Retired auto worker Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) fills his days with home repair, beer, and monthly trips to the barber. Though his late wife’s final wish was for him to take confession, for ...

On June 9, 2009, Warner Home Video will release Gran Torino on DVD and Blu-ray. A disgruntled Korean War vet, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong ...

Gran Torino is presented in 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen. The image is pristine, with no traces of dirt or dust, which is the least to be expected of a DVD these days.

However, against his own inclinations he is drawn into the community when he finds a young Hmong boy trying to steal his prized Ford Gran Torino. The film's out on DVD and Blu-ray today, so rev up ...

I’m not utterly convinced that it is. What Gran Torino is, however, is a film that surely would struggle to have been made quite so well by anyone else, both in front of and behind the camera.

The outcome of Gran Torino upends expectations, yet it makes perfect sense and turns the film into a parable for modern times. No tumbleweeds roll down Walt Kowalski’s street, but this is every ...

Published: Jun. 06, 2009, 10:00 a.m. By John Luttermoser, The Plain Dealer Gran Torino Clint Eastwood Warner Home Video ...

Surrounded by Hmong immigrants, he has an epithet for everyone, even growling at his grandchildren. (He does love his dog and the restored 1972 Gran Torino in his driveway.) ...

Warner brings Gran Torino to Blu-ray with their standard 1080p VC-1 encode preserving the theatrical framing of 2.40:1.