Gran Torino
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Disgruntled 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.
Disgruntled 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.
The movie itself, directed by Eastwood and written by Nick Schenk (from a story he wrote with Dave Johannson), is an unstable affair given to overemphasized points and telegraphed punches. ... ‘Gran Torino’: Film Review.That this mostly…
Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino (2008). Photograph: PR. Seriously, where's my Oscar?The film's $129m is ahead of the $122m taken so far by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which won three Oscars last night, and dwarfs the $88m swindled…
Review. Gran Torino.The two films have a rare depth of feeling and breadth of social sympathy towards the horrors and absurdities of war and peace, which makes them the peak of an extraordinary career. But immediately before them, he won…
