 70s Judith Crist and to some extent Pauline Kael just couldn't stand him Rex Reed didn't like him and then all of a sudden in the late 80s had a bit of a come to Jesus and then he became a fan of Clint for the rest of his career never understood Rex's turn he didn't like him and then suddenly you know I was wrong this guy is phenomenal whatever And so I saw Unforgiven in theaters, incredible, was so happy that he won Best Picture and Best Director.

And in 93, arguably had an even better year, depending on how you look at it, because he starred in In the Line of Fire, was not involved in the production, he was just a hired gun.

And I've talked about the torturous path and the circuitous path that Clint even took to get into that movie.

He only got in because of Unforgiven and the buzz that built on Unforgiven in the months leading up to its release.

In the line of fire, I saw on its opening day, I saw Unforgiven on its opening day of August 7th, 1992.

So in the line of fire, its opening day with my father, because I saw Unforgiven alone on July 9th, 1993. loved unforgiven loved in the line of fire just as much and then my dad and i saw in november of 93 clint's film with kevin costner a perfect world and i love that movie too i thought that film was a masterpiece just a great great movie and i know that that clinton costner had a little they had a couple There were a couple of issues on set.

Costner was taking too long.

This one day it took forever to get out of his trailer and Clint said, don't worry about it, we'll shoot around him, whatever.