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Gran Torino
Category: 13
All Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA
Runtime: 116
Rating: (0)
Languages: English, Hmong
Director: Clint Eastwood
Sound: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
Writing by: Nick Schenk – (screenplay)
Dave Johannson – (story) &
Nick Schenk – (story)
Produced by: Clint Eastwood – producer
Bill Gerber – producer
Jenette Kahn – executive producer
Robert Lorenz – producer
Tim Moore – executive producer
Adam Richman – executive producer
Cast: Clint Eastwood – Walt Kowalski
Christopher Carley – Father Janovich
Bee Vang – Thao Vang Lor
Ahney Her – Sue Lor
Brian Haley – Mitch Kowalski
Geraldine Hughes – Karen Kowalski
Dreama Walker – Ashley Kowalski
Brian Howe – Steve Kowalski
John Carroll Lynch – Barber Martin
William Hill – Tim Kennedy
Brooke Chia Thao – Vu
Music: Kyle Eastwood Michael Stevens
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Plot Outline: A woman's life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. When her car breaks down…
Plot: Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.
Movie Quotes: Thug: What you lookin' at old man?
Walt Kowalski: Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me.
Trivia: There are 4 entries in the trivia list – like these:
- Director Kelly Reichardt was worried that Michelle Williams was “too pretty” to play the role. She asked Williams to go without makeup and not wash her hair for two weeks during filming.
- Michelle Williams did not shave her legs or clean her fingernails during filming. After filming completed, Williams' friend Busy Philipps treated her to a manicure and pedicure.
- A friend of the director allowed Michelle Williams and her daughter to stay in their guest house during filming.