In recent years, black characters have appeared in Westerns such as Posse, Unforgiven and Django Unchained.

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By the first standard, True Grit is ahead of movies like Unforgiven, Tombstone and Silverado.

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Eastwood, star of Unforgiven and the Dirty Harry films, was unabashed by the reaction.

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Even in the kinder, enlightened Britain of Mr Brown, some things will remain unforgiven.

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Some of the more notable: Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby, each of which landed him an Academy Award.

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Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven later became the third Western to win in 1992.

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These days, insurance giant Allstate ( ALL) belongs to the unforgiven group.

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So if I want to watch The Unforgiven I can rent it on DVD from Netflix, buy it at Amazon or stream it through Amazon streaming.

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For many, James will always remain the unforgiven.

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Eastwood's victory makes him, at 74, the oldest person ever to win a best director Oscar, and caps a hat-trick of statuettes (he previously won for Unforgiven in 1993 and was given the Irving G Thalberg memorial award two years later).

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