Portuguese director Manuel de Oliveira, who lived until 106 years, completed his final film in 2015, also the year he died. A movie where Clint Eastwood drives all through Mexico with a troubled young man and a rooster. A movie that looks like an illusion.
Interesting Facts About the Movie
Clint Eastwood took 33 years for the right time to release a story that is worth it. A story that presents the life of a Widowed rodeo star who has nothing left in his life along with a rooster named Macho, who proves to be the strength to the man and helps him find a new purpose in life. Another exciting fact includes the story of the Hollywood legend who actually considered adapting this movie in 1988.
But at the age of 58 years, he thought that he was too young to play such a mature character and thus dropped the movie continuing his other projects like Dirty Harry. Even though he went along on his life for another three decades, he never forgot the project that excited him so much and kept thinking about it, and finally, at the age of 91, he thought that it was the right time to complete this project.
More About the Story
A story that Gran Torino writes shows the story of a man who shows up at work one day. He arrives at his wealthy boss’s ranch; the behavior of his boss seems different. Rather than happily saying goodbye to this old man who wants to retire, he responds with, ‘you are late.’ Howard doesn’t seem like a kind man, and this gesture proves it. Wood gets involved in another smuggling adventure, exploits the privilege that he never did before, and gets involved in an event.
A story of a very old man who gets involved in two such drastic events in his life that makes him a totally different human being and gets to acquire and explore the aspects of life that he never did before.
The Cast of the Show
The character of Miko played by Clint Eastwood, Howard Polk played by Dwight Yoakam, Leta played by Fernanda Urrejola, Rafa played by Eduardo Minett, Marta played by Natalia Traven and hippie girl played by Britney Ratledge. Other characters like that of a granddaughter, Aurelio, Senora Reyes, and Sergeant Perez are also played by wonderful actors who have done brilliant jobs in making these characters look alive.
Release Date of the Movie
The filming of this movie started on November 4, 2020, in Albuquerque, New Mexico with one of the best cinematographers, Ben Davis. The filming later shifted to Socorro County on November 16 and finally concluded on November 30. This film is also very important as it marks Eastwood’s return after the unforgiven movie, which was a 1992 Oscar-winning classic.
A man of action returned with such a movie can make people remember this movie. The movie is set to release on September 17, 2021, which will show the talents of these people.