# Malpaso Productions

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Malpaso Productions is Clint Eastwood's production company. It was established in 1967 as The Malpaso Company by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High (1968), using profits from the Dollars Trilogy. Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company until his death on December 13, 1969.

## Name origins

The name is derived from Malpaso Creek (Spanish for "bad step", or "misstep"), located south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Eastwood had received U.S. Army basic training at nearby Fort Ord, where he remained as a lifeguard until discharged in 1953. On December 24, 1967, Eastwood bought five parcels totaling 283 acres (115 ha) of land along Malpaso Creek from Charles Sawyer. He later added more land until he owned 650 acres (260 ha). The land bordered the south bank of Malpaso Creek from the eastern side of Highway 1 to the coastal ridge. He sold it to Monterey County in 1995 for $3.08 million. Near the coast, a trail and later a road ran from Carmel to Big Sur during the 1800s. The creek has very steep side slopes and there was only one crossing (a ford only 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level) until the Malpaso Creek Bridge was built in 1935 as part of Highway 1.

## Founding

When Eastwood agreed to take the role of The Man with No Name in A Fistful of Dollars in 1964, his agent told him that it would be a "bad step" for his career. The Dollars Trilogy was surprisingly successful. After filming Where Eagles Dare in 1968, Eastwood grew annoyed about the money he considered wasted during these big productions. He wanted more creative control over his films and decided to form his own production company. He thought the choice of "Malpaso" was appropriate.
Irving Leonard, Eastwood's financial adviser, organized the company for Eastwood following the success of and using the earnings from the Dollars Trilogy. The first feature they produced was the 1968 film Hang 'Em High. Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company and associate producer of Eastwood's films from Hang 'Em High until his death in 1969.
Eastwood is known for very tight shooting schedules, finishing his films on schedule and on budget, or earlier and under budget, typically in much less time than most production companies.
Few film production companies such as Malpaso Productions have been involved with one studio for releasing its motion pictures. Warner Bros. Pictures has served as the distributor of many of Clint Eastwood's produced, directed and starred films, a relationship that has lasted for nearly half a century and resulted in more than 40 features.

## Filmography
### 1960s

| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Names | Notes |
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High | Ted Post | United Artists | The Malpaso Company | co-production with Leonard Freeman Productions; first film |
| 1968 | Coogan's Bluff | Don Siegel | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1969 | Paint Your Wagon | Joshua Logan | Paramount Pictures | The Malpaso Company | top production billing went to Alan Jay Lerner Productions |

### 1970s

| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Names | Notes |
| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara | Don Siegel | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | co-production with Sanen Productions |
| 1971 | The Beguiled | Don Siegel | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | co-production with Jennings Lang Productions |
| 1971 | Play Misty for Me | Clint Eastwood | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | co-production with Jennings Lang Productions |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | Don Siegel | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1972 | Joe Kidd | John Sturges | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1973 | High Plains Drifter | Clint Eastwood | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1973 | Breezy | Clint Eastwood | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1973 | Magnum Force | Ted Post | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Michael Cimino | United Artists | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1975 | The Eiger Sanction | Clint Eastwood | Universal Pictures | The Malpaso Company | co-production with Zanuck/Brown Productions |
| 1976 | The Outlaw Josey Wales | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1976 | The Enforcer | James Fargo | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1977 | The Gauntlet | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1978 | Every Which Way But Loose | James Fargo | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Don Siegel | Paramount Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |

### 1980s

| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Names | Notes |
| 1980 | Any Which Way You Can | Buddy Van Horn | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1982 | Firefox | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1982 | Honkytonk Man | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1983 | Sudden Impact | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1984 | Tightrope | Richard Tuggle | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | uncredited scenes directed by Clint Eastwood |
| 1984 | City Heat | Richard Benjamin | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1985 | Pale Rider | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1986 | Heartbreak Ridge | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1986 | Ratboy | Sondra Locke | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1988 | The Dead Pool | Buddy Van Horn | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 1988 | Bird | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | The Malpaso Company | |
| 1988 | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | Charlotte Zwerin | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac | Buddy Van Horn | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |

### 1990s

| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Names | Notes |
| 1990 | White Hunter, Black Heart | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 1990 | The Rookie | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 1993 | A Perfect World | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Mark Johnson Productions |
| 1995 | The Bridges of Madison County | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Amblin Entertainment |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | James Keach | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Clint Eastwood | Sony Pictures Releasing | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment |
| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Silver Pictures |
| 1999 | True Crime | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with The Zanuck Company |

### 2000s

| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Names | Notes |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Mad Chance Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures and Clipsal Films |
| 2002 | Blood Work | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Clint Eastwood | Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment |
| 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment |
| 2007 | Rails & Ties | Alison Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 2008 | Changeling | Clint Eastwood | Universal Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Relativity Media and Imagine Entertainment |
| 2008 | Gran Torino | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures |
| 2009 | Invictus | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Spyglass Entertainment |

### 2010s

| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Names | Notes |
| 2010 | Hereafter | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Amblin Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company |
| 2011 | J. Edgar | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Imagine Entertainment and Wintergreen Productions |
| 2012 | Trouble with the Curve | Robert Lorenz | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 2014 | Jersey Boys | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and GK Films |
| 2014 | American Sniper | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Mad Chance Productions and 22nd & Indiana Pictures |
| 2016 | Sully | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Flashlight Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Orange Corp |
| 2018 | The 15:17 to Paris | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Access Entertainment |
| 2018 | The Mule | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Imperative Entertainment and Bron Creative |
| 2019 | Richard Jewell | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Appian Way Productions, Misher Films and 75 Year Plan Productions |

### 2020s

| Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Names | Notes |
| 2021 | Cry Macho | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | |
| 2024 | Juror #2 | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. Pictures | Malpaso Productions | co-production with Dichotomy and Gotham Group |