Jack Valenti, who was the head lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America,
once likened the ferocious video cassette recorder to Jack the Ripper and poor, helpless Hollywood to a woman at home alone.
In 2007, Eastwood was the first recipient of the Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award,
an annual award presented by the MPAA to individuals in the motion picture industry whose work has reached out positively and respectfully to the world.