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Gran Torino Themes

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Gran Torino came out in 2008. The director and lead actor is Clint Eastwood and the stunning music is composed by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens. Other important actors are Bee Vang (Thao), Ahney Her (Sue) and Christopher Carley (Father Janovich). The genre of this movie is drama.

Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is a prejudiced veteran in a neighborhood that is now mostly inhabited by Chinese. It flips for him when the neighbor boy Thao (Bee Vang) tries to steal his car, a Ford Gran Torino 1972 model.
It all changes when Walt saves Thao’s family from a dangerous gang, and becomes a better acquainted with them. He decides to make Thao a man, and save his family from the gang.

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