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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 .
[8] He originally intended for Walt's car to be a Ford because a Ford assembly line was near Schenk's location in the Minneapolis area. He was not aware that Harry Callahan, the main character in Dirty Harry, drove a Gran Torino. Schenk said that the vehicle could have been a Crown Victoria but he preferred the sound of the name "Gran Torino". [8]
Several characters of Gran Torino. From left to right, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), Thao Vang Lor , Vu Lor (Brooke Chia Thao), Gran (Chee Thao), and Sue Lor . The following is a list of significant characters who feature in the 2008 film Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood.
Scott Eastwood (born Scott Clinton Reeves; March 21, 1986) [1] is an American actor and producer. The son of actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, he has starred in several of his father's films, including Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Gran Torino (2008), Invictus (2009), and Trouble with the Curve (2012), as well as Texas Chainsaw (2013), Fury (2014), The Longest Ride (2015), Suicide Squad (2016 ...
Death Race (2008), with star Jason Statham, remake of Death Race 2000 (1975). Gran Torino (2008), about a young man who conspires to steal his neighbor's Ford Gran Torino. [9] Dolan's Cadillac (2009), based on the Stephen King story, about a schoolteacher whose wife is murdered by a man in a bulletproof Cadillac.
Vang starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the 2008 drama that featured racial slurs against Asian Americans.
Doua Moua was born in a refugee camp in Thailand to Laos-born parents of Hmong descent who had fled their homeland because of the Laotian Civil War. [1] Six months after his birth, his family entered Minnesota as refugees, and he was raised in the city of St. Paul. [2] While in middle school, Doua joined the choir and theater classes at a teacher's suggestion; he also participated in community ...
Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company and associate producer of Eastwood's films from Hang 'Em High until his death in 1969. [8] [9] Eastwood is known for very tight shooting schedules, finishing his films on schedule and on budget, or earlier and under budget, typically in much less time than most production companies. [10]