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Ever consider how Kevin Costner became the quintessential father figure in the world of film (& television)? This Hollywood heavyweight, known for starring in many flicks has perfectly mastered the essence of fatherhood on screen. From the baseball-loving farmer in Field of Dreams to the heavy-hearted Jonathan Kent in Man of Steel, the Yellowstone star has embodied the archetypal dad with a heart full of empathy & a moral compass.

Kevin Costner and T.J. Lowther in A Perfect World | Credit: Warner Bros.

But let’s flip the script for a moment! Did you know this Oscar-winning actor, 69, once found himself under the simmering gaze of Clint Eastwood on the set of the 1993 crime thriller, A Perfect World? Despite often being cast as the paragon of parental virtues, Costner’s tantrums ballooned a bit too much, leading to a rare moment of tension with Eastwood.

What Went Wrong Between Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood?...

Since the 1960s, Clint Eastwood has been a major box office draw, tackling genres like Western, action and comedy. Rising to fame through his performance as Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" protagonist, The Man With No Name, the actor became one of the key, defining performers of the twentieth century. Succeeding John Wayne as the face of the Western genre, Eastwood is often associated with gunslingers of the Old West. However, those aren't his only roles, and some of his best are from completely different genres.

Clint Eastwood has as strong a directorial career as an acting one, taking a very hands-on approach to every movie he works on. Ranging from action-packed thrillers to tense dramas, the actor has demonstrated an impressive range of talent, though his action, gunslinger roles remain the favorite. Outside of Westerns, the actor/director continues to have a profound impact on cinema and maintains one...

A Perfect World is a somewhat forgotten Clint Eastwood film, which is a shame. It may not be quite in league with Eastwood's best work (that's a very tall order), but this unconventional crime film is both a gripping chase movie and a nuanced tale of a relationship between a misunderstood criminal and a young boy.

Eastwood directed and starred in this 1993 drama set in 1963 Texas, in which he plays Texas Ranger Red Garrett, a seasoned lawman in pursuit of prison escapees Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) and Terry Pugh (Keith Szarabajka). Shortly after their escape, Butch and Terry break into a house and kidnap 9-year-old Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther), son of a devout Jehovah's Witness mother.

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Clint Eastwood is one of the more celebrated directors of the last twenty years. His most crowning achievement, and his best film in my opinion, was Unforgiven in 1992. In the decade of the 2000s, Eastwood would become the most critically lauded of all directors with films like Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, for which he would win his second Oscar for Directing. But he has been at this directing thing for a while, and on occasion his directorial efforts go overlooked.

Perhaps his most overlooked film came on the heels of Unforgiven’s success, a quiet masterpiece called A Perfect World. Set up as a crime drama and an adventure, the picture is much richer and more layered than any standard genre film. Here is a marvelous film about fathers and sons, about the damaging effects of violence on men, and about a boy who was never allowed to go trick or treating.

If you want get some bang for your DVD buying buck you could do a lot worse than purchasing the brand spanking new “Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years At Warner Brothers.” Frankly I’ve been a little overwhelmed since getting one in the mail from our friends at WB. As the name promises this is a nearly definitive collection of one of the all time greats.

Sure you’re missing some classics (look elsewhere for the Leone collaborations) but these 18 discs cover just about everything else. The "Dirty Harry" flicks. The absurdly productive recent years (the collection culminates with “Gran Torino”). The one that made it all right to cry at a Clint film (“The Bridges of Madison County”) and the film that still stands as one of the best ever in my humble opinion, “Unforgiven.”

As befitting any set of this magnitude, there are commentaries and extras galore (as...