Gran Torino (2008) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	December 12, 2008 (Limited) January 9, 2009
On DVD:	June 9, 2009
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Clint Eastwood
Writer:	Nick Schenk
Cast:	Clint Eastwood
Studio:	Warner Brothers
Official site:	thegrantorino.com
Running Time:	116 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for language throughout, and some violence

Clint Eastwood stars in the drama "Gran Torino," marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning "Million Dollar Baby." Eastwood also directs the film in which he plays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices....

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Clint Eastwood seems to like to do his movies in batches, and ever since 2003's Mystic River he hasn't done a single film that could be ignored as an awards contender. Unfortunately, Changeling, which was just released a few months prior and expected to be a possible Oscar favorite, lacked the power many were expecting, which leaves the venerable director's December release, Gran Torino, to pull off an upset.

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