Gran Torino. DVD video Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production; produced by Robert Lorenz, Bill Gerber; story by David Johannson & Nick Schenk; screenplay by Nick Schenk; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. Director of photography, Tom Stern; editors, Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach; music, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. MPAA rating: R, for language throughout, and some violence. Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley, John Carroll Lynch; Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Brian Howe, William Hill.
Summary:
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, becomes pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn againsthis will into the life of Thao's family, Walt is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.
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