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Gran Torino

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Scott Eastwood, Bee Vang View All


Crew

Clint Eastwood (Director), Nick Schenk (Screenplay), Nick Schenk (Story), Dave Johannson (Story) View All

Release: Dec. 9th, 2008
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutes
Widower Walt Kowalski is a grumpy, prejudiced, tough-minded, unhappy, old, Korean War veteran who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbours. His prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbour, Thao—a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin—tries to steal his Gran Torino, Walt sets out to reform the youth and takes steps to protect Thao and his family from the gangs that...
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mark f
By the time the film's poetic final scene plays out over the closing credits and title song, it's obvious to the more astute members of the audience that Eastwood and Walt both did the right thing.
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christine
Walt taking on the shy Thao's education into Walt's world of working men, with the emphasis on macho men, forms the base of the film and has its laughs as well as pathos.
spudracer
If there's ever a movie that captures the goodwill and wholeheartedness of the elderly, one need look no further than Gran Torino and Walt Kowalski. .
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