Malpaso Productions

Malpaso Productions
Private
Industry Film
Founder Clint Eastwood
Irving Leonard
Headquarters United States, Burbank, California
Key people
 Clint Eastwood
Robert Lorenz
David Valdes
Fritz Manes
Robert Daley
Keith Dillin
Products Motion pictures
Services Film production

Malpaso Productions, originally known as The Malpaso Company, is Clint Eastwood's production company.[1] It was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High, 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.[2] On December 24, 1967, Eastwood bought five parcels totaling 283 acres (115 ha) of land along Malpaso Creek from Charles Sawyer.[3] 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.[4][5] 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 were surprisingly successful. After filming Where Eagles Dare in 1968 and the musical Paint Your Wagon, Eastwood grew irritated about the money he considered wasted during these big productions. He wanted more creative control over his movies and decided to form his own production company. He thought the choice of "Malpaso" was an appropriately ironic choice.[6]

Irving Leonard, Eastwood's financial adviser, organized the company for Eastwood following the success of and using the earnings from the Dollars Trilogy.[7] The first feature they produced was the 1967 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.[8][9]

Eastwood is known for very tight shooting schedules, finishing his movies on schedule and on budget, or earlier and under budget, typically in much less time than most production companies.[10]

Filmography

The Malpaso Company

Malpaso Productions

References

  1. ↑ "Clint Eastwood". Variety.
  2. ↑ "Military People". www.militaryhub.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mutual Water Company Subscription Agreement - Victorine Ranch Mutual Water Company" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Pitnick, Richard (January 29, 1998). "Eastwood's Odello donation helped the movie mogul and the county". Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rancho Cañada Village" (PDF). Carmel Pine Cone. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Clint Eastwood". The Biography Channel. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
  7. ↑ McGilligan, Patrick (1999). Clint: The Life and Legend. London: Harper Collins. p. 162. ISBN 0-00-638354-8.
  8. ↑ Smith, Paul (1 January 1993). Clint Eastwood. Taylor & Francis. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-85728-158-3. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  9. ↑ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1961-1970. University of California Press. pp. 450–. ISBN 978-0-520-20970-1. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  10. ↑ Edward Buscombe (1999). The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press. pp. 472–473.
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