I also liked this, posted in the comments section on the very same story.The most reasonable-sounding plot rumor so far concerning Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino (certainly more palatable than yesterday's near-ridiculous return-of-Dirty-Harry idea, which was floated by an AICN guy who claimed a certain inside knowledge due to a car deal that went south) has been posted by Film Jerk's Edward Havens.
He's heard it will be "a simple, quiet and compelling drama about Walt (Eastwood), a rural bigot who finds his outlook on life changed after a family of Hmong immigrants move in to the home next to his own, striking up a friendship with Tao, the family's teenaged son, over the older man's classic car."
Right off the top this sounds like a near-perfect Eastwood film -- quiet, soulful, moralistic, dealing with redemption -- and exactly the sort of thing that will do well in the '08 awards derby. I love the fact that the fast-moving Eastwood hasn't even shot this thing yet, and yet plans to have it out by December a la Million Dollar Baby.
The terms Hmong and Mong refer to an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of southern China. Hmong currently live in several countries in Southeast Asia, including northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.
Eastwood is doing a live-action version of "King of the Hill?"
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