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Gran Torino - Theatrical Trailer. Clint Eastwood stars in the drama "Gran Torino," marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning "Million Dollar Baby." Eastwood also directs the film...
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Jul 16, 2013 · Gran Torino - Official® Trailer [HD] Release Date: December 12, 2008 (NY, LA; expands: Dec. 19; expands: Dec. 25; wide: Jan. 9) ...more.
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Clint Eastwood stars in and directs Gran Torino. This drama film follows Korean war veteran Walt Kowalski who finds his neighborhood changing in diversity as new immigrants move in, whom he despises. When a gang member attempts to steal his prized car, Kowalski fights back against them and becomes a hero to his new neighbors due to his bravery. Walt finds a new reason to live by helping a ...
- The Movie and The Car: Gran Torino
- How Did Warner Bros Get The Ford Classic?
- The Original Owner Reunited with The Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran who comes across initially as a racist but soon forms a bond with his neighbors, the Hmong family, and one of the teenagers, Thao. The bond between the recently widowed Kowalski and Thao forms when Thao tries to steal Kowalski's 1972 Gran Torino Sport after coming under pressure from a local ...
Unlike many movies and series where the car is often a fake from the inside out, this Gran Torino Sport was the real deal. Eastwood’s staff found it listed on eBay by a classic car dealer. The previous owner Jim Craig had no idea the car was about to star in a movie. He had bought it as a barn find in 2000, restoring it after five years. In 2007, C...
The movie, Gran Torino, was a huge success, grossing some $269 million worldwide. Enough to even have Dave Beckett, from Monett, Missouri, want to go see it, even if he was not much of a movie fan. His first car was a Gran Torino, and he remembered it fondly enough to want to see a movie named after it. Only when he watched the movie did he realize...
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Set in Highland Park, Michigan, the story follows Kowalski, a recently widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family and angry at the world, whose young neighbor, Thao Vang Lor, is pressured by his cousin into stealing Walt's prized Ford Torino for his initiation into a gang.
Jan 9, 2009 · TRAILER. Retired auto worker and Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) fills emptiness in his life with beer and home repair, despising the many Asian, Latino and black families in his ...
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