Gran Torino

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Gran Torino is a 2008 drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, centered on a gruff Korean War veteran who forms an unlikely bond with his Hmong neighbors amid escalating neighborhood tensions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
award National Board of Review
surface form: National Board of Review Top Ten Films
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide approximately 270 million USD
cinematographyBy Tom Stern
conflictType neighborhood gang violence
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Clint Eastwood
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
editedBy Gary Roach
Joel Cox
featuresEthnicGroup Hmong American
surface form: Hmong Americans
filmingLocation Detroit
Michigan
genre drama
language English
leadActor Clint Eastwood
mainCharacter Walt Kowalski
mpaaRating R
musicBy Kyle Eastwood
Michael Stevens
narrativeFocus relationship between Walt Kowalski and his Hmong neighbors
notableSong Gran Torino self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gran Torino (performed by Jamie Cullum and Clint Eastwood)
portrays Korean War veteran
posterTagline Ever come across somebody you shouldn't have messed with?
producer Bill Gerber
Clint Eastwood
Robert Lorenz
productionCompany Malpaso Productions
Village Roadshow Pictures
releaseDateUS December 12 2008
releaseYear 2008
runtimeMinutes 116
screenwriter Dave Johannson
Nick Schenk
setIn Detroit
Michigan
starring Clint Eastwood
supportingActor Ahney Her
Bee Vang
Christopher Carley
John Carroll Lynch
theme intercultural friendship
masculinity
racism
redemption
violence
titleRefersTo Ford Torino
surface form: Ford Gran Torino

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Scott Eastwood notableWork Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood notableWork Gran Torino
The Malpaso Company hasNotableWork Gran Torino
Scott Clinton Reeves notableWork Gran Torino
Gran Torino notableSong Gran Torino self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gran Torino (performed by Jamie Cullum and Clint Eastwood)
Tom Stern notableWork Gran Torino
Joel Cox workedOn Gran Torino
Joel Cox notableWork Gran Torino
Cory Hardrict notableWork Gran Torino
Cory Hardrict workedOn Gran Torino
Malpaso Productions produced Gran Torino
Ford Torino notableAppearance Gran Torino
this entity surface form: Gran Torino (2008 film, as model line reference)
John Carroll Lynch notableWork Gran Torino
Tim Moore notableWork Gran Torino
Clinton Eastwood Jr. notableWork Gran Torino
Clinton Eastwood Jr. directed Gran Torino
Clinton Eastwood Jr. actedIn Gran Torino