The following year, his former boss Howard Polk, a ranch owner, hires him to travel to Mexico City and bring Howard's 15-year-old son, Rafo, to live with him.

It received mixed reviews, with its visuals and score receiving praise while the screenplay was targeted for criticism Eastwood's performance drew polarized responses.īy 1979, Texan rodeo star Mike Milo has retired due to a severe back injury. It underperformed at the box office, grossing $16 million against a $33 million budget. Pictures with a simultaneous 31-day release on the HBO Max streaming service. It was theatrically released in the United States on Septemby Warner Bros. Ruddy, Tim Moore, and Jessica Meier.Ĭry Macho was filmed in the state of New Mexico Ben Davis was the cinematographer, Mark Mancina was the composer, and Joel and David Cox were the editors.

In 2020, Eastwood's adaptation was announced he produced the film with Albert S. Most notably, Arnold Schwarzenegger came on board to star in 2011 but canceled after a scandal. There were many attempts to adapt Nash's novel into a film over the years. It stars Eastwood as a former rodeo star hired to reunite a young boy (Eduardo Minett) in Mexico with his father ( Dwight Yoakam) in the United States. Richard Nash, based on Nash's 1975 novel. Cry Macho is a 2021 American neo-Western drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Nick Schenk and the late N.

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