The Resource Gran Torino, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production, (DVD)
Gran Torino, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production, (DVD)
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The item Gran Torino, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production, (DVD) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Redgranite Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Widescreen ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (116 min.)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
- Isbn
- 9781419872570
- Label
- Gran Torino
- Title
- Gran Torino
- Statement of responsibility
- Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Produced by Robert Lorenz, Bill Gerber ; story by David Johannson & Nick Schenk ; screenplay by Nick Schenk ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: R; for language throughtout, and some violence
- Language note
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- LC call number
- PN1997.2
- LC item number
- .G73 2009
- PerformerNote
- Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Lorenz, Robert
- Gerber, Bill
- Johannson, David
- Schenk, Nick
- Eastwood, Clint
- Vang, Bee
- Her, Ahney
- Carley, Christopher
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
- Village Roadshow Pictures
- Double Nickel Entertainment (Firm)
- Malpaso (Company)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Runtime
- 116
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Widowers
- Torino automobile
- Hmong American teenage boys
- Gangs
- Hmong American families
- Families
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Gran Torino, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production, (DVD)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Control code
- ocn317155768
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (116 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781419872570
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929033164
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- 1000041155
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)317155768
- a862008
- System details
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Gran Torino, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Double Nickel Entertainment, a Malpaso Production, (DVD)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Control code
- ocn317155768
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen ed.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (116 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781419872570
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929033164
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
- 1000041155
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)317155768
- a862008
- System details
- DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital
- Video recording format
- DVD
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