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Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film features a large Hmong American cast (the first time for an American mainstream film), [4] as well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott. Eastwood's oldest son of record, Kyle, composed the film's score with Michael ...
From left to right, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), Thao Vang Lor (Bee Vang), Vu Lor (Brooke Chia Thao), Gran (Chee Thao), and Sue Lor (Ahney Her). The following is a list of significant characters who feature in the 2008 film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood. Casting calls were held in Fresno, California, Detroit, Michigan, and Saint ...
Walter Kowalski is a fictional character portrayed by Clint Eastwood in the 2008 American film Gran Torino. Walt is depicted as an irritable and prejudiced Korean War veteran whose aging Metro Detroit neighborhood has become home to Hmong immigrants and is plagued with gang violence. The character of Walt and Eastwood's performance have ...
Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood. 2008. Brian Haley, John Carroll Lynch. Set in and filmed in the Detroit area including the cities of Center Line, Royal Oak, Highland Park and Grosse Pointe. (#1 film) Gridlock'd. 1997. Grosse Pointe Blank, George Armitage 1997.
A theatrical film produced by Weed Road Pictures and Red Hour Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Dimension Films was released in theatres on March 5, 2004. The film stars Ben Stiller as Starsky, Owen Wilson as Hutch and Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear, as they attempt to stop a drug kingpin played by Vince Vaughn. The film ...
The Bollywood film Sholay was often referred to as a "Curry Western". [56] A more accurate genre label for the film is the "Dacoit Western", as it combined the conventions of Indian dacoit films, such as Mother India and Gunga Jumna, with that of spaghetti Westerns. Sholay spawned its own genre of "Dacoit Western" films in Bollywood during the ...
Box office. $38.9 million. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally " The good, the ugly, the bad ") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". [ 9 ]
“Gran Torino” actor Bee Vang published an op-ed in NBC News’ “Think” column on Wednesday criticizing the anti-Asian slurs in the 2008 movie directed by Clint Eastwood. Playing Thao Vang ...