The Eiger Sanction (1975)

About this episode

The episode discusses Clint Eastwood's unique and entertaining film 'The Eiger Sanction', exploring its themes and memorable moments.

It's time for Clint Eastwood's James Bond mountain climbing movie. In honor of Clint turning 95 join the cinephiles for one of the most unique, entertaining and un-PC movies he ever made. It's a spy movie, it's an adventure movie, it's a racy drama (literally), it's a man vs nature epic survival story. It's Clint giving the funniest one-liners of his career with a host of colorful characters, spectacular locations, death-defying stunts and a dog named, well we'll let you find out. Come have some 70's fun which would never be allowed today as Clint searches for the bad guys, seduces the ladies, contends with Mr. Dragon and takes George Kennedy up on top of the Totem Pole for a beer. Ladies and Gentlemen....we bring you The Eiger Sanction!

People in this episode

Host: Dirty Rotten Cinephiles

Topics covered

• Clint Eastwood
• spy movie
• adventure movie
• 70's cinema
• mountain climbing
• epic survival story

Keywords

• Clint Eastwood
• The Eiger Sanction
• spy movie
• adventure
• 70's film
• mountain climbing
• survival story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Eiger Sanction

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