Gran Torino. Do You Feel Lucky Punk?

Gran Torino. Do You Feel Lucky Punk? When news broke last week via AICN that the newly announced Gran Torino was in fact a new Dirty Harry film, the Internet started to buzz with excitement.

However, FilmJerk then reported that Gran Torino was actually:

“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 the family’s teenage son Tao over the older man’s now-classic car.”

It looked like the chances of a new Dirty Harry movie were slim, but then Movieweb hit back with a report that the film was indeed the sixth instalment of the Dirty Harry franchise. The Movieweb writer stated:

“a friend of mine just so happens to work for Malpaso, Eastwood’s production company. He claims that the rumors are true, Gran Torino is the sixth Harry Callahan film. And the story the writer sent into AINC seems to be pretty accurate as far as plot points are concerned.”

So, what is the score with Gran Torino?

Dirty Harry or not Dirty Harry?

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At this point Gran Torino could be anything. The way Clint’s career is heading “a simple, quite and compelling drama” wouldn’t be a huge surprise for the actor/director/legend.

That said, as we have seen over the past year or so- you can’t keep a good action hero down, and if Harrison Ford is willing to return to the character of Indiana Jones, and more importantly Bruce Willis came back for a fourth Die Hard film (which is something he swore he would never do) then there is a slim chance that Eastwood would be willing to strap on his .44 Magnum for one last case.

Eastwood has also made it clear that he wants to retire from acting: could he want to end his career with one final stint as his most iconic character?

Possibly.

Could it also be that Clint got a sniff that Warner Brothers were willing to restart the Dirty Harry franchise, and he wanted to make a final film to delay the remake for another twenty years or so?

Maybe.

According to Movieweb, Gran Torino is already shooting (possibly in more ways than one) so we should have more news soon. I’d love for this to be a new Dirty Harry film, but my guts are telling me it is a low key drama film.

I will as always keep you posted.

Let’s hope that we feel lucky.

Gran Torino / Dirty Harry 6 is released in December 2008.

Sources: FilmJerk , Movieweb

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Harry

I think it is a Dirty Harry film, why else would Warner keep it secret? They don't keep a small, personal film a secret for this long.

Dirk

Some hopeful speculation? Or the real deal?

=) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YbikAFVcMg

Jae Senn

Do you suppose Eastwood will fracture his wrist when he fires his .44 Magnum in this film?

Or will they downgrade his weapon to a .357 just to reduce the likelihood of Eastwood breaking a bone or two from the recoil?

He's definitely not gonna use an Automag again, that's for sure!

790

All this Callahan talk. Now I find myself watching "the Enforcer".

I blame you Heath.
Jk. =-)

790

Well yea the way you typed it looked like you were serious.
^
I just hope the opening scene isn't Harry in line to get a flu-shot,when all of a sudden there's a masked robber demanding all the Oxycotton.

And please o please keep Sandra Loch of the set.

Heath

Not an office rumor, just how they set up Harry, like you said.

heath

790

Well that's how office related rumors get started Heath.

I think that line was nothing more than a way to convey he's a intense badass. That dosnt give a crap about you if you can't keep up with him.

Heath

remember when he got the new partner--he's obviously not a bigot, but the other cop said he hates everyone (including white people, which made it funny).

heath

790

I don't remember Callahan being a bigot?

Heath

It seems to make sense, actually, and not a bad plot idea. However, on the other side of the coin, Dirty Harry was a bigot, too. At least his fellow cops did in the first (AWESOME) flick.

heath

790

Not that Clint needs to go out in style I felt his last best film was "Unforgiven".
That seemed like almost a great sequel to "Outlaw Josie Whales"

Go ahead, make my day. (Needs to go up in the quote rotation).

Hirogen

Gran Torino eh? Look out this doesn't end up the new new Starsky And Hutch :P

dave

Oh definitely. It's also fun to see Clint getting so much attention.

I think the idea has caught on because it represents the Clint Eastwood most people grew up with. It's hard for me to think of him as *only* an Oscar favorite now, because this current phase is just a small part of his long career.

Niall

Dave,
The speculation is fun though, isn't it?

Niall

dave

I'd really like to see Clint make one more mainstream film before he retires from acting. Then he can focus solely on dramatic stuff for the Oscars.

I'm hoping that this is a working title, and filmjerk is simply referring to a completely different script. It would be a pretty big coincidence, though.

The real smoking gun may be the fact that no one has been able to validate either story yet. After a week of speculation, I really expected the studio to resolve the issue today.