Mar 19 2008Old Former Cowboy Continues to Film His Death
Like time-lapse photography of an ox's corpse, slowly drying in the hot midday sun, the leathery death of Clint Eastwood (above, happily recharging) will be chronicled at regular intervals until we can no longer stand to look. Despite the withering actor's claims he had retired from acting after Million Dollar Baby, Variety reports he will direct and star in Warner's Gran Torino. The studio is remaining tight-lipped with details (Variety calls it "tantalizingly tight wraps"!), so I can't tell you anything about the film. But I can tell you about the Gran Torino car, a Ford model manufactured from 1972-1976. From Wikipedia:
For 1972, the Torino was completely redesigned from the ground up. The Torino's all new styling had many traits carried over from the previous generation. The 1972 Torino styling emphasized the "long hood short deck" look as well as "coke bottle" styling more than ever before. The most radical change was a large eggcrate grille in an oval opening on Gran Torinos. Tom McCahill, stated "the gaping grille looks a little like it was patterned after Namu, the killer whale," but also stated that the Torino had "kind of pleasing, no-nonsense styling."
Hmm. Will Eastwood's Gran Torino carry on the legacy of looking like it's patterned after Namu the killer whale (god, I loved that whale)? Hard to say. At least we have a title, so the Academy can start engraving the awards.
Clint to drive 'Gran Torino' [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. Col. Klink - March 19, 2008 2:02 PM
Where's the news about Ivan Dixon's passing. Kinch was the best.
2. Scooby - March 19, 2008 2:40 PM
I'll take a Clint Eastwood movie over just about any other type of movie. I hope he keeps at it until the end.
3. monica - March 19, 2008 3:30 PM
hehehe oh man, your comment about Eastwood "happily recharging above" made me snort out loud with laughter, and I'm glad I wasn't drinking milk at the time. Your blog entries are hilarious.
4. freddie - March 19, 2008 4:45 PM
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5. veronica g - April 4, 2008 5:30 PM
eew. looks like the shriveled asshole of a sewer rat molding on hollywood's front porch.
6. mephistopheles - May 13, 2008 3:00 PM
your entry is insulting to Eastwood, who is one of the greatest actors and directors of Hollywood, who helped bring a whole genre into being. I am sure that there are other actors, including women, who are much more ugly that you could pick on.
And as for "Veronica g" study your film history, as I said, if not for Eastwood, a lot of what we have now, we wouldn't...and calling him names like that equals your own intelligence level to that of a 2nd grader.