The movie opens today in Minnesota. Screenwriter Nick Schenk's, a Twin Cities native, movie "Gran Torino" opens tomorrow in the Twin Cities. "Your back would hurt from unloading the truck but your ...

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especially as an Asian American in a predominantly white Hollywood industry. "If someone were to ask me today if I would have done a movie like 'Gran Torino,' I would say no. And part of that is ...

It's been more than a decade since Bee Vang starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the 2008 film "Gran Torino ... a lot of discussion about whether the movie’s slurs were insensitive and ...

Indeed, if Gran Torino suffers from anything, it’s a criminally weak supporting cast, Vang being the worst offender. That he now condemns the movie he nearly tanked with his direct-to-video ...

Vang continues, “At the time, there was a lot of discussion about whether the movie’s slurs ... an 84-year-old Thai American. When Vang circles back to “Gran Torino,” he writes ...

The fourth and last program for the 2025 “Our American Roots ... Cinema for Change,” will feature a showing of “Gran Torino” starting at 5:15 p.m. No registration is required for the movie. A guided ...

“Gran Torino” actor Bee Vang published an op-ed in NBC News’ “Think” column on Wednesday criticizing the anti-Asian slurs in the 2008 movie directed ... as the Asian American family ...

The fourth and last program for the 2025 “Our American Roots ... see and embrace their common humanity. In the movie “Gran Torino,” Clint Eastwood, right, plays Walt Kowalski, described ...