VCD Original Film Clint Eastwood : Gran Torino

Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Christopher Carley, Bee Vang and Ahney Her. This was Eastwood's first starring role since 2004's Million Dollar Baby. The film features a large Hmong American cast, as well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott. Eastwood's oldest son, Kyle, provided the score. Gran Torino opened via a limited theatrical release in North America on December 12, 2008, and later to a worldwide release on January 9, 2009.[4] Set in Detroit, Michigan, it is the first mainstream American film to feature Hmong Americans. Many Lao Hmong war refugees resettled in the U.S. following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975.[5] The story follows Walt Kowalski, a widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family and angry at the world. Walt's neighbor, Thao Vang Lor, is pressured by his cousin into stealing Walt's prized 1972 Ford Gran Torino for his initiation into a gang. Walt thwarts the theft with his M1 Garand rifle and subsequently develops a relationship with the boy and his family. Gran Torino was a critical and commercial success, grossing nearly $280 million worldwide (Eastwood's second highest-grossing film to date). Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski Bee Vang as Thao Vang Lor, a young Hmong teenager Ahney Her as Sue Lor, Thao's older sister Christopher Carley as Father Janovich Doua Moua as Fong \Spider,\ Thao's cousin and the main antagonist Sonny Vue as Smokie, Spider's right-hand man Elvis Thao as Hmong Gangbanger No. 1 Brian Haley as Mitch Kowalski, Walt's older son Brian Howe as Steve Kowalski, Walt's younger son Geraldine Hughes as Karen Kowalski, Mitch's wife Dreama Walker as Ashley Kowalski, Mitch and Karen's daughter Michael E. Kurowski as Josh Kowalski, Mitch and Karen's Son.