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  1. May 26, 2024 · RETRO REVIEW: Gran Torino Is Clint Eastwood's Most Powerful Film. Released in 2008, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino remains a compelling cinematic tapestry, with a poignant narrative rich in character development and themes of redemption and personal transformation. Eastwood, returning to a starring role after a four-year hiatus, showcases not ...

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  2. Jan 9, 2009 · Review: 'Gran Torino' offers great Eastwood. Story Highlights "Gran Torino" is vintage Eastwood, right down to the attitude; Star vehicle, directed by Eastwood, about old man, his car and neighbors;

  3. Dec 17, 2008 · None, that's how many. "Gran Torino" stars Eastwood as an American icon once again -- this time as a cantankerous, racist, beer-chugging retired Detroit autoworker who keeps his shotgun ready to lock and load. Dirty Harry on a pension, we're thinking, until we realize that only the autoworker retired; Dirty Harry is still on the job.

  4. Feb 12, 2024 · "Gran Torino" is perhaps Eastwood's most outright entertaining movie of the 21st century and it works even if you haven't seen any of his previous films. Where this ending really takes off is when ...

  5. Feb 27, 2009 · Gran Torino ’s Walt is a blue-collar bigot. A veteran of the Korean War who spent 50 years working on the line in a Detroit Ford auto plant, he is completely out of step with the times. His dismay at the changed world around him is clear from the start of the movie, which finds him in the process of burying his wife after a lifetime together ...

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  6. Jan 13, 2009 · Press, who worked with Eastwood on several films in recent years, says ‘Gran Torinooffers a double lesson, not just about the perils of ageism but the benefits of actors knowing their strengths.

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  8. Dec 14, 2008 · In “Gran Torino” Mr. Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran, retired Ford line worker and full-time bigot who stews on his porch in Detroit watching his block being taken over by ...

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