Clint Eastwood in "The Witches" (aka: "Le Streghe") - Part 1

Rare Clint Eastwood segment from Italian art house movie, The Witches (1966), episode: "An Evening Like The Others", directed by Vittorio De Sica. (Part 1 of 2).

BACKGROUND:

One of Eastwood's most bizarre films, "The Witches" was basically a showcase for producer Dino De Laurentiis's wife, Silvana Mangano, who, having been absent from the screen for several years, had hoped to make a striking comeback in this lavish fantasy filmed in Italy.

Clint plays the straight-laced husband of Magnano in the last of the five short stories that constitute the film. His episode, titled "An Evening Like The Others", was directed by Vittorio De Sica, who had earlier triumphed with neo-realist masterpieces like "The Bicycle Thief".

"The Witches", however, proved to be too offbeat to find an audience, and didn't even find an American distributor until the late-60s, when United Artists released it sporadically to a few art houses and then shelved it. It remains a real curio, with Eastwood trying light comedy as a mild-mannered banker forced to compete with comic-book characters for the love of his bored wife. He would never play such an 'unClint-like' role again!

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[Stony03]

I can't find it on DVD either. I caught it on tv a few years ago.

[TopManR91]

Look Clint EastWood before and now on Gran Torino . Everybody have the end and will have the end... Life !

[ptjkane]

@Stony03

there's a clue in my poem,

now dont get it wrong,

DVD may be available,

on I offer dot com........;-)

that's where I got it!!!!Good luck!!!

[MrLunitunz]

His hairstyle was pretty weird

[soledestate]

@Stony03 Ypu can find it in Italian as is an Italian movie.

Search on goole the web Italia-film, the film is there but in Italian.

[Paul68595]

I was fortunate to capture this film on the premium cable channel "FLIX". I recorded it on vhs. Which I then transferred recently to DVD-R. Surprisingly a good quality picture & Hi-Fi Sound. The only draw back I have with the copy I have is that they aired it in "FULL-SCREEN" mode. Which I hate full screen. And yes I too thought this was an odd strange Art-House Film when I first saw it on FLIX. Too bad it's not available to buy on dvd. Also Amazon.com has a listing 4 the soundtrack on CD.2009

[myryckyz]

Silvana Mangano was a sexy and good actress best known for her roles in Vittorio De Sica's Bitter Rice and Death of Venice directed by the great Luchino Visconti.

[Swingguido]

This film is not as bizarre as they say, there is a german synchro version as well from the sixties, so this film seemed to be successfull for export......................

greetings from bavaria

[inchchua]

its bizarre, but i like it thou. :)

[annesentex]

Merci j'avais vu le film il y a des années et j'en avais un beau souvenir mais je n'arrive pas à le trouver en dvd

[BunchofMovieVideos]

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