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Gran Torino Premiere Party

On Dec. 16, local casting directors, extras, and crew members gathered at Forté restaurant in Birmingham for a premiere party celebrating Gran Torino, the locally filmed movie directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Photographs by Carrie Hall

Dec. 16, 2008

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Ann Wilson, Kathy Mooney, Doug Austin Smith	Anthony Wenson, Carol Wenson and Bill Clark	Arthur Cartwright	Bart Gendreau and Cheryl Belfiori	Bruce F. James, Erin O'Brien, Justin James
Catherine and John Johns	Dan Welcher	Dawn Baker, Anette Sinclair, Kevin Edwards and Carol Branston	Diann Bjerke, Diane Bufalini, Christine Golenbiewski	Gowhnou Yang and Cedric Lee
Jackie and David Smith	Janet Pound and Jennifer Kincer	Janet Pound and Kathy Mooney	Jennifer Isso	John Spag
Julia Ho and Ed Kelly	Ken Droz and Jamie Fried	Larry August and Jeff Spillman	Lee Mong Vang and Mai Ku Vang	Lillie Zhang, Chuck LaBash, and Cathy LaBash

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