This song, "Gran Torino", is the title track from the movie of the same name. Released in 2008, the movie stars Clint Eastwood and a 1972 Gran Torino. (Just kidding) His true co-star was a previously-unknown actor named Bee Vang who played the character of Thao, who undergoes a personal transformation under Walt Kowalski's (Eastwood's) tutelage.

The song here is composed of two parts, first being Clint Eastwood's rendition (the credits say he's "singing as Walt Kowalski") and includes a few images of his infancy and early youth and it ends at the image of his high school graduation photo. It segues into the Jamie Cullum version. The composition is credited to Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, and Michael Stevens. The Cullum version is listed in the movie credits and includes Don Runner in this song. The images that accompany it are from these movies and/or television shows, in the following order:

1955, Revenge of the Creature

1955, Francis in the Navy

1955, Lady Godiva of Coventry

1955, Tarantula

1956, The First Traveling Saleslady

1958, Ambush at Cimarron Pass

1959, Maverick (television show)

1964, A Fistful Of Dollars

1957, Rawhide (television show, 1959-1965)

1965, For A Few Dollars More

1966, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1968, Hang 'Em High

1968, Coogan's Bluff

1969, Paint Your Wagon

1970, Two Mules For Sister Sara

1971, Play Misty For Me

1971, Dirty Harry

1973, High Plains Drifter

1973, Magnum Force

1975, The Eiger Sanction

1976, The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976, The Enforcer

1978, Every Which Way But Loose

1979, Escape From Alcatraz

1980, Bronco Billy

1980, Any Which Way You Can

1982, Honkytonk Man

1983, Sudden Impact

1985, Pale Rider

1988, The Dead Pool

1989, Pink Cadillac

1992, Unforgiven

1993, In The Line Of Fire

1995, The Bridges Of Madison county

1999, True Crime

2000, Space Cowboys

2002, Blood Work

2004, Million Dollar Baby

2008, Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood -- Actor, Director, Producer, Composer, and Singer. No other can do all that he has done during his career - SUCCESSFULLY. I do not own the rights to anything here, just great respect for the man and his amazing body of work. Looking forward to more in the years to come.

Edited to add on 8/31/2012: Never thought I'd see the day when Clint would jump the shark. I don't ordinarily editorialize or criticize or even comment other than to give praise to artists I admire. Politics and art make strange bedfellows. None stranger than Clint Eastwood and the Republican National Convention. I had deep respect for his craft and his personal views on issues I support. Now, overnight he's become a caricature. I still like his movies and his talents were -- and still are -- unsurpassed. I hope he can live down his "empty chair" bit and live his days in peace from now on. His story is now a "Stranger Than Fiction" tale that will live in infamy.

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