Gran TORINOby Mike Digiorgio, Writer You can’t honestly expect Clint Eastwood to go quietly. The auteur can’t make his last appearance without making some kind of statement. Film fans shouldn’t worry that Eastwood the filmmaker is going anywhere. We can have high hopes that we’ll get more films directed with the skill and finesse of Million Dollar Baby or Mystic River. But rumor has it the acting icon makes his last appearance onscreen in Gran Torino. In a way, this is Eastwood’s second goodbye. If you think of Eastwood the actor, two images will jump to mind. There’s the cowboy of the spaghetti westerns that Eastwood masterfully said goodbye to as an actor and director in Unforgiven. But I’d wager for most, the iconic image of Eastwood is a vigilante like Dirty Harry Callaghan, standing above us with gun aimed at our face,...
- 1/9/2009
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Thanks to Variety, we have an embedded version of "Gran Torino," directed and starring the legendary Clint Eastwood. Eastwood shows he still has what it takes to star in an actioner as well as helm from the screenplay by Nick Schenk based on the story by Dave Johannson and Nick Schenk. The story follows a disgruntled Korean war veteran named Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) who intervenes when gang members attack his Asian neighbor and makes it his mission to reform the teen of the family after he tries to steal his 1972 Gran Torino. Starring: Clint Eastwood, COry Hardrict, John Carroll Lynch, Geraldine Hughes, Brian Haley, Dreama Walker, Doua Moua, Brian Howe, Sarah Neubaker, Lee Mong Vang, Nana Gbewonyo Gran Torino(2009)(Released date: 17 December, 2008) - Rate & Review this! (Not released? Then add a rating on your anticipation!) - Add to your List! - Find similar releases!- Get Showtimes & Tickets on MovieJungle.
- 10/30/2008
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