Corrected entry: The final credits roll over a background of an empty road. All of a sudden a very relentless stream of traffic appears. This is doubtless because there was only so long that the film crew were allowed to hold up the "real" traffic after shooting their closing scene. (01:50:00)
MovieFan612
14th Oct 2010
Gran Torino (2008)
18th Jan 2009
Gran Torino (2008)
Corrected entry: A boom is visible at the top of the screen when Tau is washing the Gran Torino, right above Clint Eastwood's head, as he is on the back porch.
Correction: There is no boom pole/mic visible in this scene, anywhere. I watched it forwards and backwards and the only thing you could possibly be mistaking for a boom pole/mic is a flagpole mount on the wooden pillar.
30th Jan 2009
Gran Torino (2008)
Corrected entry: Throughout the movie, a green Ford Taurus follows the action. When Walt is at home the Taurus sits a few houses down, then when Walt is saving Sue, the car is there one second, then gone the next.
Correction: This is a mistake how? Walt's neighbor has a dark colored sedan parked in front of his house. So? There is a dark colored sedan (a Taurus, if you say so) down the block when Sue is being hassled by the men. But the camera angle only shows the car once and we never get that vantage point again, so it can't be "there one second, gone the next."
21st Jan 2009
Gran Torino (2008)
Corrected entry: As the family drives away at the beginning in the "foreign car," you can see the crew reflected in the name plate and various other parts of the vehicle as it drives away from the camera.
Correction: The only thing reflected in the "name plate" [the chrome bar across the back of the vehicle] is a distorted reflection of the street behind the vehicle - houses, trees, cars. There are no camera equipment or crew members; if you try really hard, you can see Clint's profile, as he bends over the engine of the vehicle he's working on.
6th Aug 2009
Gran Torino (2008)
Corrected entry: Once again another corrector submits a correction on where the 1972 Torino was built, and tells us to get it right once and for all. Yes, lets. The website submitted by the corrector is for a 1971 Torino, the wrong year of the car in the movie. The 'Gran' part of Gran Torino didn't start until 1972. The website given also doesn't specify which models were built at which factory. In 1972, the Dearborn factory where the corrector suggests Walt may have worked was building Mustangs. The fact remains the Gran Torino 2-door fastback was built only in Lorain, OH. Clint Eastwood is a fine filmmaker, but as seen by other entries, there are still mistakes in the movie, which is the whole purpose of moviemistakes.com.
Correction: What sources are you relying upon? Opinions and supposition aren't facts. Again, this is a vital piece of information and the very basis for the film. The location of the manufacturing plant is no mistake. Without FACTS to support the opinions submitted here, THERE CAN BE NO MISTAKE.
16th Jul 2009
Gran Torino (2008)
Corrected entry: Walt says he worked at the factory where his Gran Torino was built, and in fact installed the steering column on it. The Gran Torino factory was in Ohio, at least two hours from Detroit, and Walt had been a long time resident of the Detroit neighborhood he lives in, as he stated he had seen its demise and an influx of immigrants. With other Ford factories being much closer, it's not likely he would commute that far. There's a correction stating that the Torino was built in more than one factory, but that's wrong. The two door Gran Torino in 1972 was only built in Lorain, OH, much like the Neon was only built in Belvidere, IL, Corvettes are built only in Bowling Green, KY, and Camaros, for the last 2 generations were built in Canada. Not all Ford factories are equipped or tooled to make all models. It's much more likely Walt would have built his pickup truck at a Detroit factory over the Torino.
Correction: Let's get this correct, once and for all. The Gran Torino was assembled in many plants, including DEARBORN, MI - about 20 miles from Detroit, see here: http://grantorinosport.org/71torino06.htm. There is NO factual error re: this aspect of the movie. And let's don't forget, Clint Eastwood is a fine filmmaker, and because this is such a significant fact to consider - placing his protagonist in a location where he's lived his entire life and where his assembling of his very own 1971 Gran Torino is one of the most important aspects of the entire movie - you can be sure he got it right.
12th Jul 2009
Gran Torino (2008)
Corrected entry: In the barber shop while Thao enters the building to try talking like a man, you can see an actual county sheriff van drive past on the street. It has the seal on the door that all sheriff departments use in the state of Michigan.
Correction: How is this a mistake? The movie is set in Detroit, Michigan.
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Correction: How is this a mistake? If the filmmakers wanted an empty roadway, they would've done it somehow (continuous loop of the footage they had, C.G. effects, etc.). If you understood the movie, it would be clear that this is a metaphor for the Walt's character development during the course of the movie.
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