Up meets Gran Torino

December 18th, 2009 admin

Topics: pixar

USC film student Daniel Johnson noticed a few similarities between Pixar’s Up and Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino . He recut Up’s trailer with Gran Torino’s soundtrack to prove the point:

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Originally posted on Cartoonbrew

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