Gran Torino / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures a Double Nickel entertainment ; a Malpaso production ; directed and produced by Clint Eastwood ; screenplay by Nick Schenk ; story by Dave Johannson & Nick Schenk ; produced by Robert Lorenz, Bill Gerber ; in association with Matten Productions GmbH & Co. KG.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1000149783 | Warner Home Video2000006920 | Warner Home Video3000029970 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French, Spanish Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Series: Clint Eastwood collection (DVD videodiscs)Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2010]Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1419897748
- 9781419897740
- 1419872575
- 9781419872570
- Editing, Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach ; director of photography, Tom Stern ; music, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens.
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (Eastwood).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A racist Korean War veteran living in a crime-ridden Detroit neighborhood is forced to confront his own lingering prejudice when a troubled Hmong teen from his neighborhood attempts to steal his prized Gran Torino. Decades after the Korean War has ended, ageing veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is still haunted by the horrors he witnessed on the battlefield. The two objects that matter most to Kowalski in life are the classic Gran Torino that represents his happier days working in a Ford assembly plant, and the M-1 rifle that saved his life countless times during combat. When Kowalski's teenage neighbor (Bee Vang) attempts to steal his Gran Torino as part of a gang initiation rite, the old man manages to catch the aspiring thief at the business end of his well-maintained semi-automatic rifle. Later, due to the pride of the Asian group, the boy is forced to return to Kowalski's house and perform an act of penance. Despite the fact that Kowalski wants nothing to do with the young troublemaker, he realizes that the quickest way out of the situation is to simply cooperate. In an effort to set the teen on the right path in life and toughen him up, the reluctant vet sets him up with an old crony who now works in construction. In the process, Kowalski discovers that the only way to lay his many painful memories to rest is to finally face his own blinding prejudice head-on. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
DVD ; Dolby digital surround 5.1 ; widescreen (enhanced) ; dual layer ; Region 1.
In English or dubbed French or Spanish with optional English (SDH), French, Spanish subtitles.
Bee Vang, Clint Eastwood, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley, John Carroll Lynch, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Brian Howe, William Hill.
Editing, Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach ; director of photography, Tom Stern ; music, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
A Korean War vet stops a young Hmong teen from stealing his prized car, and reluctantly proceeds to reform the boy, learning about himself along the way.
MPAA rating: R for language throughout and some violence.
Special features: Manning the wheel : the meaning of manhood as reflected in American car culture; Gran Torino : more than a car.
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (Eastwood).
For private home use only.