"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Clint Eastwood set a new personal best at the North American box office on Sunday as " Gran Torino " sped to No. 1, hoping to grab the attention of Oscar voters a day before nominations ballots are due. The light drama, in which the 78-year-old actor/director plays a grumpy old man who takes on some neighborhood thugs Dirty Harry-style, earned $29 million during the three days beginning Friday, distributor Warner Bros . Pictures said. Eastwood's previous best weekend was " Space Cowboys " with $18 million in 2000."
- Reuters
Obviously there's only one way to measure one's "personal best" and "best weekend": $.
Clearly things like personal satisfaction, quality, or love, are worth nothing. Anybody can claim those! No, you need a number so you can keep score of how you beat the others!
(Um, that was sarcasm.)
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Anyway, it's pretty amazing that such a veteran is still working, not to mention at the top of his game, at 78! Most other stars who've been in the game for many decades are barely clinging on with bit parts in other people's movies.
Seventy-eight! Holy cow. Most people I know at that age barely have the energy to take out the garbage.
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Most people I know at that age barely have the energy to take out the garbage.
Europeans must be pussies. :)
No no, most people I know are Americans. All the *European* octogenarians I know are climbing mountains and winning business awards.
I have plenty of energy. I'm just really, really lazy.
Heh, I am 78, still working part-time as a handyman, go to a fitness center several times a week at a senior center in Baltimore with other "seniors". I could use some help with the garbage however.
"I have plenty of energy. I'm just really, really lazy."
Funny. I'm just the opposite.
How many 70+ Americans are there living in your neck of the woods? I can't see northern England as being my first choice as a retirement destination.
This seems to have wandered from the topic of Clint's best....
Clint is still doing whatever made him famous in the 'spaghetti westerns' that first made him famous. And how hard can it be, spending your whole life pretending to be somebody else? A fictitious somebody at that.
Well, many try without success.
"How many 70+ Americans are there living in your neck of the woods?"
Ah you caught me, I was being facetious.
Jean-Paul Belmondo, 75, is coming out on the 14th with a new film. He had a serious vascular accident 7 years ago, is still under reeducation. It's a style he never tried, psychological drama, about a guy who finds himself on the street.
Just to defend *Europeans* :-)
How many tickets sold?
Was that in adjusted dollars?
And how hard can it be, spending your whole life pretending to be somebody else? A fictitious somebody at that.
What a stupid thing to say. A professional in anything makes it look easy.
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