Gran Torino
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"Gran Torino" is a 2009 film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as a Korean War veteran confronting racial tensions in his changing neighborhood. The film became a major cultural touchstone, exploring themes of prejudice, redemption, and sacrifice through Eastwood's character's relationship with his Hmong American neighbors.
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8.0Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Released: 2008-12-12116 minDir: Clint EastwoodDrama
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski
- Christopher Carley as Father Janovich
- Bee Vang as Thao
- Ahney Her as Sue
- Brian Haley as Mitch Kowalski
- Geraldine Hughes as Karen Kowalski
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- 9 January 2009
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Gran Torino is a 2008 crime drama film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the lead role. The film features a significant Hmong American cast, a first for mainstream American films. Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens composed the score, while Jamie Cullum and Clint Eastwood provided the lead track.
Set in Highland Park, Michigan, the story follows Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), a recently widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family. When Kowalski's neighbor Thao Vang Lor is pressured by his cousin into stealing Walt's prized Ford Torino as initiation into a gang, Walt thwarts the theft and develops a relationship with the boy and his family.