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Unforgiven film analysis


            
             Unforgiven is a western filmed in 1992. Clint Eastwood starred, directed, and produced the film. It takes place in the town of Big Whiskey in the late 1800's. Where the sheriff (played by Gene Hackman) is called because of two cowboys who cut up a hooker pretty bad. The owner of the bar claims it is destruction of property and the cowboys have to pay back the hookers knife wounds with horses. The hookers unsatisfied with the sheriffs judgement begin looking for a hired gun to kill the two cowboys. Eastwood (aka Munny) is found on a little old pig farm in the middle of Kansas with his two children. A young trigger happy boy who has herd tales of Eastwood's background, has come to partner up with him and collect on the hookers bounty. After refusing to go Eastwood reflects on his current situation and decides the money would be good for his children. Eastwood decides to recruit another man so he visits his old friend Ned (played by Morgan Freeman) and see if he's interested. After the three finally finish the journey to Wyoming. They arrive just after the sheriff had made on example of another hired gun, and while the three were separated Eastwood fell into a fever and was beat up by the sheriff. After a couple days of recovery the three set out to collect the reward and do what has to be done. After killing one of the cowboys Ned decides he can't go on and heads south. Later he is captured while Eastwood and the boy kill the second cowboy. The sheriff tortures him to death but not before he gives up the identity of Eastwood and the boy. Learning of His friends death Eastwood goes into town to get some revenge for his friend , and kills the sheriff and his men. .
             The theme of the movie could have been that some people can never change. In that he was a certain way and then married and his wife changed him, but a couple years after his wife's death he's chasing down his old ways.


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