Character History
Dirty Harry (real name Harold Francis Callahan) is the protagonist of 5 thrillers, inspector from San Francisco. The identity of the hero, his quotes and behavior features were used later in other films. And the first part of the film filthrant "Dirty Harry" was included in the national register of US films.History of character creation
The plot of the film "Dirty Harry" was made on the basis of the history of the famous maniac on the nickname of Zodiac. This loud business is not revealed so far, despite the prolonged penpiece of the criminal with the guards of law enforcement. The Criminal Film called Scorpio, which also demonstrates an explicit reference to the events of the 1960s (a scorpion is one of the signs of the zodiac).
Then by the disclosure of the murder series was carried out by the investigator Dave Stopping. It became a certain prototype for the character of the Kallahahan inspector. Although there were no similarities between them in the context of personal qualities.
The success of the film was caused by an alarming situation in the country due to military conflicts in Vietnam and Watergate scandal, which caused the resignation of re-elected President Richard Nixon. The Callaohan inspector has pronounced the total mistrust of the public to the laws that have established in the 70s.
Despite the audience sympathies in relation to this hero, he did not escape negative reviews. So, the picture was criticized for the abundance of cruelty and violence. And the dirty harry himself was more compared to the fascists, because the embodiment of his ideas of the fight against crime was achieved not by completely legal methods.
Nevertheless, in the following years, 4 more sequel was released in the thriller genre with this hero. Moreover, the image of the law enforcement guardian, one way or another, was used in other pictures. And in jurisprudence, the concept of "Paradox of a Dirty Harry" appeared. It was applied to situations where the police must act quickly, while the situation demanded to resort to "dirty" methods of work.
This, by the way, explains such a "flattering" epithet to the nicknamed inspector of Callahan. Although there is another opinion that the emergence of the nickname is due to the fact that the most "dirty" affairs took this minister of law.
The image and biography of dirty harry
The date of birth of the character - August 3, 1930. From the early biography, it is known not so much - the future inspector of San Francisco in the working suburbs called Pretro-Hill. Having achieved a call age, the guy went to military service. So, in the marine infantry, he met the future colleague - Charlie McCoy.How the service was held in the army, there is no mention in the plot of the film. Nevertheless, Callaohan clearly recalls these times with nostalgia, as evidenced by the mug on the desktop with the emblem of the marine infantry. A man is alone - Harold's wife died in a road accident even before the start of the film events.
The viewer meets the character when he is already listed in the slaughter department of the police department. By the nature of the activities, Harold Callaohan investigates grave crimes. As usual, it works with a partner, but in every film a colleague does not live to the credits. Robbery, murder, kidnapping - this is how Harry specializes, and, I must say, in the capture of criminals he succeeded.
True, the bosses do not always evaluate the results achieved in the aspect of the expression "all means are good." Harold clearly gives them the troubles of stormy activities, which is illegal. Therefore, he was once transferred to the position of cadprika, forcing the bureaucracy that the inspector considered the most hated work.
In the behavior of the main character there is no place for thinking on the topic "You can or can not". If Harry decided something, no one can stop him. Perhaps this trait of character and allows a man to neutralize especially dangerous criminals, instead of shifting papers with reports.
And of course, describing the image of the Kallakhan inspector, it is impossible to miss the famous weapon - "Magnum" 44 caliber. This revolver, in fact, became a visit card Harold. It is curious that for shooting in the film The Smith & Wesson plant specially released a model with an elongated barrel to look a revolver on the screen.
Dirty harry in films
The first challenger for the role of the Kallakhan inspector - Paul Newman - was not approved, because this actor had an amplua fighter for human rights. For various reasons, I did not work out with other candidates - Steve McQuein and John Wayne.
The script seemed by the unprotected film studio "Universal", as a result, resell another company - Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. The Warner brothers planned to try to the role of dirty Harry Frank Sinatru. However, as a result, the choice was made in favor of actor Klinte Icud.
At that time, the instood was a star of popular Westerns, and this actor managed to transform Harold in the popular hero. So, Clint added a film into the script, the main thing is to defeat the character of the established situation in law enforcement structures.
This bright detail of the inspector's image was the highlight of the entire franchise subsequently. Brutal and illegal methods of combating bandits and murderers, despite the wave of criticism of kinemadov, brought the franchise's worshiped popularity.
The first film was released in 1971. 4 Sicvel was still released, the premiere of the last movie "The deadly list" took place in 1988. The leading leadership said that the character was already "pension". All parts of the franchise are a kind of chronology, in which the description of the events and the change in the behavior of the hero is logical.
So, for example, after negative reviews from the first part of the dirty harry, it was necessary to downgrade. Moreover, in the sequel "Higher Strength" the character said a fervent speech, criticizing self-government, which means that own behavior in the previous series.
Squeezing to the chief hero of Kinoman noticed in other works. For example, the famous phrase Harry - "Well, lucky, the tiller?" (We are talking about the monologue-reasoning inspector about whether the bullets will have enough bullets in Magnum to finish the criminal) - became truly winged, and also was not used in comedy film projects.
Jim Carrey in the main role of the film "Mask", when he appears a bunch of guns, says: "Does I am lucky?"
The famous weapon of the Kallahahan inspector is also noticed in the hands of Jim Kerry in Bruce Almighty. Then the character comments on the revolver in the following words: "This is the most killer gun in the world," which also said a dirty harry.
Interesting Facts
- Actor Clint Eastwood performed dangerous tricks in the film, including a buse's roof jump.
- The viewers of the MTV television channel were made by the Kallahan inspector "the coolest film engineer" in 2009.
- In 1993, a parody was released on the "dirty harry" directed by Edgar Wright Dead Right. It is noteworthy that this name was considered initially in relation to the film Dina Sigel.
- In 2003, the film took the first place in the list of "most male films." It is curious that the second place was taken by the Great Father.
Quotes
I need your name and address. You will then scrape from asphalt. I won't be able to identify. Must know the limits permitted. This is, you want to end with you, I'm not me. You can only expect from you. Last minute, you want to grab someone and drag behind yourself. Jump yourself. Without me. When an adult man runs for a woman, intending to rape her, I shoot a bastard, this is my policy.Filmography
- 1971 - "Dirty Harry"
- 1973 - "Higher Strength"
- 1976 - "Burning Law"
- 1983 - "Sudden Punch"
- 1988 - "Deadly List"