Spotting Detroit’s starring role in Eastwood’s ‘Gran Torino’
Did Clint Eastwood’s new movie “Gran Torino” look familiar at all? It should, it was shot here. Well, some of it. The Freep goes through and lists the areas of Detroit that made it to the silver screen.A few Detroit area spots:• Pilgrim Street, west of Woodward, Highland Park. Walt has a climactic showdown with Hmong gang members at a house here.• Rhode Island Street, east of Woodward, Highland Park.
Highland Park stands in for what the film’s characters call “the old
neighborhood.” Walt keeps a tidy house here and looks askance at those
that are crumbling around him.Read the entire article here.Two more Freep pieces here and here about Detroit’s role in “Gran Torino.”
Did Clint Eastwood’s new movie “Gran Torino” look familiar at all? It should, it was shot here. Well, some of it. The Freep goes through and lists the areas of Detroit that made it to the silver screen.
A few Detroit area spots:
• Pilgrim Street, west of Woodward, Highland Park. Walt has a climactic showdown with Hmong gang members at a house here.
• Rhode Island Street, east of Woodward, Highland Park.
Highland Park stands in for what the film’s characters call “the old
neighborhood.” Walt keeps a tidy house here and looks askance at those
that are crumbling around him.
Read the entire article here.
Two more Freep pieces here and here about Detroit’s role in “Gran Torino.”
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