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Gran Torino
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Common File Information
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Source / Type........: 720p HD Blu Ray Rip (REFiNED)
Compatibility........: All iPods & iPhones / Zune / X-Box 360 / PS3 / etc.
Video Format.........: H.264
Video Resolution.....: 853 x 358 (640x358 Container)
Video Frames/Second..: 23.98
Video Bitrate........: 1.36 Mbps
Audio Format.........: AAC-LC
Audio Bitrate........: 160kbps
Audio Sampling.......: 48kHz
Audio Channels.......: Stereo
Genre................: Crime > Drama
IMDb Description.....: Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.
IMDb Link............:  
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/
Poster Art...........: 
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o168/VixenofVenus/ScreenShots/pgrantorino.jpg
Screen Shots.........: 
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o168/VixenofVenus/ScreenShots/grantor.jpg
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This film is yet more proof that Clint Eastwood is a better director than actor, though his acting is only a hair behind.  Personally, I liked this film better than "Million Dollar Baby", though Eastwood is the only real star in this one.  All the Hmong actors are basically unknowns who answered the casting calls put out specifically for Hmongs in major U.S. cities where they generally live in communities like the one depicted in the film.  If you haven't seen this film, and you like films about how even old dogs can learn to live again ... you'll love this one.


And since it's becoming a bit of new tradition for me, I actually know a bit of trivia about this film as well ... this is the FOURTH (or fifth, maybe) time that Clint Eastwood has played a Korean War veteran, and in real life, he is a Korean War vet, though unlike all his characters, he saw no combat.  Also ... I think the two guns that Eastwood brandishes in this film are both intended to be his service weapons -- the M1 Garand and M1911 pistol were both used in the early years of the Korean War, though I think the M1 Garand was phased out in favor of the M14 by the end.


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