TY - ADVS AU - Lorenz,Robert AU - Gerber,Bill AU - Johannson,David AU - Schenk,Nick AU - Eastwood,Clint AU - Vang,Bee AU - Her,Ahney AU - Carley,Christopher ED - Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) ED - Village Roadshow Pictures. ED - Double Nickel Entertainment (Firm) ED - Malpaso (Company) ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - Gran Torino SN - 1419872575 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2009///] CY - Burbank, CA PB - Warner Home Video KW - Widowers KW - Michigan KW - Drama KW - Torino automobile KW - Hmong American teenage boys KW - Gangs KW - Hmong American families KW - Family KW - Films for the hearing impaired KW - Crime films N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2008; Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editors, Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach; Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley; MPAA rating: R; for language throughtout, and some violence N2 - Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is 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, becomes pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Walt is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood ER -