Gran Torino

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The main character of the movie is an elderly man named Walt Kowalski.Walt Kowlaski is a retired former auto mechanic. He has a callous, gloomy and gloomy disposition, has not been communicating with anyone for a long time, does not make new acquaintances, and does not want to know anyone. He is carried only by his old comrades, with whom Walt has known for a thousand years, and even his faithful dog named Daisy. He lives alone after the death of his beloved wife, whose last desire was for Walt to go to the local priest and confess to him. But, despite the request of his wife, Kowlaski, who participated in the Korean War, does not want to confess to a young priest, whose “milk has not yet dried on his lips.”

But soon in the life of Walt dramatic changes begin to occur. One night he hears someone trying to get into his garage. Holding the rifle on the sight, he enters the garage and sees at the wheel of his beloved Gran Torino some narrow-eyed guy. He kicks him out in the middle of the night and threatens to shoot him if he sees him again near his house. Despising all immigrants, including the Hmongs, Hispanics, and Africans, he cannot stand the neighborhood with “narrow-eyed villains.” But soon Walt will take a fresh look at it.

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski’s prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

Creators: Nick Schenk, Dave Johannson
Director: Clint Eastwood
Star Cast: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, Brooke Chia Thao
Producer (s): Clint Eastwood, Bill Gerber, Robert Lorenz
Cinematographer: Tom Stern
Music: Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
Production House: Matten Productions, Double Nickel Entertainment, Gerber Pictures
Original network / Official Sites: Warner Bros. Pictures, Double Nickel Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures
Release Year: 9 January 2009 (USA)
Runtime: 116 min
Genres: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Language: English, Hmong
Subtitles: English, Bengali

Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is a cantankerous, retired Polish American assembly line worker and Korean War veteran, who has recently been widowed after 50 years of marriage. His Highland Park, Michigan neighborhood in the Detroit area, formerly populated by working-class white families, is now dominated by poor Asian immigrants, and gang violence is commonplace. Adding to the isolation he feels is the emotional detachment of his family.

He rejects a suggestion from one of his sons to move to a retirement community (sensing they want his home and possessions), and lives alone with his elderly dog, Daisy. A chronic smoker, Walt suffers from coughing fits, occasionally coughing up blood, but conceals this from his family. Catholic priest Father Janovich (Christopher Carley) tries to comfort him, but Walt disdains the young, inexperienced man.

The Hmong Vang Lor family reside next door to Walt. Initially, he wants nothing to do with his new neighbors, particularly after he catches Thao (Bee Vang), a member of that family, attempting to steal his Ford Gran Torino as a coerced initiation into a Hmong gang run by Thao’s cousin, “Spider”. The gang is infuriated by Thao’s failure and they attack him, but Walt confronts them with an M1 Garand rifle and chases them off, earning the respect of the Hmong community.

As penance, Thao’s mother makes him work for Walt, who has him do odd jobs around the neighborhood, and the two form a grudging mutual respect. Thao’s sister Sue (Ahney Her) introduces Walt to Hmong culture and helps him bond with the Hmong community. Walt helps Thao get a job and gives him dating advice.

Spider’s gang continues to pressure Thao, assaulting him on his way home from work. After he sees Thao’s injuries, Walt visits the gang’s house, where he attacks a gang member as a warning. In retaliation, the gang performs a drive-by shooting on the Vang Lor home, injuring Thao, and kidnapping and raping Sue. There are no witnesses and the members of the community, including the victims, refuse to talk about the crimes; preventing police from doing anything about Spider’s gang.

The next day, Thao seeks Walt’s help to exact revenge, who tells him to return later in the afternoon. In the meantime, Walt makes personal preparations: he buys a suit, gets a haircut, and makes a confession to Father Janovich. When Thao returns, Walt takes him to the basement and gives him his Silver Star; Walt then locks Thao in his basement and tells him that he has been haunted by the memory of killing an enemy soldier who was trying to surrender, something he had not confessed to Janovich. He insists that Thao must never be haunted by killing another man, especially with his life ahead of him.

That night Walt goes to the house of the gang members, where they draw their weapons on him. He speaks loudly, berating them and enumerating their crimes and thus drawing the attention of the neighbors. Putting a cigarette in his mouth, he asks for a light; he then puts his hand in his jacket and provocatively pulls it out as if he were holding a gun, inciting the gang members to shoot and kill him. As he falls to the ground, his hand opens to reveal the Zippo lighter with First Cavalry insignia he has used throughout the film: he was unarmed. Sue, following Walt’s directions earlier, frees Thao, and they drive to the scene in Walt’s Gran Torino. A Hmong police officer tells them the gang members have been arrested for murder and the surrounding neighbors have all come forward as witnesses.

Walt’s funeral Mass is celebrated by Father Janovich and attended by his family and many of the Hmong community, whose inclusion puzzles his family. Afterward his last will and testament is read, where to the surprise of his family Walt leaves them nothing: his house goes to the church and his cherished Gran Torino goes to Thao, with the condition that Thao doesn’t modify it. As the film ends, Thao is seen driving the car along Lakeshore Drive with Daisy.

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