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Gran Torino (2008)

Release Date:

Friday, January 9, 2009

MPAA Rating:

Rating Reason:

Language throughout, and some violence

Genre:

Drama

Starring:

Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, Scott Reeves

Written By:

Nick Schenk

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Synopsis:

Hardworking Oscar winner Clint Eastwood releases his second film in 2008 (after THE CHANGELING) with this drama. Eastwood also stars as Walt Kowalski, an older man who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his neighborhood and the world around him.

Gran Torino (2008) | Spiritual Article

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David Bruce, Webmaster

THE STORY

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the drama "Gran Torino," marking his first film role since his Oscar®-winning film "Million Dollar Baby." Eastwood portrays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed and inflexible Korean War veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices.

SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW
(continued from the Visual Review)

GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERS!
What spoke to me most about the film was the use of first-timers. "I do like to give people a break," Clint Eastwood stated. "I like to see new people come along, and have opportunities.” What could be better than a retiring veteran, like Eastwood, using his influence to give new people opportunity? Not only is this true of the screenwriter and Hmong actors, but of the story itself --Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran becomes the ‘father’ of the new kid on the block. Contributing unselfishly to the lives of others out of one’s acquired resources is to me a mark of greatness.

VISUAL REVIEW

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•Visual Review, David Bruce, Webmaster
•Steely Eyes Meet Villains, Melinda Ledman

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