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
- 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."
- Get up. Get off my lawn! [aiming his M-1 rifle]
- God, I got more in common with these gooks than I do with my own spoiled-rotten family. Jesus. Happy birthday.
[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.
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.
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.
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: [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.
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.
[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
- Clint Eastwood — Walt Kowalski
- Bee Vang — Thao Vang Lor
- Christopher Carley — Father Janovich
- Ahney Her — Sue Lor
- John Carroll Lynch — Barber Martin
- Brian Haley — Mitch Kowalski
- Doua Moua — Spider
- Brian Howe — Steve Kowalski
- Geraldine Hughes — Karen Kowalski
- Choua Kue — Youa ("Yum-yum")
[edit] External links
- Gran Torino quotes at the Internet Movie Database
