Film

Gran Torino 2008

Directed by Clint Eastwood

  • Drama
  • 116 min
  • R

Get off my lawn.

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.

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