Two Mules for Sister Sara
Summary
One ofClint Eastwood’sleast spill the beans about Westerns is also his funniest outing in the genre . Eastwood spent years on Western seriesRawhide , before accidentally becoming a CRT screen ikon when he signed on for a grim - budget Italian film calledA Fistful of Dollars . This 1964 moving picture redefined the genre , and go down the template for the Spaghetti Westerns that followed . Eastwood exitedSergio Leone’sDollarstrilogyas an exciting new conduct man , and became one of the last movie stars to make his name with Westerns .
Throughout his American movies in the 1960s and seventies , he would return for an " Oater " in between more contemporary projects like theDirty Harrymovies . He may have fronted less than 20 Westerns during his life history , but it ’s a case of timber over measure . Some of the most famousClint Eastwood WesternsincludeHigh Plains Drifter , The Outlaw Josey Walesand , of course , Unforgiven , his final offer in the music genre . Dotted among those classics are lesser sung efforts , including his first American moving picture as a lead , Hang ' Em high-pitched .
The 1980s was a tough decade for western following a notorious boxful - office turkey , but Clint Eastwood before long twit in on a white horse to save them .
Two Mules For Sister Sara Is Clint Eastwood’s Funniest Western
Two Mules was a buddy comedy before that subgenre even existed
Of all the Clint Westerns from this stop , Two Mules for Sister Sarais easily the one with the most zingers and quip .
There are also Eastwood Westerns that have slipped through the cracks of time . 1972’sJoe Kiddis a fair to middling timewaster , but it ’s far from crucial . Another forgotten Clint isTwo Mules for Sister Sara , where his soldier of fortune attach to the titulary nun buoy ( Shirley MacLaine ) across Mexico . They curve up in various trigger-happy mishap , and eventually a romance rear its head . Two Mules for Sister Sarais seldom talked about now , though in contrast to most Clint Westerns , it ’s the lightestand breeziest of the bunch .
Most of Eastwood ’s outings in the genre are dark , violent affairs . The Outlaw Josey Waleshas great one - liners , but it ’s still an anti - war film about a human being avenging his bump off family . Two Mules for Sister Saraplays like a variant on the 48 HRS - style buddy filmbeforethat subgenre really exist . They do n’t share much romantic chemistry , but Eastwood and MacLaine make for a win comedic duo , and the film is at its best when it ’s focusing on them and not the wider story .
Eastwood is playing a more relaxed take on The Man with No Name , complete with his inclination to fume cigars or having no issue shooting people in the back . There ’s also a sport ( if predictable ) third act twist postulate MacLaine ’s Sara , but once the final setpiece rush in , it gets a little ho-hum . Still , of all the Clint Westerns from this period , Two Mules for Sister Sarais easily the one with the most zinger and quip .
Eastwood first offeredTwo Mules for Sister Sarato Elizabeth Taylor , the then - married woman of hisWhere Eagles Dareco - star Richard Burton .
Two Mules Marked A Quiet Turning Point In Clint’s Career
Eastwood was still working on his movie stardom when Two Mules for Sister Sara arrived
Eastwood has been a major wizard for so long , it might be hard for younger witness to hark back a sentence when he wasn’t . Clint was still climbing the Hollywood ladder whenTwo Mules for Sister Sarawas issue , which is why he is billed secondafterShirley MacLaineon the notice and the credits . Moving forward , Eastwood ’s name would ( almost ) always be first in the credits , regardless of who he was star alongside . This even includesThe Bridges of Madison County , where he asterisk alongside none other than Meryl Streep .
One of the few exceptions to this star charge rule is 1993’sA Perfect World , where Kevin Costner ’s name comes first since he has far more screentime than Eastwood .
Two Mules for Sister Sarafound the covert legend at an interesting shoes in his career , with the Siegel - directedDirty Harrytaking his fame to a whole dissimilar degree the very next class . The Eastwood inTwo Mulesis a less refined take on his usual screen part , and one who is totally unforced to permit his co - leading outshine himduring their scene . He still get to flash plenty of people and throw out dynamite , however .
Why Two Mules For Sister Sara Is Largely Forgotten
This Clint adventure ranks low in his Western filmography
Two Mules for Sister Saraperformed fine financially , but it was n’t a smash hit . Reviews were interracial , and on any ranking of Clint or Shirley MacLaine ’s near motion-picture show , it ’s not going to score very high . Two Mules for Sister Sarais a sport adventure with a pair of on-key movie stars , but it is quite disposableand fluffy too .
The film also arrived in between Eastwood’sDollarfilms and just beforeDirty Harry , so in the timeline of his career , Two Mulesgot lost in the shuffling . That ’s not to say it is n’t deserving seeking out , but it ’s no lost masterpiece . Two Mules for Sister Sarais still Clint ’s funniest Western adventure , and one of his least conventional .
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