Forget Changeling, we're waiting for Gran Torino
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Clint Eastwood's Changeling has all the Oscar buzz going for it at the moment, but we're stoked for the other movie he has coming out this year, Gran Torino. And yes, the title has everything to do with the car, as you can see from the poster above, which was just released.
The plot summary, via IMDB: "Disgruntled Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong teenager, who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possesion: his 1972 Gran Torino." USA Today has a longer piece out that fleshes out the story some more.
Messing with someone's Gran Torino is wrong. Messing with Clint's... well, you asked for it, dummy. We'll drop the 10 bucks to see this one at the multiplex when it opens in December.
[Source: USA Today via In Contention]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John P. 10:36AM (10/23/2008)
Yep, this is one movie I could actually see myself paying outrageous ticket prices for. Go Clint!
Great Actor and Great Car!
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John P. 10:38AM (10/23/2008)
By the way, Clint looks Fit for an older guy! Ouch!
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Shiftright 11:04AM (10/23/2008)
Older as in closing in on 80...That mofo has a flatter stomach than my half his age punk ass. Could probably still give me a thrashing too...
Dasupersprint 10:43AM (10/23/2008)
Wasn't Kowalski the name of the guy in the original Gone in 60 Seconds?
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Yar 10:49AM (10/23/2008)
Vanishing Point
Dasupersprint 11:00AM (10/23/2008)
Yeah
Mel. R 11:06AM (10/23/2008)
Nope. H.B. Halicki, the man behind the original, played Maindrian Pace.
Hiro11 10:45AM (10/23/2008)
The Gran Torino was never cool. In fact, it was probably one of the worst cars the American auto makers ever foisted on us. Starsky and Hutch did not change this fact, despite the snappy stripe.
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AZMike 10:54AM (10/23/2008)
Hiro,
which year and model Gran Torino did you personally own?
AZMike
Kotse 10:56AM (10/23/2008)
Go ahead (steal my Gran Torino)...make my day!
John P. 10:58AM (10/23/2008)
Over time, it being what it is has become cool. Poor Quality and All. There can be no doubt; If a cherry Gran Torino is seen today on the streets filled with PriUSSY,.... It's cool. Damn Cool.
Shiftright 11:02AM (10/23/2008)
Assembly quality, engineering and performance have nothing to do with what makes a car cool. If that were the case, there would be a million 'cool' secretaries driving around in their Celicas.
Randy 12:25PM (10/23/2008)
I think the Gran Torino is cool! And my first one was also my first car! 1974 Ford Gran Torino Elite 351c (who knows what the c stands for?) AND what the other option of engine was?
Torrent 12:33PM (10/23/2008)
Gran Torino was an awesomey car.
Frank 12:51PM (10/23/2008)
You my friend have no clue of American Muscle Car. I am sure your gonna say that my 1968 Cougar is crap too. You have no clue, get a clue.
Donald 10:46AM (10/23/2008)
I was hoping Gran Torino would be about Clint, a Korean War vet, looking to reform Spike Lee, after Spike "messed" with Clint's war movies.
That synopsis would, at least, explain the pissed-off looked on Clint's face on the poster.
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Hiro11 10:46AM (10/23/2008)
Vanishing Point
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tech9 11:23AM (10/23/2008)
clint was a badass since the spaghetti westerns. now hes hitting 80 years old, and he's STILL a badass. amazing.
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Coco 11:24AM (10/23/2008)
Will the opening credits explain who the "Hmong" people are? some of us might go through the whole movie tryin' to figure that one out.
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oZ 11:34AM (10/23/2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people