Crotchety Clint looks great in Gran Torino trailer
The first official trailer for Clint Eastwood's latest film, Gran Torino, which opens on December 17, has arrived over at Apple's movie trailer web page. Available in a variety of sizes including HD, but unfortunately not embedable, the trailer shows Clint using the gruffest voice possible to disparage the Asian family who moved in next door. Clint's character, however, becomes a hero after saving their teenage son. How does he do that? By pointing a shotgun at some gang bangers and saying, "Get off my lawn." Classic, classic Clint. The title character of the movie, Clint's 1972 Gran Torino Sport, makes an appearance in the trailer, but it's quick and there's no mention of how the car fits into the larger plot. Who cares? Clint Eastwood and a classic muscle car are enough star power to get us to watch. Throw in Asian gangs and a shotgun and you've got our Oscar vote. Click here to watch the trailer over at Apple.
[Source: Apple via Dumb Drum]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Enlightened_One 4:50PM (10/24/2008)
He sounds like Batman. Looks like a pretty cool movie though. Tough old guy schools some trouble making kids.
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Domestic 6.0 6:22PM (10/24/2008)
Looks sick ... ahah they got a poor lookin civic
Jon Barrett 4:49PM (10/24/2008)
FYI, not a shotgun. That was a WWII era M1 Garand Rifle.
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Jared 4:58PM (10/24/2008)
Indeed, that is an M1 Garand.
SimbaDogg 7:41PM (10/24/2008)
@ Jon
i dont know why you're neutral for pointing out the gun, and the guy above me that confirmed it got high ranked. So i'll up vote you to make things square
Blarg 4:58PM (10/24/2008)
Yeah, looks awesome. Eastwood reminds me of Old Snake (Solid Snake) from Metal Gear Solid 4, because he's old and stubborn.
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Eric Smith 4:58PM (10/24/2008)
Seems like a subtle jab at ricers if you ask me :)
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Dan 5:07PM (10/24/2008)
Video is in a proprietary format (QT). Lame.
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Chris 6:32PM (10/24/2008)
Played fine for me in MPC w/ ffdshow. So, no, its not proprietary. :)
AZZO45b 7:24PM (10/24/2008)
Yeah Apple smoked Micro-crap in video & music software... gave the world I-tunes & the I-phone...
... what tools they are for them to promote Quick Time on their own site! Please! Every movie studio has a website to promote their movies... I'm sure Eastwood has a WMV version for you to review.
Dan 7:42PM (10/24/2008)
I have MPC and ffdshow.
But I did not get that far, because clicking the '480' '720' or '1080' buttons doesn't do anything at all. I browsed to other trailers on that website and found that the '480' '720' and '1080' buttons also don't do anything for any other movie. The SD buttons at least function to pop up a window demanding that a QT plugin be installed.
Being charitable, the HD buttons may do something if I install Apple's bloatware. Or perhaps they just don't work at all.
Thank you, Mac zealot, for chiming with hate for "Micro-crap" and praise for the iPhone as sound reasoning for why they Apple is unwilling to present this content in a polite manner as nearly every other website is able to do.
AZZO45b 10:08PM (10/24/2008)
This is America Dan... freedom of choice & embracing the group that builds the superior product. Mac zealot? O.K. if you want to name call....
...I researched my needs when I bought my computer & yes, I paid a few hundred more for an OS that was designed around software that was been crudely copied by MS where possible.
Enough about computers & back to the subject... I'm sure if you would like to view what us, "Mac Zealots" viewed effortlessly...
...I'm sure Mr Eastwood's website for Gran Torino has a WMV trailer for you to review. BTW, I have both QT & WMV because the WWW is not Mac dominated.
Dunc 5:10PM (10/24/2008)
This movie looks BAD ASS...clint eastwood will always be the man and he will always destroy you...im gonna have to see this one
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Allan 5:17PM (10/24/2008)
That's some gang they got there... rolling in a POS ricer Honda. Nice.
Eastwood looks cool in it though. Worth a watch for sure.
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Omuta 5:23PM (10/24/2008)
My god... It's been so long since I've seen a mean looking Clint Eastwood on screen. He looks saltier than he did in Heartbreak Ridge. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if his character comes across like an older update of Gunny Highway.
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AZZO45b 7:29PM (10/24/2008)
Heartbreak Ridge... had a solid cast & I liked that one
I believe this movie was filmed in Detroit... the local press had stories of how Eastwood cast locals for select roles. Haven't seen many Asian gangs ridin' through MoTown... but perhaps they filmed in Detroit & called it Chicago??
Nick 7:25PM (10/24/2008)
Make sure you catch his Iwo Jima and Flags of our Fathers..
Great work..
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Dave 7:51PM (10/24/2008)
A 1972 Gran Torino is a MUSCLE CAR??? (Per the original post.)
Yikes...that's poetic license.
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Rich 9:20PM (10/25/2008)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car
Put a little thought into your comments , True goverment mandates helped kill the Muscle car formula ,across the board power ouput dropped in 1972 for all of the Big Three due to lower compression ratios. A moot point when modifying the powerplant these days. My 72 Gran Torino outpeforms just about all the factory Muscle cars . 11.60 and 118 mph in the 1/4 mile. Performance with the 351 CJ was still good though, and Car and Driver tested a 351 CJ, 4-speed Gran Torino Sport SportsRoof with 3.50:1 gears to have a 0 - 60 mph (97 km/h) time of 6.8 seconds. Car and Driver did not publish its quarter mile times, but Cars magazine tested a Gran Torino Sport SportsRoof with a 351 CJ, C-6 automatic, and 3.50 gears to run though the quarter mile in 15.40 seconds.
DasBoese 9:09PM (10/24/2008)
The spit scene reminded me of "Tho Outlaw Josey Wales". Coincidence? ;)
Otherwise, good trailer. Looks like the film is well worth it, if I can find a cinema that'll show it in the OV (German dubs generally suck, I prefer OVs).
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