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21-03-2008, 10:03 AM
Erik recently shared word that the mega-fantastic movie-maker Clint Eastwood
now has TWO separate movies being prepared for release later this year: a
kidnapping thriller called Changeling -- and the recently-announced Gran
Torino, which WB seems to be keeping a pretty tight lid on. But according to
one source, Gran Torino may very well be the sixth entry in the Dirty Harry
series, which began in 1971 with (of course) Dirty Harry, and continued on
with Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The
Dead Pool (1988).
So who spilled the potential beans on this project? Some guy who was looking
to sell his old Gran Torino on Cragislist! According to IESB.net, someone
from Village Roadshow came by to look at the car, but didn't want it for one
reason or another. And then apparently this guy from the production company
added this: "He said [the project] was a thriller about a killer that drives
a certain torino. His 1972 Ford Gran Torino is the only thing the police
have on him. A retired police lieutenant, one Harry Callahan, makes it his
mission to track down the culprit when two young police officers, one
Callahan's grandson, are shot and killed by the guy."
So there. According to one amusing rumor, Gran Torino is actually the sixth
(and inevitably final) chapter in the Dirty Harry saga. Hey, if Harrison
Ford and Sylvester Stallone can do it, I have no problem with Mr. Eastwood
picking up the revolver one more time. Plus, knowing Eastwood, this could
become the Unforgiven of the Dirty Harry series -- and that'd be all sorts
of excellent.
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/20/fun-rumor-eastwoods-gran-torino-dirty-harry-6/
now has TWO separate movies being prepared for release later this year: a
kidnapping thriller called Changeling -- and the recently-announced Gran
Torino, which WB seems to be keeping a pretty tight lid on. But according to
one source, Gran Torino may very well be the sixth entry in the Dirty Harry
series, which began in 1971 with (of course) Dirty Harry, and continued on
with Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The
Dead Pool (1988).
So who spilled the potential beans on this project? Some guy who was looking
to sell his old Gran Torino on Cragislist! According to IESB.net, someone
from Village Roadshow came by to look at the car, but didn't want it for one
reason or another. And then apparently this guy from the production company
added this: "He said [the project] was a thriller about a killer that drives
a certain torino. His 1972 Ford Gran Torino is the only thing the police
have on him. A retired police lieutenant, one Harry Callahan, makes it his
mission to track down the culprit when two young police officers, one
Callahan's grandson, are shot and killed by the guy."
So there. According to one amusing rumor, Gran Torino is actually the sixth
(and inevitably final) chapter in the Dirty Harry saga. Hey, if Harrison
Ford and Sylvester Stallone can do it, I have no problem with Mr. Eastwood
picking up the revolver one more time. Plus, knowing Eastwood, this could
become the Unforgiven of the Dirty Harry series -- and that'd be all sorts
of excellent.
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/20/fun-rumor-eastwoods-gran-torino-dirty-harry-6/