This article is about the film. For the car, see Ford Torino. For the Italian football team, see Grande Torino.
Gran Torino
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by
Nick Schenk
Story by
Dave Johannson
Nick Schenk
Produced by
Clint Eastwood
Bill Gerber
Robert Lorenz
Starring
Clint Eastwood
Cinematography
Tom Stern
Edited by
Joel Cox
Gary D. Roach
Music by
Kyle Eastwood
Michael Stevens
Production companies
Warner Bros. Pictures[1]
Village Roadshow Pictures[1]
Double Nickel Entertainment[1]
Malpaso Productions[1]
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
December 12, 2008 (2008-12-12)
Running time
116 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$25–33 million[3][1]
Box office
$270 million[1]
Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. This was Eastwood's first starring role since 2004's Million Dollar Baby. 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 Stevens, while Jamie Cullum and Clint Eastwood (in-character as Kowalski) provide the theme song.
Set in Highland Park, Michigan, the story follows Walt Kowalski, a recently widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family and angry at the world, whose young neighbor, Thao Vang Lor, is pressured by his cousin into stealing Walt's prized Ford Torino for his initiation into a gang. Walt thwarts the theft and subsequently develops a relationship with the boy and his family.
Gran Torino opened with a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 12, 2008, before expanding wide on January 9, 2009.[5] It grossed $270 million worldwide, making it Eastwood's second highest-grossing film to date.[6] The film received generally positive reviews from critics for Eastwood's direction and performance; within the Hmong community in the United States, the film was generally praised but also received criticism for its cultural inaccuracies.
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