Gran Torino

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Gran Torino is a 2008 film about Korean war veteran, Walt Kowalski, who lives in a Detroit neighborhood that's all but deserted by Americans and taken over by gang activity. He just wants to be left alone until he becomes close to the Hmong family who lives next door.

Directed by Clint Eastwood. Written by Dave Johannson (story) and Nick Schenk (screenplay).

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[edit] Walt Kowalski

  • How many swamp rats can you get in one room?
  • Kill you to buy American? Jesus.
  • I confess that I have no desire to confess to a boy that's just out of the seminary. [to Father Janovich]
  • Well, I think you're an overeducated 27-year-old virgin who likes to hold the hands of old ladies who are superstitious and promises them eternity. [to Father Janovich]
  • Oh, I've got one. A Mexican, a Jew, and a colored guy walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says, "Get the fuck out of here."
  • [about the Korean War] We shot men, stabbed them with bayonets, hacked 17-year-olds to death with shovels.
  • Get up. Get off my lawn! [aiming his M-1 rifle]
  • We used to stack fucks like you five feet high in Korea. Use you for sandbags.
  • I didn't save anybody. I just, I kept a bunch of jabbering gooks off my lawn, that's all.
  • The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn't ordered to do.
  • What the hell are you spooks up to?
  • Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while that you shouldn't have fucked with? [spits tobacco juice] That's me.
  • Shut up, pussy. What is all this "bro" shit, anyway? You wanna be Super Spade or something? These guys don't wanna be your bro and I don't blame them. Now get your ofay Paddy ass on down the road.
  • I thought you Asian girls were supposed to be smart.
  • That old hag hates my ass.
  • Hey, what are all you fish-heads looking at, anyway?
  • [reading newspaper horoscope] Your birthday today, Daisy. "This year you have to make a choice between two life paths. Second chances come your way. Extraordinary events culminate in what might seem to be an anticlimax. Your lucky numbers are 84, 23, 11, 78, and 99." What a load of shit.
  • God, I got more in common with these gooks than I do with my own spoiled-rotten family. Jesus. Happy birthday.
  • Relax, zipperhead. I'm not gonna shoot you.
  • Yeah, Yum-yum. Yeah. Nice girl. Nice girl, very charming girl. I talked with her, yeah. But you, you just let her walk out of here with the Three Stooges. And you know why? 'Cause you're a big, fat pussy. Well, I gotta go. Good day, puss-cake.
  • Jesus, Mary and Joseph. These Hmong broads are like badgers.
  • [about his son] I worked at Ford for fifty years and he sells Japanese cars.
  • Take these three items right here. You can have this. WD-40, vise grips, and some duct tape. Any man worth his salt can do half the household chores with just those three things.
  • What the hell does everybody want with my car?
  • You know, Thao and Sue are never gonna find peace in this world as long as that gang's around. Until they go away, you know, forever.

[edit] Sue Lor

  • Mentally, I'm way too old for you.
  • God, another asshole with a fetish for Asian girls. That gets so old.
  • Of course, right to the stereotype thesaurus. Call me a bitch and a whore in one sentence.

[edit] Others

  • Josh Kowalski: [crossing himself in church] Spectacles, testicles, wallet, and watch.
  • Steve Kowalski: The point I'm trying to make is that there's nothing anyone can do that won't disappoint the old man. It's inevitable.
  • Father Janovich: I know you're close with these people, but this pisses me off too, Mister Kowalski.

[edit] Dialogue

Duke: What you lookin' at old man?
Walt Kowalski: Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? (spits on the ground) That's me.


Barber Martin: There. You finally look like a human being again. You shouldn't wait so long between hair cuts, you cheap son of a bitch.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah. I'm surprised you're still around. I was always hoping you'd die off and they'd get someone in here that knew what the hell they were doing. Instead, you just keep hanging around like the doo-wop dago you are.
Barber Martin: That'll be ten bucks, Walt.
Walt Kowalski: Ten bucks? Jesus Christ. What are you, half Jew or somethin'? You keep raising the prices all the time.
Barber Martin: It's been ten bucks for the last five years, you hard-nosed, Polack son of a bitch.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah, well keep the change.
Barber Martin: See you in three weeks, prick.
Walt Kowalski: Not if I see you first, dipshit.

Youa: You're funny.
Walt Kowalski: I've been called a lot of things, but never funny.

Thao Vang Lor: What was it like to kill a man?
Walt Kowalski: You don't want to know.

Father Janovich: Why didn't you call the police?
Walt Kowalski: Well, you know, I prayed for them to come but nobody answered.

Thug: How old are you anyway?
Sue Lor: Mentally, I'm way too old for you.

Walt Kowalski: [picked up Sue from a confrontation from a gang of young African-American men and giving her a ride home] What's the matter with you? You trying to get yourself killed? I thought you Asian girls were supposed to be smart. Hangin' around places like that's an easy way to get you into the obituaries!
Sue Lor: I know, I know! Take it easy.
Walt Kowalski: And who was that goofball you were with, is he a date or something?
Sue Lor: Yeah...well, kind of. His name is Trey.
Walt Kowalski: Well, you shouldn't be hangin' out with him! You should be hangin' out with your own people, with all the other Humongs!
Sue Lor: You mean "Hmong?" No no, it's not "Humong," it's "Hmong."
Walt Kowalski: Whatever.

Walt Kowalski: Where exactly is this Humong, I mean "Hmong," anyway?
Sue Lor: [laughs] Wow! You're so enlightened, you know that? No, Hmong's not a place, it's a people. Hmong people come from different parts of Laos, Thailand, and China.
Walt Kowalski: Well, what are you doing in my neighborhood? Why didn't you stay back there?
Sue Lor: It's a Vietnam thing. We fought on your side; and after the Americans quit, the Communists started killing all the Hmong. So we came over here.
Walt Kowalski: Well, I don't know how you ended up in the Midwest, with snow on the ground six months to a year. What is it, do jungle people love to live in the great frozen tundra?
Sue Lor: Hill people. We're hill people, not jungle people. Booga-booga-booga!

Sue Lor: Blame the Lutherans. They're the ones who brought us over here.
Walt Kowalski: Everybody blames the Lutherans. You think the cold would keep all of the idiots out.

Sue Lor: Thanks for the ride.
Walt Kowalski: Y'know something, kid, you're alright. But what about that dimwit brother of yours? Is he slow or something?
Sue Lor: Thao is actually very smart. He just doesn't know which direction to go in.
Walt Kowalski: Oh...poor Toad.
Sue Lor: It's really common. Hmong girls over here fit in better. The girls go to college, and the boys go to jail.

Mitch Kowalski: What would I want?
Walt Kowalski: I don't know... Your wife's already gone through all of your mother's jewelry.

Sue Lor: There's tons of food.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah, well just keep your hands off my dog.
Sue Lor: No worries, we only eat cats.

Ashley Kowalski: [clearly uninterested] Grandpa Walt, you want me to help you with that, the chairs?
Walt Kowalski: No, you probably just painted your nails.

Smokie: Are you fucking crazy? Go back in the house.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah? I blow a hole in your face and then I go in the house... and I sleep like a baby. You can count on that. We used to stack fucks like you five feet high in Korea... use you for sandbags.

Walt Kowalski: Where's Dr. Feldman, my regular doctor?
Dr. Chang: Dr. Feldman retired three years ago, I'm his replacement, Dr. Chu.

Thao Vang Lor: [Walt's smoking] You should quit. Those things are bad for you.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah? So's being in a gang dipshit.

Walt Kowalski: Those guys who were here the other night...on my lawn. Who were they?
Thao Vang Lor: Just a gang, some Hmong gangbangers.
Walt Kowalski: Well, I figured that...what did they want?
Thao Vang Lor: They were going to take me away. They were kinda pissed because I blew my first initiation.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah, you're a real pussy for wanting to hang out with that gang. What was your initiation anyway?
[Thao gestures at the car]
Walt Kowalski: My Gran Torino? Christ-all-Friday.

Walt Kowalski: [about Thao] I don't care about him.
Sue Lor: You hang out with him, you teach him to fix things, you saved him from that fucked cousin of ours.
Walt Kowalski: Watch your language, lady.
Sue Lor: And you're a better man to him than our own father was. You're a good man.
Walt Kowalski: I'm not a good man. Get me another beer, Dragon Lady. This one's empty.

Sue Lor: Kind of ironic, isn't it?
Walt Kowalski: What is?
Sue Lor: Thao washing your car after he tried to steal it.
Walt Kowalski: And if he misses a spot, he's gonna do it all over again.

Father Janovich: What are you gonna do, Walt?
Walt Kowalski: Whatever it is, they won't have a chance.

Father Janovich: What can I do for you, Mr. Kowalski?
Walt Kowalski: I'm here for confession.
Father Janovich: Oh Lord Jesus, what have you done?

Walt Kowalski: Relax, zipperhead. I'm not gonna shoot you. I'd look down too, if I was you. You know, I knew you were a dipshit the first time I ever saw you, but I never thought you were worse with women than you are at stealing cars... Toad.
Thao Vang Lor: Thao.
Walt Kowalski: What?
Thao Vang Lor: It's not Toad, it's Thao. My name is Thao.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah, well you're blowing it with that girl who was there. Not that I give two shits about a toad like you.
Thao Vang Lor: You don't know what you are talking about.
Walt Kowalski: You're wrong, eggroll, I know exactly what I'm talking about. I may not be the most pleasant person to be around, but I got the best woman who was ever on this planet to marry me. I worked at it. It was the best thing ever happened to me, hands down. But you, you know, you're letting Click-Clack, Ding-Dong and Charlie Chan just walk out with miss "what's her face." She likes you, you know? Though I don't know why.
Thao Vang Lor: Who?
Walt Kowalski: Yum Yum. You know, the girl in the purple sweater. She's been looking at you all day, stupid!
Thao Vang Lor: You mean Youa?
Walt Kowalski: Yeah... Yum Yum... yeah... nice girl... nice girl, very charming girl... I talked with her... yeah. But you, you just let her walk out right out with the Three Stooges. And you know why? 'Cause you're a big fat pussy. Well, I gotta go. Good day, pusscake.

Walt Kowalski: Now you just gotta learn how guys talk. You just listen to the way Martin and I batter it back and forth. You OK? You're ready?
Thao Vang Lor: Sure.
Walt Kowalski: Alright, let's go in....
Martin (upon them entering): Perfect! a Polack AND a Chink!
Walt Kowalski: How ya doin' Martin, you crazy Italian prick?
Martin: Walt! You cheap bastard! I should have known you'd come in, I was having such a pleasant day!
Walt Kowalski: What'd you do? Jew some poor blind guy out of his money? Gave him the wrong change?
Martin: Who's the nip?
Walt Kowalski: Oh .... He's a pussy kid from next door. I'm trying to man him up a little bit.
Martin: Hmmm.
Walt Kowalski: You see kid, now that's how guys talk to one another.
Thao Vang Lor: They do?
Martin: What, you got shit in your ears?
Walt Kowalski: Now you go out and come back in and talk to him like a man, like a REAL man. Come on! Get your ass outta here! Come on back now. (to Martin:) Sorry about this.
Martin: That's OK.
Thao Vang Lor (on entering again): What's up, ya old Italian prick?
Martin (pointing a shotgun at Thao): Get out of my shop before I blow your head off, you goddamn dick smokin' gook!
Walt Kowalski: Jesus Christ, Holy shit! Take it easy, take it easy. (to the kid:) What the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind?
Thao Vang Lor: But that's what you said. That's what you said men say.
Walt Kowalski: You don't just come in and insult the man in his own shop! You just don't do that. What happens if you meet some stranger? You get the wrong one, he's gonna blow your gook head right off!
Thao Vang Lor: What should I have said then?
Martin: Yeah, kid... why don't you start with 'hi' or 'hello.'
Walt Kowalski: Yeah, just come in and say, sir, I'd like a haircut, if you have the time.
Martin: Yeah, be polite, but don't kiss ass.
Walt Kowalski: In fact you could talk about a construction job you just came from and bitch about your girlfriend and your car.
Martin: Uhh, son of a bitch, I just got my brakes fixed and those son of bitches really nailed me, I mean they screwed me right in the ass!
Walt Kowalski: Yeah, don't swear AT the guy, just talk about people who are not in the room. You could bitch about your boss, making you work extra time when there's bowling night.
Martin: Right, or... my old lady bitches for two goddamn hours about how they don't take expired coupons at the grocery store. And the minute I turn on the fucking game, she starts crying how we never talk!
Walt Kowalski: You see? Now go out, come back and talk to him, and it ain't rocket science, for Christ's sake.
Thao Vang Lor: Yeah, but... I don't have a job, a car, or a girlfriend.
Martin: Jesus, I should have blown his head off when I had the chance!
Walt Kowalski: Yeah, maybe so. But now OK, I want you to turn around, go outside, and come back, and don't talk about having no job, no car, no girlfriend, no future, no dick, OK? Just turn around and go!
Thao Vang Lor (coming back in): 'Scuse me sir, I need a haircut, if you ain't too busy, you old Italian son of a bitch prick barber. Boy, does my ass hurt from all the guys at my construction job!


Sue Lor: All the people in this house are very traditional. Number one: never touch a Hmong person on the head. Not even a child. The Hmong people believe that the soul resides on the head, so don't do that.
Walt Kowalski: Well... Sounds dumb, but fine.
Sue Lor: Yeah, and a lot of Hmong people consider looking someone in the eye to be very rude! That's why they look away when you look at them.
Walt Kowalski: Yeah. Anything else?
Sue Lor: Yeah... some Hmong people tend to smile or grin, when they're yelled at. It's a cultural thing, it expresses embarrassment or insecurity. It's not that they're laughing at you or anything.
Walt Kowalski: (grunts) Right, you people are nuts.

[edit] Gran Torino Theme Song Lyrics

'Gran Torino - Jamie Cullum' (Courtesy-obed)
Realign all the stars above my head
Warning signs travel far
I drink instead on my own Oh! how I’ve known
The battle scars and worn out beds

Gentle now a tender breeze blows
Whispers through a Gran Torino
Whistling another tired song

Engines hum and bitter dreams grow
Heart locked in a Gran Torino
Beats a lonely rhythm all night long

These streets are old they shine
With the things I’ve known
And breaks through the trees they're sparkling
Your world is nothing more than all the tiny things you’ve left behind

So tenderly your story is
Nothing more than what you see
Or what you’ve done or will become
Standing strong do you belong
In your skin; just wondering

Gentle now a tender breeze blows
Whispers through the Gran Torino
Whistling another tired song
engines hum and bitter dreams grow
a heart locked in a Gran Torino
Beats a lonely rhythm all night long

May I be so bold and stay
I need someone to hold
that shudders my skin
their sparkling world is nothing more than all the tiny things you’ve left behind

So realign all the stars above my head
warning signs travel far
I drink instead on my own oh how I've known
the battle scars and worn out beds

Gentle now a tender breeze blows
Whispers through the Gran Torino
Whistling another tired song
Engines hum and bitter dreams grow
Heart locked in a Gran Torino
Beats a lonely rhythm all night long
Beats a lonely rhythm all night long
Beats a lonely rhythm all night long

[edit] Cast

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