This article is about the 1992 film. For other uses, see Unforgiven (disambiguation). For the 1960 film, see The Unforgiven (film)
Unforgiven is a
1992 Western film which was produced and directed by
Clint Eastwood with the screenplay written by
David Webb Peoples. The film tells the story of
William Munny, an aging and retired
gunslinger who takes on one more job years after he had hung up his guns and turned to farming. A dark Western that deals frankly with the uglier aspects of violence and the myth of the
Old West, it stars Eastwood in the lead role, along with
Gene Hackman,
Morgan Freeman,
Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett,
Saul Rubinek and
Frances Fisher.
Eastwood dedicated the movie to former directors and mentors
Don Siegel and
Sergio Leone. The film won four
Academy Awards including
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Hackman),
Best Director,
Best Film Editing and
Best Picture.
Unforgiven was inducted into the
United States National Film Registry in 2004.
In June 2008,
AFI revealed its "
Ten Top Ten, "the best ten films in ten "classic"
American film genres after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community.
Unforgiven was acknowledged as the fourth best film in the western genre.