Firefox Was Clint Eastwood's Only Attempt At Making A Blockbuster Series

Clint Eastwood fronted the 1982 action film Firefox in 1982, which was the sole time he attempted to make a classic summer blockbuster series.

Firefox was the first and sole attempt to develop an effects-driven blockbuster for himself. 

 Westerns were in fashion at the time Eastwood made his debut in his film career at the end of the 1950s.

In fact Eastwood was so down about one of his early films Ambush on Cimarron Pass

which he later called as the “lousiest” Western ever made and he was contemplating giving up on the business

 Eastwood eventually came his trademark style to the screen with the Dollars trilogy, as well as other thrillers like Dirty Harry.

In the early ’70s, Eastwood stuck with either Westerns or action thrillers such as The Gauntlet from 1977.

The Gauntlet. Eastwood also attempted to make a Bond-style spy film by releasing The Eiger Sanction in 1975 However,

, the style of films began to change during the decade. 

The enormous success enjoyed by Jaws as well as Star Wars saw studios moving towards action blockbusters with more effects.

The enormous success enjoyed by Jaws as well as Star Wars saw studios moving towards action blockbusters with more effects.

The title Firefox is inaccessible to radar, and its weapons system is controlled solely by the brain of its pilot.

 The second part is an action scene in which Eastwood’s Gant escapes on the amazing-looking aircraft while being under the sway of Soviet forces.

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