Gran Torino- Clint Eastwood

[thunderw21]

I loved Eastwood in "Unforgiven"; "Gran Torino" looks to be a modern 'western' where an old veteran takes on a violent gang. Definitely looking forward to this one, comes out December 17 of this year.

"Git off my lawn"

Trailer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9teLeXZ3XMU


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/

 

[Hondo]

Definitely Eastwood can still kick some butt, he’s all it, everything, a great man, actor an director, take that Spike! Thanks for the YouTube and post.

 

[Lincsong]

Maybe, Clint is coming back from the foo foo movies of late. Welcome back Harry Callahan.:eusa_clap

 

[Hugh Beaumont]

Looks good!

It's about damn time.

 

[Doh!]

Hmm... it looks like he gave us that Dirty Harry sequel after all. I can't wait!

 

[Tomasso]

I'm all in on this one.

 

[vintage68]

Yeah, put me down for this one. I'm a big Eastwood fan.

 

[mannySpaghetti]

Hell yes! Clint doesn't take crap from nobody. I'm looking forward to this too.

 

[Feraud]

Maybe, Clint is coming back from the foo foo movies of late. Welcome back Harry Callahan.:eusa_clap

Yeah. Flags of our Fathers is for girls.


So what is the plot of this movie? The trailer makes it look like one of the later Death Wish movies. I thought Eastwood had evolved as a director/actor enough to not stick himself in that type of dreck.

I just found a few words from the man himself.

When it was first announced, rumors began to circulate that Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino was a new Dirty Hairy film. That rumor turned out to be bunk, but we haven’t heard much about the project since. That is until now. Eastwood spoke briefly about the film while doing press for The Changeling.

In Gran Torino, Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a racist Korean War veteran who reluctantly bonds with an immigrant Asian neighbor over a classic car - his 1972 Gran Torino. Eastwood describes his character as “unflattering and potentially controversial”, and says the film “slams both prejudice and political correctness.”

“I’m a weirdo in it. I play a real racist. … It’s a great time in life (to do that) because, you know, what can they do to you once you’re past 70? There’s nothing they can do. But it also has redemption. This Hmong family moves in next door, and he has been in the Korean War, in the infantry, and looks down on Asian people and lumps everybody together. But finally they befriend him in his time of need because he has no relationship with his family.”

Warner Bros is planning to release Gran Torino in New York City on Christmas Day, but no wide release date has been officially announced.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/10/clint-eastwoods-gran-torino-details-finally-revealed/

R.I.P. Dirty Harry.

 

[Lincsong]

But Mystic River is.

 

[Lincsong]

Oh hell, it's not getting released until January 9.

 

[59Lark]

clint eastwood rocks.

Just watching the preview on u tube, got my blood racing, darn darn darn. Finally a good movie, and my wife says all you watch is tcm or amc. About time, I Actually had friends that owned torino, and rode many a mile in one, and I have friends that are veterans and they usually arent people to screw with and most still have a gun, so this movie looks good. The movie is coming out here this week in Canada, if they dont release locally will go see long john silvers, 59Lark.

 

[Lady Day]

I saw it last week.
Its fantastic. LOVED it. My new favorite film. I never thought it was going to be so funny! One of the best character driven films Ive seen in a long time.

LD

 

[Lincsong]

It's opening in more theaters next week. It's only at the Metreon in San Francisco right now.

 

[thunderw21]

I saw it last week.
Its fantastic. LOVED it. My new favorite film. I never thought it was going to be so funny! One of the best character driven films Ive seen in a long time.

LD

Thanks, Lady Day! Now I really can't wait to see it.

 

[KY Gentleman]

You'd be hard pressed to find a guy tougher than Clint Eastwood.
I can't wait to see this movie! Thanks for the YouTube trailer.

 

[Lady Day]

The thing with this film, he plays his age. Hes not oblivious to the fact hes old. He takes a fall or two, he hurts his back, he asks for help when he cant lift something. But hes not decrepit.

He walks around the film with this permanent scowl on his face. It is so funny! (He looks like what the retired Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond would look like to me.)

By largest issue is actually with his own family. I thought they made them too generic.

LD

 

[Story]

Eastwood's Esquire interview

http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/clint-eastwood-quotes-0109

I'm not even gonna post the best quote in it..

 

[Feraud]

My favorite Clint quote from the article..

There, the mentality was like it was in America in the old days: If you fall, you're stupid.

 

[Josephine]

I first heard about this movie (and this type of car) yesterday with this thread, today we went to get a new car and they had a Torino on the lot. Hmmmm...