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Gran Torino
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
Produced by
Clint Eastwood
Bill Gerber
Robert Lorenz
Screenplay by
Nick Schenk
Story by
Dave Johannson
Nick Schenk
Starring
Clint Eastwood
Music by
Kyle Eastwood
Michael Stevens
Jamie Cullum
Cinematography
Tom Stern
Edited by
Joel Cox
Gary D. Roach
Production
company
Double Nickel Entertainment
Malpaso Productions
Village Roadshow Pictures
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
December 12, 2008 (2008-12-12)
Running time
116 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$33 million[2]
Box office
$270 million[3]
Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Christopher Carley, Bee Vang and Ahney Her. This was Eastwood's first starring role since 2004's Million Dollar Baby. The film features a large Hmong American cast, as well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott. Eastwood's oldest son, Kyle, provided the score. Gran Torino opened via a limited theatrical release in North America on December 12, 2008, and later to a worldwide release on January 9, 2009.[4] Set in Detroit, Michigan, it is the first mainstream American film to feature Hmong Americans. Many Lao Hmong war refugees resettled in the U.S. following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975.[5]
The story follows Walt Kowalski, a recently widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family and angry at the world. Walt's young neighbor, Thao Vang Lor, is pressured by his cousin into stealing Walt's prized 1972 Ford Gran Torino for his initiation into a gang. Walt thwarts the theft with his M1 Garand rifle and subsequently develops a relationship with the boy and his family.
Gran Torino was a critical and commercial success, grossing nearly $270 million worldwide (making it Eastwood's second highest-grossing film to date).[3] Within the Hmong community in the United States, the film received both praise and criticism.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Selection of Detroit for production and setting
3.2 Shooting locations
3.3 Shooting and acting
3.4 Hmong people and culture during the production
3.4.1 Cultural accuracies and inaccuracies
4 Release
4.1 Theatrical run
4.2 Home media
5 Reception
5.1 Critical reviews
5.2 Reception in relation to the Hmong
5.3 Awards and nominations
5.4 Derivative works
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) is a cantankerous, retired Polish American assembly line worker and Korean War veteran, who has recently been widowed after 50 years of marriage, causing him to be a lapsed Catholic. His Highland Park neighborhood in the Detroit area of Michigan, formerly populated by working-class white families, is now dominated by poor Asian immigrants, and gang violence is commonplace. Adding to his isolation and detachment are his feelings towards his married sons and their families.
He rejects a suggestion from one of his sons to move to a retirement community (sensing that they want his home and possessions), and lives alone with his elderly dog, Daisy. A longtime cigarette smoker, Walt suffers from coughing fits, occasionally coughing up blood, but conceals this from his family. Roman Catholic priest Father Janovich (Christopher Carley) tries to comfort him, but Walt disdains the young, inexperienced man. Eventually, Walt opens up to the priest, revealing that he is still haunted by memories of the war.
The Hmong Vang Lor family reside next door to Walt. Initially, he wants nothing to do with his new neighbors, particularly after he catches Thao (Bee Vang) attempting to steal his 1972 Ford Gran Torino as a coerced initiation into a Hmong gang run by Thao's cousin, Fong, whose nickname is "Spider". The gang is infuriated by Thao's failure and they attack him, but Walt confronts them with an M1 Garand rifle and chases them off, earning the respect of the Hmong community.
As penance, Thao's mother makes him work for Walt, who has him do odd jobs around the neighborhood, and the two form a grudging mutual respect. Thao's sister Sue (Ahney Her) introduces Walt to Hmong culture and helps him bond with the Hmong community, who soon become more like family to Walt than his actual family and he, in turn, becomes a better man to them than he was to his own sons. Walt helps Thao get a job and gives him dating advice. Walt eventually visits a doctor regarding his coughing fits, where it is implied that he does not have long to live.
Spider's gang continues to pressure Thao, assaulting him on his way home from work. After he sees Thao's injuries, Walt visits the gang's house, where he attacks a gang member as a warning. In retaliation, the gang performs a drive-by shooting on the Vang Lor home, injuring Thao. They also kidnap and rape Thao's sister Sue. There are no other witnesses, while the community members, including the victims, refuse to assist the police to incriminate the gang members.
The next day, Thao seeks Walt's help to exact revenge, and Walt tells him to return later in the afternoon. In the meantime, Walt makes personal preparations: he buys a suit, gets a haircut, and makes a confession to Father Janovich, who had pressured him to make it at the behest of his late wife. When Thao returns, Walt takes him to the basement, gives him his Silver Star medal, and tells him of his haunting memory of having killed a surrendering enemy soldier. He then locks Thao in his basement, until the revenge is over, to make sure the boy will never be haunted by killing someone, with his life ahead of him.
That night Walt goes to the gang members' house, where they draw their weapons on him. He loudly berates them and enumerates their crimes, drawing the attention of the neighbors. Putting a cigarette in his mouth, he asks for a light, then puts his hand in his jacket and provocatively pulls it out as if he were holding a gun, causing the gang members to shoot and kill him. As he falls to the ground, his hand opens to reveal the Zippo cigarette lighter with the 1st Cavalry insignia; he was unarmed. His plan had in fact been to provoke them into killing him in public. Sue, following Walt's directions, frees Thao, and they drive to the scene in Walt's Gran Torino. One of the police officers tells them that all gang members have been placed under arrest for the murder, and due to the number of witnesses, they all face a lengthy stay in prison.
Walt's funeral Mass is celebrated by Father Janovich and attended by his family and many of the Hmong community, many of whom are wearing traditional attire; their presence visibly puzzles Walt's family. Later, his last will and testament is read. To the surprise of his family, Walt leaves them nothing: his house goes to the church and his cherished Gran Torino goes to Thao, with the condition that he does not modify the vehicle. Later, Thao is seen driving the car along Jefferson Avenue with Daisy.
Cast[edit]
See also: List of Gran Torino characters
Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski
Bee Vang as Thao Vang Lor, a young Hmong teenager
Ahney Her as Sue Lor, Thao's older sister
Christopher Carley as Father Janovich
Doua Moua as Fong "Spider," Thao's cousin and the main antagonist
Sonny Vue as Smokie, Spider's right-hand man
Elvis Thao as Hmong Gangbanger No. 1
Brian Haley as Mitch Kowalski, Walt's older son
Brian Howe as Steve Kowalski, Walt's younger son
Geraldine Hughes as Karen Kowalski, Mitch's wife
Dreama Walker as Ashley Kowalski, Mitch and Karen's daughter
Michael E. Kurowski as Josh Kowalski, Mitch and Karen's son
John Carroll Lynch as Martin, an Italian American barber friend of Walt's
Chee Thao as Grandma Vang Lor, the matriarch of Thao's family
Choua Kue as Youa
Scott Eastwood as Trey, Sue's date
After holding casting calls in Fresno, California, Detroit, Michigan, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, Eastwood selected ten Hmong lead actors and supporting actors. Of them, only one was not a first time actor.[6] Of the Hmong cast, five, including Bee Vang,[5] one of the principal actors,[7] were from the state of Minnesota.[5] Ahney Her comes from Lansing, Michigan. The casting agency Pound & Mooney recruited thirty actors and over 500 extras. The firm recruited many Hmong actors from a Hmong soccer tournament in Macomb County, Michigan.[7] Sandy Ci Moua, a Hmong actress based in the Twin Cities, assisted with the film's casting of Hmong actors.[8]
Production[edit]
Gran Torino was written by Nick Schenk and directed by Clint Eastwood.[6] It was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Media Magik Entertainment and Malpaso Productions for film distributor Warner Bros. Eastwood co-produced with his Malpaso partners Robert Lorenz and Bill Gerber.[9] Eastwood has stated he enjoyed the idea "that it dealt with prejudice, that it was about never being too old to learn" [10]
Shooting began in July 2008.[11] Hmong crew, production assistants, consultants, and extras were used.[6][12] The film was shot over five weeks. Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, the editors, cut the film so it was under two hours long.[13] The crew spent over $10 million while shooting the film in Detroit.[7]
In the early 1990s, Schenk became acquainted with the history and culture of the Hmong while working in a factory in Minnesota.[14] He also learned how they had sided with the South Vietnamese forces and its US allies during the Vietnam War, only to wind up in refugee camps, at the mercy of North Vietnamese Communist forces, when US troops pulled out and the government forces were defeated.[14] Years later, he was deciding how to develop a story involving a widowed Korean War veteran trying to handle the changes in his neighborhood when he decided to place a Hmong family next door and create a culture clash.[14] He and Dave Johannson, Schenk's brother's roommate, created an outline for the story.[14] According to Schenk, each night he used a pen and paper to write the script while in Grumpy's, a bar in northeastern Minneapolis, while not working at his day jobs. He recalled writing 25 pages within a single night in the bar. He recalled asking the bartender, who was his friend, questions about the story's progress.[15] Some industry insiders told Schenk that a film starring an elderly main character could not be produced, as the story could not be sold,[14] especially with an elderly main character who used language suggesting that he held racist views.[15] Through a friend, Schenk sent the screenplay to Warner Bros. producer Bill Gerber.[14] Eastwood was able to direct and star on the project as filming for Invictus was delayed to early 2009, leaving sufficient time for filming Gran Torino during the previous summer.[14] Eastwood said that he had a "fun and challenging role, and it's an oddball story."[14]
According to Schenk, aside from changing Minneapolis references to Detroit references, the production headed by Eastwood "didn't change a single syllable" in the script.[16] Schenk added that the concept of the producers not making any substantial revisions to a submitted script "never happens."[17] Eastwood said that he stopped making significant revisions after attempting to change the script of Unforgiven and later deciding to return to the original revision, believing that his changes were "emasculating" the product.[17]
Selection of Detroit for production and setting[edit]
The original script was inspired by the Northeast community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, but filmmakers chose to shoot in Michigan, becoming one of the first productions to take advantage of the state's new law that provided lucrative incentive packages to film productions.[18] Bill Huizenga, a man from Zeeland, Michigan who once served in the Michigan House of Representatives, helped write and coordinate the State of Michigan's incentive package to the film creators.[19] The film ultimately received a 42% tax credit. Bruce Headlam of The New York Times said "That helped make it easy for Warner Bros. to sign off on bankrolling the movie, something that hasn’t always been a given in the studio’s relationship with the director."[17]
Producer Robert Lorenz said that while the script was originally set in Minnesota, he chose Michigan as the actual setting as Kowalski is a retired car plant worker.[20] Metro Detroit was the point of origin of the Ford Motor Company.[17] Schenk said that sometimes the lines in the movie feel out of place with the Detroit setting; for instance a line about one of Walt's sons asks if Walt still knows a person who has season tickets for Minnesota Vikings games was changed to being about a person with Detroit Lions tickets. Schenk said "They don't sell out in Detroit. And so that bothered me. It seemed really untrue to me."[16]
Shooting locations[edit]
Saint Ambrose Roman Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Park served as a shooting location
Locations, all within Metro Detroit, included Highland Park, Center Line,[21] Warren, Royal Oak, and Grosse Pointe Park were used.[22] The house depicting Walt Kowalski's house is on Rhode Island Street in Highland Park. The Hmong gang house is located on Pilgrim Street in Highland Park. The house depicting the residence of one of Walt's sons is on Ballantyne Road in Grosse Pointe Shores. The church used in the film, Saint Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, is in Grosse Pointe Park. The hardware store, Pointe Hardware, is also in Grosse Pointe Park. VFW Post 6756, used as the location where Walt meets friends to drink alcohol, is in Center Line.[7]
Widgren's Barber Shop in Royal Oak was another shooting location
The barber shop, Widgren's Barber Shop, is along 11 Mile Road,[7] near Center Street, in Royal Oak. The shop, founded in 1938, in a space now occupied by another business, moved to its current location, west of its original location, in 1970. The film producers selected that shop out of 60 candidates in Metro Detroit. According to Frank Mills, the son-in-law of owner Ted Widgren, the producers selected it because they liked "the antique look inside."[23] Eastwood asked Widgren to act as an extra in the barber shop scene. In the area around the barbershop, vehicle traffic had to be stopped for three to five minutes at a time, so traffic in the area slowed down.[23]
Shooting and acting[edit]
Of the entire cast, only Eastwood was an established actor; the Hmong actors had relatively little experience,[24] and some were not proficient in English.[17] Jeff Baenen said that Eastwood used a "low-key approach to directing."[24] Eastwood said that "I’d give them little pointers along the way, Acting 101. And I move along at a rate that doesn’t give them too much of a chance to think."[17] Bee Vang said that he originally felt fright, but was able to ease into the acting.[24] Baenen said that Eastwood was a "patient teacher" of the first-time actors.[24] According to Vang, Eastwood did not say "action" whenever filming a particular shoot began.[24]
Vang said that he had studied the script as if it was a textbook. According to Vang, after the first film cut ended, Vang did not hear a response from Eastwood. When Vang asked if something was wrong, other people told Vang that if Eastwood did not make a comment, then his performance was satisfactory.[25] Vang added that Eastwood encouraged ad-libbing with the Hmong actors.[24] Ahney Her said that she liked the improvisation work, even when she was required to translate between the English and Hmong languages.[26] When asked if the in-character racial slurs offended the actors in real life, Ahney said that she did not feel offense. Vang said "I was called so many names that I can’t say here because of how vulgar they were. It disturbed me quite a lot, but at the end of the day it was just a script."[25]
Vang said in a 2011 program that Eastwood did not allow the Hmong actors to change their lines, despite what he said in the earlier interviews.[27]
Hmong people and culture during the production[edit]
Nick Schenk said that he became friends with many Hmong coworkers while employed at a VHS factory in Bloomington, Minnesota. In regards to Schenk's stories of his interactions with the Hmong people, Laura Yuen of Minnesota Public Radio said "That sense of humor and curiosity permeate the script, even though the Gran Torino trailers make the movie look like, by all measures, a drama."[16]
Eastwood wanted Hmong as cast members, so casting director Ellen Chenoweth enlisted Hmong organizations and set up calls in Detroit, Fresno and Saint Paul; Fresno and Saint Paul have the two largest Hmong communities in the United States, while Detroit also has an appreciable population of Hmong.[20] Chenoweth recruited Bee Vang in St. Paul and Ahney Her in Detroit.[14]
The screenplay was written entirely in English. Therefore, the actors of Gran Torino improvised the Hmong used in the film. Louisa Schein, author of Hmong Actors Making History Part 2: Meet the Gran Torino Family, said before the end of production that "some of the lines actors ad-libbed in Hmong on camera will be tricky to translate back for subtitles."[26] Screenwriter Nick Schenk had input from Hmong people when writing the script.[28] Dyane Hang Garvey served as a cultural consultant, giving advice on names, traditions, and translations.[5]
Vang argued that the use of the Hmong people did not seem relevant to the overall plot. He said "there is no real reason for us to be Hmong in the script" and that even though Walt Kowalski had fought in Korea, he had still confused the Hmong with Koreans and other Asian ethnic groups.[29] In a 2011 program Vang said that Hmong actors were treated unfairly on the set, and that Eastwood did not give tips on how to build the characters.[27] Vang also said that other white cast members made Hmong actors feel excluded.[27] Vang said that some important lines that the Hmong characters said in the Hmong language were not subtitled, so audiences developed a skewed perception of the Hmong people.[27]
Roxane Battle of MinnPost said "Rutgers University professor Louisa Shein, an expert on Hmong studies, adeptly moderated the discussion and challenged the audience to view the young cast members for what they were: actors in a film, and not so much representatives of an entire culture."[25]
Cultural accuracies and inaccuracies[edit]
Bee Vang, as paraphrased by Jeff Baenen of the Associated Press, said that the film's portrayal of the Hmong is "generally accurate."[24] Regarding the result, Vang said "[t]his film is not a documentary. We can't expect 101 percent correctness."[24] During the filming, Hmong cast members addressed what they believed to be cultural inaccuracies that were being introduced. Cedric Lee,[25] a half-Hmong[30] who worked as a production assistant and a cultural consultant, said that "Some things were over-exaggerated for dramatic purposes. Whether it was our job or not, I still felt some responsibility to speak our mind and say something, but at the same time, the script was what it was. We didn’t make the final decision."[25] Vang said while many Hmong had objected to some elements, the producers selected the viewpoints of the cultural consultants which "had the most amenable take on the matter and would lend credence to whatever Hollywood stereotypes the film wanted to convey."[31] Vang further said that "this was a white production, that our presence as actors did not amount to control of our images."[31]
Louisa Schein and Va-Megn Thoj, authors of "Gran Torino’s Boys and Men with Guns: Hmong Perspectives," said "Perhaps the most commonly voiced Hmong objections to the film concern its myriad cultural inaccuracies, exaggerations and distortion."[32] Schein also said that "[t]he [Hmong] actors struggle, too, with their culture being made into spectacle."[6] Even though a real Hmong shaman acts as a Hmong shaman in the film, Schein said that "his expertise was overridden by the screenplay and the filming, which distorted the ceremonial scenes by making them inaccurately exotic."[6] Vang said that the tea ceremonies depicted in the film were not correctly performed.[27] Even though, in the film, Hmong characters feel offense when Walt touches a girl on the head, Schein said that in real life in Hmong culture it is okay to touch a person on the head.[25] In other segments of the film, the Hmong shaman touches a baby's head without any negative criticism. Schein adds that Spider touches Thao Vang Lor's head "without consequence."[32] Christine Wilson Owens, author of "Hmong Cultural Profile," said "Most traditional Hmong elders, especially men, do not want strangers to touch their heads, or those of their children, due to their religious beliefs and personal values."[33]
Thao and Sue Lor wear Hmong clothing to Walt Kowalski's funeral. Hmong do not ordinarily wear traditional Hmong clothing to funerals.[25] Grandma Lor spits a betel nut she had been chewing to show contempt for Walt Kowalski, even though the Hmong do not chew betel nuts.[34] The Hmong shaman reads Walt's personal character, when in real life he would communicate with the spirit world. In the film the shaman himself does a sacrifice of a chicken in a manner that Schein and Thoj say is "in dramatic ceremonial fashion," when in real life an assistant would do this "perfunctorily."[32] The authors said that the hu plis ceremony done in honor of the baby has an incorrect spatial layout, that the clothing and grooming of the Hmong gangs is not correct, and "the obsequious making of offerings on doorstep" are not accurate.[32] While Thao himself cleans dishes, Schein and Thoj add that he would not do this alone because he is in a house with other female family members.[32] Schein and Thoj also add that there is "inconsistent use of the two Hmong dialects within one family."[32] They also argue that members of a Hmong clan would not show aggression towards a member of a fellow clan and that they would not rape a member of their own clan, like the gang in the film rapes Sue.[32] Sharon Her, a Hmong writer from New York, argued that the film had "confusion of Asian customs" and that "Hmong people do not use favors as a method of atonement nor do they endlessly shower individuals with gifts out of gratitude."[35]
In regard to the early script, Her said "An early draft of the script even had names misspelled and referenced Chinese surnames, a sloppy mistake that was easily corrected[.]"[35]
Release[edit]
Theatrical run[edit]
In the film's opening weekend of wide release in the US, it grossed $29.5 million; as of August 21, 2009, has taken in $269,541,625 worldwide.[3][36]
Home media[edit]
The film was released on June 9, 2009 in the United States in both standard DVD format and Blu-ray.[37] The disc includes bonus materials and extra features.[37] A featurette is included and a documentary about the correlation of manhood and the automobile.[38] The Blu-ray version presents the film in 2.40:1 ratio format, a digital copy, and the audio in multiple languages.[38][39]
About 3,751,729 DVD units have been sold as of November 1, 2009 generating $56,684,999 in revenue. This does not include Blu-ray sales.[40]
Reception[edit]
Critical reviews[edit]
Gran Torino received generally positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 79% of critics gave the film "Certified Fresh" positive write-ups, based upon a sample of 224, with an average score of 7.1/10 and the site's consensus stating: "Though a minor entry in Eastwood's body of work, Gran Torino is nevertheless a humorous, touching, and intriguing old-school parable."[41] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 72, based on 34 reviews.[42]
After seeing the film, The New York Times noted the requiem tone captured by the film, describing it as "a sleek, muscle car of a movie made in the USA, in that industrial graveyard called Detroit". Manohla Dargis compared Eastwood's presence on film to Dirty Harry and the Man with No Name, stating: "Dirty Harry is back, in a way, in Gran Torino, not as a character, but as a ghostly presence. He hovers in the film, in its themes and high-caliber imagery, and of course, most obviously, in Mr. Eastwood’s face. It is a monumental face now, so puckered and pleated that it no longer looks merely weathered, as it has for decades, but seems closer to petrified wood."[43] The Los Angeles Times also praised Eastwood's performance and credibility as an action hero at the age of 78. Kenneth Turan said of Eastwood's performance, "It is a film that is impossible to imagine without the actor in the title role. The notion of a 78-year-old action hero may sound like a contradiction in terms, but Eastwood brings it off, even if his toughness is as much verbal as physical. Even at 78, Eastwood can make "Get off my lawn" sound as menacing as "Make my day", and when he says "I blow a hole in your face and sleep like a baby", he sounds as if he means it".[44] Roger Ebert wrote that the film is "about the belated flowering of a man's better nature. And it's about Americans of different races growing more open to one another in the new century."[45] Sang Chi and Emily Moberg Robinson, editors of Voices of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander Experience: Volume 1, said that within the mainstream media, the film received "criticial acclaim" "for its nuanced portrayal of Asian Americans."[46] Louisa Schein and Va-Megn Thoj, authors of "Gran Torino’s Boys and Men with Guns: Hmong Perspective," said that the mainstream critical response was "centered on Eastwood‘s character and viewed the film mainly as a vision of multicultural inclusion and understanding."[47]
However, not everyone enjoyed the film. Mark Harris, columnist for Entertainment Weekly, described it as "fantasy pretending to be social commentary", and accused it of peddling "the delusion that even the bigot next door has something to teach us all about heroism and self-sacrifice", adding "no, he doesn't".[48] Conversely, Nicole Sperling, also of Entertainment Weekly, perceived it in the exact opposite manner. She called it a drama with "the commercial hook of a genre film" and described it further as "a meditation on tolerance wrapped in the disguise of a movie with a gun-toting Clint Eastwood and a cool car".[49] Chi and Robinson said that within the Asian-American community, some criticized "depictions of Hmong men" and "the archetypical white savior trope that permeated the film".[46]
Reception in relation to the Hmong[edit]
Clint Eastwood's decision to cast Hmong actors, including amateur actors, received a positive reception in Hmong communities.[50] Tou Ger Xiong, a Hmong storyteller and performance artist from the Minneapolis-St. Paul who had auditioned for a role in the film, said that he had respect for the film because the producers actually cast Hmong instead of asking other Asian-Americans to mimic Hmong.[5] Xiong also argued "First things first, let's get our foot in the door. Complain later."[5] Dyane Hang Garvey, who served as a cultural consultant for the film production, said that the film was not intended to be a documentary on the Hmong people and that it positively highlights, as paraphrased by Laura Yuen of Minnesota Public Radio, "the close-knit nature of the Hmong community in Detroit".[5] Doua Moua, a Hmong actor in the film, said that he had no regrets in playing a gang member, because, in the words of Laura Yuen of Minnesota Public Radio, "gangs consumed his brother's life while they were growing up in Saint Paul".[5] Moua added that many first generation Hmong are affected by gangs and drift into gangs due to a lack of father figures.[5]
Louisa Schein, a Rutgers University anthropologist who is an expert on the Hmong culture, approved the concept of Hmong achieving visibility in the popular culture of the United States, but believed that the film may be promoting out of date stereotypes of the Hmong. Schein said that her Hmong friends were "touched" by the film's portrayal of Hmong culture redeeming and reaching out to Walt Kowalski.[50] Bee Vang, one of the Hmong actors, said that he was satisfied with the outcome of the film.[51]
Schein further added that the film seemed to give little prominence to the history of the Hmong, and that only two male Hmong, Thao and a gang member, were given depth in the story. Schein said "I feel a lot of the plot about the Eastwood character is driven by the fact that he is a veteran. Yet there is no possibility for representing the fact that the Hmong were veterans too."[50] An individual established a blog, eastwoodmovie-hmong.com, documenting what the author believed to be cultural inaccuracies of the film's depiction of the Hmong.[6]
David Brauer of MinnPost said that some Hmong liked Gran Torino and that many believed that the film was offensive.[31] Actor Bee Vang said "Hmong around the country were furious about its negative stereotypes and cultural distortions" and that they confronted him when he spoke at events.[31] Vang added that he engaged in "explaining my obligation as an actor while also recognizing that, as a Hmong-American, I didn't feel that I could own the lines I was uttering."[31] Brauer said that in an opinion editorial released in 2011, Vang "isn't kind to the Clint Eastwood film".[31] Krissy Reyes-Ortiz of The Bottom Line of the University of California Santa Barbara said, based on Vang's testimony in a 2011 program, that "Though many of the people who have seen the film may have gotten a sense of satisfaction and joy from seeing that Walt overcame his racism, the people who acted as the Hmong members in the movie did not" and that "They were offended by the traces of racism that were included in the movie and that they experienced themselves on set".[27] Some Hmong on internet message boards had posted criticisms of the film.[5]
Philip W. Chung of AsianWeek said that Eastwood, portraying a White man, was the "main weapon" of the film even though screenwriter Nick Schenk "does his best to portray Hmong culture and the main Hmong characters with both depth and cultural sensitivity".[52] Chung argued that "Gran Torino might have been another "“white man saves the day” story" but that "What Eastwood has really created is not a story about the white man saving the minority (though it can be read on that level and I’m sure some will) but a critical examination of an iconic brand of white macho maleness that he played a significant part in creating."[52]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Gran Torino was recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the Ten Best Films of 2008.[53] Clint Eastwood's performance has also garnered recognition. He won an award for Best Actor from the National Board of Review,[54] he was nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critics' Choice Awards) and by the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actor.[55][56] An original song from the film, "Gran Torino", was nominated for the Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song. The music is Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood, and Michael Stevens, with Cullum penning the lyrics, although Eastwood composed and performed the title track to the film.[57] The Art Directors Guild nominated Gran Torino in the contemporary film category.[58]
The film, however, was ignored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the 81st Academy Awards when it was not nominated for a single Oscar, which led to heated criticism from many who felt that the Academy had also deliberately snubbed Revolutionary Road, The Dark Knight, WALL-E and Changeling (which Eastwood also directed) from the five major categories.[59][60]
In 2010, the film was named Best Foreign Film at the César Awards in France.[61]
Derivative works[edit]
Mark D. Lee and Cedric N. Lee, two Hmong filmmakers from Detroit, directed a documentary called Gran Torino: Next Door, about how Bee Vang and Ahney Her were chosen for their roles in the film and the Hmong actors' off-set activities. It was released on Blu-ray.[62] Vang acted in a YouTube parody of one scene in Gran Torino, titled "Thao Does Walt: Lost Scenes from Gran Torino."[63] The YouTube parody addresses a scene involving a barbershop, and the views of masculinity in the original scene.[64]
See also[edit]
Falling Down
The Shootist
Vigilante film
White savior narrative in film
History of the Hmong in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
History of the Hmong Americans in Metro Detroit
Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States
Metro Detroit portal
Minnesota portal
Film in the United States portal
Asian Americans portal
2000s portal
Notes[edit]
"Gran Torino's Hmong Lead Bee Vang on Film, Race and Masculinity Conversations with Louisa Schein, Spring, 2010." (Archive) Hmong Studies Journal. (northern hemisphere) Spring 2010. Volume 11.
Schein, Louisa and Va-Megn Thoj. "Gran Torino’s Boys and Men with Guns: Hmong Perspectives." (Archive) Hmong Studies Journal. Volume 10. pp. 1–52. Available on ProQuest.
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External links[edit]
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Video Part 1 (Archive) and Video Part 2 (Archive)
Audio Part 1 (Archive) and Audio Part 2 (Archive)
"Thao Does Walt: Lost Scenes from Gran Torino" on YouTube - Starring Bee Vang
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Nilgiri tahr
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Nilgiri tahr
Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Nilgiritragus
Ropiquet & Hassanin, 2005
Species: N. hylocrius
Binomial name
Nilgiritragus hylocrius
(Ogilby, 1838)
Synonyms
Hemitragus hylocrius
The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) known locally as the Nilgiri ibex or simply ibex, is an ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the southern portion of the Western Ghats in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in Southern India. It is the state animal of Tamil Nadu.[2] Despite its local name, it is more closely related to the sheep of the Ovis genus than the Ibex and wild goats of the Capra genus.
Contents
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1 Etymology
2 Taxonomy
3 Description
4 Habitat and distribution
5 Conservation
6 Gallery
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Etymology[edit]
Eravikulam National Park, Kerala
In the Tamil language it is called varaiaadu (வரையாடு), the term being composed of two Tamil words, wurrai a precipice, and aadu, a goat.In Malayalam it is pronounced as "Varayaadu" (വരയാട്).[2] The ancient word in classical Tamil was "varudai" (வருடை: Natrinai, 359; Ainkurunuru, 287; Pattinappalai, 139). It was previously named Capra warryato by Gray.[3]
Taxonomy[edit]
Its closest relatives are sheep (genus Ovis). Until 2005, it was placed with the Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) and the Arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari) in the genus Hemitragus. However, it has recently been transferred to a new genus Nilgiritragus because it is genetically more similar to members of the genus Ovis than to other tahrs.[4]
Description[edit]
The Nilgiri tahr is a stocky goat with short, coarse fur and a bristly mane. Males are larger than females and of darker color when mature. Both sexes have curved horns, reaching up to 40 centimetres (16 in) for males and 30 centimetres (12 in) for females. Adult males weigh 80 to 100 kilograms (180 to 220 lb) and stand about 100 centimetres (39 in) tall at the shoulder. Adult males develop a light grey area on their backs and are thus called "saddlebacks".[2]
Habitat and distribution[edit]
Nilgiri tahr family in mountain grasslands.
The Nilgiri tahr inhabits the open montane grassland habitat of the South Western Ghats montane rain forests ecoregion. At elevations from 1,200 to 2,600 metres (3,900 to 8,500 ft), the forests open into grasslands interspersed with pockets of stunted forests, locally known as sholas. These grassland habitats are surrounded by dense forests at the lower elevations. The Nilgiri tahrs formerly ranged over these grasslands in large herds, before but hunting and poaching in the nineteenth century reduced their population.[1][5]
Conservation[edit]
As few as 100 Nilgiri tahrs were left in the wild by the early 20th century. Since that time their numbers have inceased somewhat; in a comprehensive study of the Nilgiri tahr population in Western Ghats, the WWF-India has put the population at 3,122.[6] Their range extends over 400 kilometres (250 mi) from north to south, and Eravikulam National Park is home to the largest population. As per the Wildlife census conducted by Kerala forest department in association with volunteers from College of Forestry & Veterinary Science under Kerala Agricultural University, from April 24-28, 2014, number of animals in Eravikulam National Park has increased to 894 individuals. This is the highest ever count recorded in the national park, with the first census in 1996 finding only 640 tahrs.[5] The other significant concentration is in the Nilgiri Hills, with smaller populations in the Anamalai Hills, Periyar National Park, Palni Hills and other pockets in the Western Ghats south of Eravikulam, almost to India's southern tip. A small populations of tahr numbering around 200 are known to inhabit the Boothapandi, Azhakiyapandipuram, Velimalai, Kulasekaram and Kaliyal Ranges in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu [7] and another small herd of less than 30 animals is known to inhibit Ponmudi hills in Trivandrum district of Kerala [8]
Gallery[edit]
In Rajamala, Munnar
Nilgiri tahrs making their way down the mountain
An adult male Nilgiri tahr, with a pallid harrier (female)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Alempath, M. & Rice, C. (2008). "Nilgiritragus hylocrius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
^ Jump up to: a b c Prater, S.H. 1948, 1971. The book of Indian Animals, Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press, India. 324 pages. ISBN 0195621697.
Jump up ^ Hamilton, General Douglas (1892). Hamilton, Edward, ed. Records of sport in southern India chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870. London: R. H. Porter. pp. 284 (ref=page 113). OCLC 4008435.
Jump up ^ Ropiquet, A. & Hassanin, A. 2005. Molecular evidence for the polyphyly of the genus Hemitragus (Mammalia, Bovidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(1):154-168
^ Jump up to: a b "Munnar Hill Station". Kerala Tourism.
Jump up ^ "Nilgiri tahr population over 3,000: WWF-India". The Hindu. 3 October 2015.
Jump up ^ "Bonnet Macaque tops in wildlife survey in Kanyakumari district"
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
[show]
Suborder Ruminantia
Antilocapridae
Antilocapra
Pronghorn (A. americana)
Giraffidae
Okapia
Okapi (O. johnstoni)
Giraffa
Northern giraffe (G. camelopardalis)
Southern giraffe (G. giraffa)
Reticulated giraffe (G. reticulata)
Masai giraffe (G. tippelskirchi)
Moschidae
Moschus
Anhui musk deer (M. anhuiensis)
Dwarf musk deer (M. berezovskii)
Alpine musk deer (M. chrysogaster)
Kashmir musk deer (M. cupreus)
Black musk deer (M. fuscus)
Himalayan musk deer (M. leucogaster)
Siberian musk deer (M. moschiferus)
Tragulidae
Hyemoschus
Water chevrotain (H. aquaticus)
Moschiola
Indian spotted chevrotain (M. indica)
Yellow-striped chevrotain (M. kathygre)
Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain (M. meminna)
Tragulus
Java mouse-deer (T. javanicus)
Lesser mouse-deer (T. kanchil)
Greater mouse-deer (T. napu)
Philippine mouse-deer (T. nigricans)
Vietnam mouse-deer (T. versicolor)
Williamson's mouse-deer (T. williamsoni)
Cervidae
Large family listed below
Bovidae
Large family listed below
[show]
Family Cervidae
Cervinae
Muntiacus
Indian muntjac (M. muntjak)
Reeves's muntjac (M. reevesi)
Hairy-fronted muntjac (M. crinifrons)
Fea's muntjac (M. feae)
Bornean yellow muntjac (M. atherodes)
Roosevelt's muntjac (M. rooseveltorum)
Gongshan muntjac (M. gongshanensis)
Giant muntjac (M. vuquangensis)
Truong Son muntjac (M. truongsonensis)
Leaf muntjac (M. putaoensis)
Sumatran muntjac (M. montanus)
Pu Hoat muntjac (M. puhoatensis)
Elaphodus
Tufted deer (E. cephalophus)
Dama
Fallow deer (D. dama)
Persian fallow deer (D. mesopotamica)
Axis
Chital (A. axis)
Rucervus
Barasingha (R. duvaucelii)
Panolia
Eld's deer (P. eldii)
Elaphurus
Père David's deer (E. davidianus)
Hyelaphus
Hog deer (H. porcinus)
Calamian deer (H. calamianensis)
Bawean deer (H. kuhlii)
Rusa
Sambar deer (R. unicolor)
Rusa deer (R. timorensis)
Philippine sambar (R. mariannus)
Philippine spotted deer (R. alfredi)
Cervus
Red deer (C. elaphus)
Elk (C. canadensis)
Thorold's deer (C. albirostris)
Sika deer (C. nippon)
Capreolinae
Alces
Moose (A. alces)
Hydropotes
Water deer (H. inermis)
Capreolus
Roe deer (C. capreolus)
Siberian roe deer (C. pygargus)
Rangifer
Caribou (R. tarandus)
Reindeer (R. tarandus)
Hippocamelus
Taruca (H. antisensis)
South Andean deer (H. bisulcus)
Mazama
Red brocket (M. americana)
Small red brocket (M. bororo)
Merida brocket (M. bricenii)
Dwarf brocket (M. chunyi)
Gray brocket (M. gouazoubira)
Pygmy brocket (M. nana)
Amazonian brown brocket (M. nemorivaga)
Yucatan brown brocket (M. pandora)
Little red brocket (M. rufina)
Central American red brocket (M. temama)
Ozotoceros
Pampas deer (O. bezoarticus)
Blastocerus
Marsh deer (B. dichotomus)
Pudu
Northern pudú (P. mephistophiles)
Southern pudú (P. pudu)
Odocoileus
White-tailed deer (O. virginianus)
Mule deer (O. hemionus)
[show]
Family Bovidae
Cephalophinae
Cephalophus
Abbott's duiker (C. spadix)
Aders's duiker (C. adersi)
Bay duiker (C. dorsalis)
Black duiker (C. niger)
Black-fronted duiker (C. nigrifrons)
Brooke's duiker (C. brookei)
Harvey's duiker (C. harveyi)
Jentink's duiker (C. jentinki)
Ogilby's duiker (C. ogilbyi)
Peters's duiker (C. callipygus)
Red-flanked duiker (C. rufilatus)
Red forest duiker (C. natalensis)
Ruwenzori duiker (C. rubidis)
Weyns's duiker (C. weynsi)
White-bellied duiker (C. leucogaster)
White-legged duiker (C. crusalbum)
Yellow-backed duiker (C. Sylvicultor)
Zebra duiker (C. zebra)
Philantomba
Blue duiker (P. monticola)
Maxwell's duiker (P. maxwellii)
Walter's duiker (P. walteri)
Sylvicapra
Common duiker (S. grimmia)
Hippotraginae
Hippotragus
Roan antelope (H. equinus)
Sable antelope (H. niger)
Oryx
East African oryx (O. beisa)
Scimitar oryx (O. dammah)
Gemsbok (O. gazella)
Arabian oryx (O. leucoryx)
Addax
Addax (A. nasomaculatus)
Reduncinae
Kobus
Upemba lechwe (K. anselli)
Waterbuck (K. ellipsiprymnus)
Kob (K. kob)
Lechwe (K. leche)
Nile lechwe (K. megaceros)
Puku (K. vardonii)
Redunca
Southern reedbuck (R. arundinum)
Mountain reedbuck (R. fulvorufula)
Bohor reedbuck (R. redunca)
Aepycerotinae
Aepyceros
Impala (A. melampus)
Peleinae
Pelea
Grey rhebok (P. capreolus)
Alcelaphinae
Beatragus
Hirola (B. hunteri)
Damaliscus
Topi (D. korrigum)
Common tsessebe (D. lunatus)
Bontebok (D. pygargus)
Bangweulu tsessebe (D. superstes)
Alcelaphus
Hartebeest (A. buselaphus)
Red hartebeest (A. caama)
Lichtenstein's hartebeest (A. lichtensteinii)
Connochaetes
Black wildebeest (C. gnou)
Blue wildebeest (C. taurinus)
Pantholopinae
Pantholops
Tibetan antelope (P. hodgsonii)
Caprinae
Large subfamily listed below
Bovinae
Large subfamily listed below
Antilopinae
Large subfamily listed below
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Family Bovidae (subfamily Caprinae)
Ammotragus
Barbary sheep (A. lervia)
Budorcas
Takin (B. taxicolor)
Capra
Wild goat (C. aegagrus)
Domestic goat (C. aegagrus hircus)
West Caucasian tur (C. caucasia)
East Caucasian tur (C. cylindricornis)
Markhor (C. falconeri)
Alpine ibex (C. ibex)
Nubian ibex (C. nubiana)
Spanish ibex (C. pyrenaica)
Siberian ibex (C. sibirica)
Walia ibex (C. walie)
Capricornis
Japanese serow (C. crispus)
Taiwan serow (C. swinhoei)
Sumatran serow (C. sumatraensis)
Mainland serow (C. milneedwardsii)
Red serow (C. rubidusi)
Himalayan serow (C. thar)
Hemitragus
Nilgiri tahr (H. hylocrius)
Arabian tahr (H. jayakari)
Himalayan tahr (H. jemlahicus)
Naemorhedus
Red goral (N. baileyi)
Long-tailed goral (N. caudatus)
Himalayan goral (N. goral)
Chinese goral (N. griseus)
Oreamnos
Mountain goat (O. americanus)
Ovibos
Muskox (O. moschatus)
Ovis
Argali (O. ammon)
Domestic sheep (O. aries)
Bighorn sheep (O. canadensis)
Dall sheep (O. dalli)
Mouflon (O. musimon)
Snow sheep (O. nivicola)
Urial (O. orientalis)
Pseudois
Bharal (P. nayaur)
Dwarf blue sheep (P. schaeferi)
Rupicapra
Pyrenean chamois (R. pyrenaica)
Chamois (R. rupicapra)
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Family Bovidae (subfamily Bovinae)
Boselaphini
Tetracerus
Four-horned antelope (T. quadricornis)
Boselaphus
Nilgai (B. tragocamelus)
Bovini
Bubalus
Water buffalo (B. bubalis)
Wild Water Buffalo (B. arnee)
Lowland anoa (B. depressicornis)
Mountain anoa (B. quarlesi)
Tamaraw (B. mindorensis)
Bos
Banteng (B. javanicus)
Gaur (B. gaurus)
Gayal (B. frontalis)
Domestic yak (B. grunniens)
Wild yak (B. mutus)
Cattle (B. taurus)
Kouprey (B. sauveli)
Pseudonovibos
Kting voar (P. spiralis)
Pseudoryx
Saola (P. nghetinhensis)
Syncerus
African buffalo (S. caffer)
Bison
American bison (B. bison)
European bison (B. bonasus)
Tragelaphini
Tragelaphus
(including kudus)
Sitatunga (T. spekeii)
Nyala (T. angasii)
Kéwel (T. scriptus)
Imbabala (T. sylvaticus)
Mountain nyala (T. buxtoni)
Lesser kudu (T. imberbis)
Greater kudu (T. strepsiceros)
Bongo (T. eurycerus)
Taurotragus
Common eland (T. oryx)
Giant eland (T. derbianus)
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Antilopini
Ammodorcas
Dibatag (A. clarkei)
Antidorcas
Springbok (A. marsupialis)
Antilope
Blackbuck (A. cervicapra)
Eudorcas
Mongalla gazelle (E. albonotata)
Red-fronted gazelle (E. rufifrons)
Thomson's gazelle (E. thomsonii)
Gazella
Mountain gazelle (G. gazella)
Neumann's gazelle (G. erlangeri)
Speke's gazelle (G. spekei)
Dorcas gazelle (G. dorcas)
Chinkara (G. bennettii)
Cuvier's gazelle (G. cuvieri)
Rhim gazelle (G. leptoceros)
Goitered gazelle (G. subgutturosa)
Litocranius
Gerenuk (L. walleri)
Nanger
Dama gazelle (N. dama)
Grant's gazelle (N. granti)
Soemmerring's gazelle (N. soemmerringii)
Procapra
Mongolian gazelle (P. gutturosa)
Goa (P. picticaudata)
Przewalski's gazelle (P. przewalskii)
Saigini
Pantholops
Tibetan antelope (P. hodgsonii)
Saiga
Saiga antelope (S. tatarica)
Neotragini
Dorcatragus
Beira (D. megalotis)
Madoqua
Günther's dik-dik (M. guentheri)
Kirk's dik-dik (M. kirkii)
Silver dik-dik (M. piacentinii)
Salt's dik-dik (M. saltiana)
Neotragus
Bates's pygmy antelope (N. batesi)
Suni (N. moschatus)
Royal antelope (N. pygmaeus)
Oreotragus
Klipspringer (O. oreotragus)
Ourebia
Oribi (O. ourebi)
Raphicerus
Steenbok (R. campestris)
Cape grysbok (R. melanotis)
Sharpe's grysbok (R. sharpei)
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Suborder Suina
Suidae
Babyrousa
Buru babirusa (B. babyrussa)
North Sulawesi babirusa (B. celebensis)
Togian babirusa (B. togeanensis)
Hylochoerus
Giant forest hog (H. meinertzhageni)
Phacochoerus
Desert warthog (P. aethiopicus)
Common warthog (P. africanus)
Porcula
Pygmy hog (P. salvania)
Potamochoerus
Bushpig (P. larvatus)
Red river hog (P. porcus)
Sus
(Pigs)
Palawan bearded pig (S. ahoenobarbus)
Bornean bearded pig (S. barbatus)
Indo-chinese warty pig (S. bucculentus)
Visayan warty pig (S. cebifrons)
Celebes warty pig (S. celebensis)
Flores warty pig (S. heureni)
Oliver's warty pig (S. oliveri)
Philippine warty pig (S. philippensis)
Wild boar (S. scrofa)
Timor warty pig (S. timoriensis)
Javan warty pig (S. verrucosus)
Tayassuidae
Tayassu
White-lipped peccary (T. pecari)
Catagonus
Chacoan peccary (C. wagneri)
Pecari
Collared peccary (P. tajacu)
Giant peccary (P. maximus)
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Suborder Tylopoda
Camelidae
Lama
Llama (L. glama)
Guanaco (L. guanicoe)
Vicugna
Vicuña (V. vicugna)
Alpaca (V. pacos)
Camelus
Dromedary (C. dromedarius)
Bactrian camel (C. bactrianus)
Wild Bactrian camel (C. ferus)
[show]
Whippomorpha (unranked clade)
Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus (H. amphibius)
Choeropsis
Pygmy hippopotamus (C. liberiensis)
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Player of the Match awards (cricket)
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In sport of cricket, a Man of the Match or Player of the Match and Player of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a player from either team, usually the winning team.
In cricket, the man of the match award became a regular feature in Test matches in the mid 1980s.[1] The man of the match title is usually awarded to the player whose contribution is seen as the most critical in winning the game. However, there have been many instances when the performance of the losing team's player has earned him the award.[2]
In Test matches, Jacques Kallis holds the record for the highest number of awards won, with 23 in 166 matches played, which is then followed by Muttiah Muralitharan with 19 awards.[1]
In ODIs, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest number of man of the match titles, with 62 awards in 463 matches played.[3] Tendulkar is followed by Sanath Jayasuriya, who, along with Ricky Ponting, also holds the record for the maximum number of Man of the Match titles as captain.[4]
In Twenty20 Internationals, Shahid Afridi top ranked with 11 awards, followed by Virat Kohli with 10 awards.[5]
Contents
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1 Test Cricket
1.1 Most Player-of-the Match Awards
1.2 Most Player-of-the Series Awards
2 One Day International Cricket
2.1 Most Player-of-the Match Awards
2.2 Most Player-of-the Series Awards
3 Twenty20 International Cricket
3.1 Most Player-of-the Match Awards
4 All Formats
4.1 Most Player-of-the Match Awards
4.2 Most Player-of-the Series Awards
5 Shared awards
5.1 Team Man of the Match Awards
5.2 Joint awards in Tests
5.3 Joint awards in One Day Internationals
6 References
Test Cricket[edit]
Most Player-of-the Match Awards[edit]
No. of Awards
Player
Matches
Career
23 Jacques Kallis South Africa 166 1995–2013
19 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 133 1992–2010
17 Wasim Akram Pakistan 104 1985–2002
17 Shane Warne Australia 145 1992–2007
16 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 134 2000–2015
16 Ricky Ponting Australia 168 1995–2012
14 Curtly Ambrose West Indies 98 1988–2000
14 Steve Waugh Australia 168 1985–2004
14 Sachin Tendulkar India 200 1989–2013
13 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 149 1997–2014
Last updated: 1 March 2017[6]
Most Player-of-the Series Awards[edit]
No. of Awards
Player
No. of Series
Career
11 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 61 1992–2010
9 Jacques Kallis South Africa 61 1995–2013
8 Imran Khan Pakistan 28 1971–1992
8 Richard Hadlee New Zealand 33 1973–1990
8 Shane Warne Australia 46 1992–2007
7 Ravichandran Ashwin India 17 2011–Pre
7 Wasim Akram Pakistan 43 1985–2002
7 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 60 1994–2015
6 Malcolm Marshall West Indies 21 1978–1991
6 Curtly Ambrose West Indies 27 1988–2000
6 Steve Waugh Australia 54 1985–2004
Last updated: 1 March 2017[7]
One Day International Cricket[edit]
Most Player-of-the Match Awards[edit]
No. of Awards
Player
Matches
Career
62 Sachin Tendulkar India 463 1989–2012
48 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 445 1989–2011
32 Jacques Kallis South Africa 328 1996–2014
32 Ricky Ponting Australia 375 1995–2012
33 Shahid Afridi Pakistan 398 1996–2015
31 Vivian Richards West Indies 187 1975–1991
31 Sourav Ganguly India 311 1992–2007
31 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 404 2000–2015
30 Brian Lara West Indies 299 1990–2007
30 Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka 308 1984–2003
Last updated: 1 March 2017[8]
Most Player-of-the Series Awards[edit]
No. of Awards
Player
No. of Series
Career
15 Sachin Tendulkar India 109 1989–2012
11 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 111 1989–2011
9 Shaun Pollock South Africa 60 1996–2008
7 Vivian Richards West Indies 40 1975–1991
7 Hashim Amla South Africa 45 2008-Pre
7 Chris Gayle West Indies 65 1999-Pre
7 Yuvraj Singh India 71 2000–Pre
7 Sourav Ganguly India 75 1992–2007
7 Ricky Ponting Australia 77 1995–2012
6 AB de Villiers South Africa 60 2005-Pre
6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 71 2004-Pre
Last updated: 25 October 2017[9]
Twenty20 International Cricket[edit]
Most Player-of-the Match Awards[edit]
No. of Awards
Player
Matches
Career
35 Shahid Afridi Pakistan 98 2006–2016
10 Virat Kohli India 50 2010-Pre
9 Chris Gayle West Indies 51 2006-Pre
9 Mohammad Shahzad Afghanistan 58 2010-Pre
9 Shane Watson Australia 58 2006–2016
8 Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan 77 2006-Pre
7 Yuvraj Singh India 55 2007-Pre
7 Martin Guptill New Zealand 61 2009-Pre
7 Brendon McCullum New Zealand 71 2005–2015
7 Umar Akmal Pakistan 84 2009-Pre
Last updated: 6 September 2017[10]
All Formats[edit]
Note: Players in bold are still active in international cricket.
Most Player-of-the Match Awards[edit]
No. of Awards
Player
Matches
Tests
ODIs
T20Is
76 Sachin Tendulkar India 664 14 62 0
58 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 586 4 48 6
57 Jacques Kallis South Africa 519 23 32 2
50 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 594 16 31 3
49 Ricky Ponting Australia 560 16 32 1
45 Virat Kohli India 329 7 28 10
42 Brian Lara West Indies 430 12 30 0
41 Vivian Richards West Indies 308 10 31 0
41 Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka 401 11 30 0
41 Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 652 13 22 6
Last updated: 2 September 2017[11]
Most Player-of-the Series Awards[edit]
Note: Players in bold are still active in international cricket.
No. of Awards
Player
Series
Tests
ODIs
T20Is
20 Sachin Tendulkar India 183 5 15 0
15 Jacques Kallis South Africa 148 9 6 0
13 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 176 2 11 0
11 Shaun Pollock South Africa 107 2 9 0
11 Chris Gayle West Indies 125 2 7 2
11 Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 136 7 4 0
11 Ricky Ponting Australia 147 4 7 0
11 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 155 11 0 0
10 Imran Khan Pakistan 74 8 2 0
10 Hashim Amla South Africa 102 3 7 0
Last updated: 2 September 2017[12]
Shared awards[edit]
Few instances in international cricket has been witnessed the sharing of awards. This sharing sometimes awarded to two players of the same side or players with the two sides, who had better clinical performances towards the opponent. In these occasions, the commentators and other awards given authorities held on to share the awards, without giving the award to the player of the winning team.[13] Test cricket has witnessed rare instances when a joint award for man of the match or man of the series has been announced. However, in ODIs and Twenty20 this phenomenon is usually seen when the member of the losing team is the highest scorer, such as when Charles Coventry (194) and Tamim Iqbal (154) shared the award when Zimbabwe lost the match. In another interesting match held on 3 April 1996, the whole team from New Zealand was awarded the Men of the Match award by adjudicator Basil Butcher who pronounced it a team performance.[14] It was the first instance when a whole team was awarded it.[15]
Only three occasions, one in test cricket and two in ODI cricket has been recorded, where whole team was awarded with man of the match by considering their team performances, rather than individual performances.[13]
Team Man of the Match Awards[edit]
In Test cricket, South Africa has been awarded Team man of the match award, in the West Indies tour in 1998/99 season. The match was won by South Africa by 351 runs and whole 11 players awarded the man of the match award.[13]
15–18 January
Scorecard
South Africa
v
West Indies
313 (92.5 overs)
Mark Boucher 100 (183)
Courtney Walsh 6/80 (24.5 overs)
144 (47.1 overs)
Brian Lara 68 (77)
Allan Donald 5/49 (13 overs)
399/5d (115.2 overs)
Gary Kirsten 134 (305)
Carl Hooper 3/117 (36.2 overs)
217 (75.2 overs)
Ridley Jacobs 78 (92)
Paul Adams 4/64 (21.2 overs)
South Africa won by 351 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: South Africa
West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
This is the first time that the West Indies lost a series 5–0.
In ODI cricket, New Zealand team has been awarded man of the match award for their team performances to 4 run victory against the West Indies on 3 April 1996.[16][17] On 1 September 1996, Pakistan team has been awarded man of the match for their team performance against England for their 2 wicket win.
3 April 1996
Scorecard
New Zealand
158 (35.5 overs)
v
West Indies
154 (49.1 overs)
Craig Spearman 41 (39)
Laurie Williams 3/16 (4.5 overs)
Roland Holder 49* (86)
Chris Cairns 2/17 (5.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 runs
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) and Eddie Nicholls (WI)
Player of the match: New Zealand
West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
1 September 1996
Scorecard
England
246 (50 overs)
v
Pakistan
247/8 (49.4 overs)
Nick Knight 125* (145)
Wasim Akram 3/45 (10 overs)
Saeed Anwar 61 (59)
Adam Hollioake 4/45 (8.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 2 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: John Holder (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Pakistan
England won the toss and elected to bat.
Shahid Anwar, Shadab Kabir and Shahid Nazir (All Pak) made their ODI debuts.
Joint awards in Tests[edit]
Joint awards are sometimes given to two players, either from the same team or one from each team. As of 2017, there have been 14 instances where two players from the same team were given the Man of the Match award in Test cricket.[18]
#
Match
Venue
Date
MoM 1
MoM 2
Result
1 India v Sri Lanka Nagpur 27 December 1986 Dilip Vengsarkar Maninder Singh India won
2 New Zealand v West Indies Christchurch 12 March 1987 Richard Hadlee Ewen Chatfield New Zealand won
3 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Hamilton 22 February 1991 Ian Smith Andrew Jones Drawn
4 New Zealand v Australia Auckland 12 March 1993 Ken Rutherford Danny Morrison New Zealand won
5 New Zealand v Pakistan Christchurch 24 February 1994 Shane Thomson Bryan Young New Zealand won
6 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Harare 31 January 1995 Andy Flower Grant Flower Zimbabwe won
7 England v South Africa Johannesburg 30 November 1995 Jack Russell Mike Atherton Drawn
8 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 28 February 1997 Steve Waugh Greg Blewett Australia won
9 South Africa v Zimbabwe Harare 11 November 1999 Shaun Pollock Mark Boucher South Africa won
10 South Africa v Zimbabwe Bloemfontein 17 November 2000 Jacques Kallis Makhaya Ntini South Africa won
11 Australia v South Africa Sydney 2 January 2002 Justin Langer Matthew Hayden Australia won
12 South Africa v England London 31 January 2003 Makhaya Ntini Graeme Smith South Africa won
13 Pakistan v South Africa Lahore 17 October 2003 Taufeeq Umar Danish Kaneria Pakistan won
14 South Africa v England Johannesburg 14 January 2010 Dale Steyn Morne Morkel South Africa won

Until 2017, there have been 26 instances where one player from each team was given the Man of the Match award in Test cricket.[18]
#
Match
Venue
Date
MoM 1
MoM 2
Result
1 Pakistan v West Indies Port of Spain 4 March 1977 Wasim Raja Colin Croft West Indies won
2 New Zealand v India Wellington 21 February 1981 Geoff Howarth Sandeep Patil New Zealand won
3 New Zealand v India Auckland 13 March 1981 John Wright Ravi Shastri Drawn
4 England v West Indies London 28 June 1984 Ian Botham Gordon Greenidge West Indies won
5 West Indies v New Zealand Port of Spain 29 March 1985 Vivian Richards Ewen Chatfield Drawn
6 India v Australia Chepauk 18 September 1986 Kapil Dev Dean Jones Tied
7 Pakistan v India Chepauk 3 February 1987 Imran Khan Kris Srikkanth Drawn
8 England v Sri Lanka London 25 August 1988 Phil Newport Ravi Ratnayeke England won
9 Australia v Pakistan Faisalabad 23 September 1988 Allan Border Ijaz Ahmed Drawn
10 West Indies v Australia Kingston 1 March 1991 Gus Logie David Boon Drawn
11 England v Sri Lanka London 22 August 1991 Alec Stewart Ravi Ratnayeke England won
12 West Indies v South Africa Bridgetown 18 April 1992 Curtly Ambrose Andrew Hudson West Indies won
13 England v New Zealand Auckland 24 January 1997 Alec Stewart Nathan Astle Drawn
14 West Indies v India Georgetown 17 April 1997 Shivnarine Chanderpaul Rahul Dravid Drawn
15 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 14 February 1998 Pat Symcox Azhar Mahmood Drawn
16 Pakistan v India Kolkata 16 February 1999 Saeed Anwar Javagal Srinath Pakistan won
17 Sri Lanka v Australia Kandy 9 September 1999 Aravinda de Silva Ricky Ponting Sri Lanka won
18 Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Harare 4 December 1999 Andy Flower Russell Arnold Drawn
19 England v South Africa Durban 26 December 1999 Andy Caddick Gary Kirsten Drawn
20 Sri Lanka v South Africa Kandy 30 July 2000 Arjuna Ranatunga Lance Klusener South Africa won
21 India v Australia Chepauk 18 March 2001 Harbhajan Singh Matthew Hayden India won
22 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo 6 September 2001 Muttiah Muralitharan Mohammad Ashraful Sri Lanka won
23 Sri Lanka v West Indies Colombo 29 November 2001 Chaminda Vaas Brian Lara Sri Lanka won
24 South Africa v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 October 2003 Gary Kirsten Taufeeq Umar Drawn
25 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Colombo 12 July 2009 Nuwan Kulasekara Fawad Alam Sri Lanka won
26 Pakistan v Australia London 13 July 2010 Salman Butt Simon Katich Australia won

There was one rare instance where three players were given the man of the match award in Test cricket. This happened between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in February 1991 at Hamilton.[19]
#
Match
Venue
Date
MoM 1
MoM 2
MoM 3
Result
1 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Hamilton 4 March 1977 Ian Smith Andrew Jones Asanka Gurusinha Drawn
In one occasion in international cricket, man of the match was given to a non-player, specifically to the ground staff. In the third Test match between South Africa and New Zealand on 8 December 2000 at Johannesburg, the fifth day was delayed due to rain. However, with the help of the ground staff, managed by Chris Scott, the Head Groundsman, the play continued and the match ended in a draw.[20]
#
Match
Venue
Date
MoM
Result
1 South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 8 December 2000 Chris Scott (Head Groundsman) and his crew Drawn

Joint awards in One Day Internationals[edit]
As of 2018, there have been 16 instances where two players from the same team were given the Man of the Match award in ODI cricket.
#
Match
Venue
Date
MoM 1
MoM 2
Result
1 New Zealand v Australia Dunedin 19 March 1986 Martin Crowe Richard Hadlee New Zealand won
2 New Zealand v Australia Wellington 26 March 1986 Wayne Phillips Steve Waugh Australia won
3 India v New Zealand Nagpur 31 October 1987 Sunil Gavaskar Chetan Sharma India won
4 Australia v India Sydney 20 January 1992 David Boon Geoff Marsh Australia won
5 Pakistan v Australia Port Elizabeth 13 December 1994 Aqib Javed Waqar Younis Pakistan won
6 Australia v Sri Lanka Sydney 20 January 1996 Mark Taylor Shane Warne Australia won
7 India v Zimbabwe Centurion 7 February 1997 Craig Evans Paul Strang Zimbabwe won
8 New Zealand v England Auckland 2 March 1997 Nathan Astle Gavin Larsen New Zealand won
9 Pakistan v India Sharjah 26 March 2000 Inzamam-ul-Haq Waqar Younis Pakistan won
10 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Sharjah 17 April 2001 Kyle Mills Mathew Sinclair New Zealand won
11 Pakistan v New Zealand Rawalpindi 7 December 2003 Yasir Hameed Imran Farhat Pakistan won
12 South Africa v New Zealand Port Elizabeth 30 November 2007 Jamie How Brendon McCullum New Zealand won
13 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Dunedin 23 January 2015 Luke Ronchi Grant Elliott New Zealand won
14 New Zealand v Zimbabwe Harare 4 August 2015 Martin Guptill Tom Latham New Zealand won
15 Zimbabwe v Afghanistan Harare 21 February 2017 Tendai Chatara Sean Williams Zimbabwe won
16 Afghanistan v Ireland Greater Noida 10 March 2017 Najeeb Tarakai Rashid Khan Afghanistan won

Until 2018, there have been 15 instances where one player from each team was given the Man of the Match award in ODI cricket.
#
Match
Venue
Date
MoM 1
MoM 2
Result
1 Australia v England Melbourne 1 January 1975 Ian Chappell Dennis Amiss England won
2 India v England Pune 5 December 1984 Dilip Vengsarkar Mike Gatting England won
3 Australia v West Indies Sydney 12 February 1985 Allan Border Michael Holding West Indies won
4 India v South Africa Kolkata 10 November 1991 Sachin Tendulkar Allan Donald India won
5 Zimbabwe v Pakistan Harare 22 February 1995 Bryan Strang Saeed Anwar Tied
6 Zimbabwe v England Harare 1 January 1997 Paul Strang John Crawley Zimbabwe won
7 South Africa v India East London 4 February 1997 Gary Kirsten Saurav Ganguly South Africa won
8 West Indies v Australia Georgetown 21 April 1999 Mervyn Dillon Steve Waugh Tied
9 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 12 March 2006 Herschelle Gibbs Ricky Ponting South Africa won
10 South Africa v Sri Lanka Georgetown 28 March 2007 Charl Langeveldt Lasith Malinga South Africa won
11 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Bulawayo 16 August 2009 Charles Coventry Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh won
12 England v India London 11 September 2011 Ravi Bopara Suresh Raina Tied
13 South Africa v Pakistan Johannesburg 17 March 2013 Hashim Amla AB de Villiers South Africa won
14 West Indies v Pakistan Gros Islet 19 July 2013 Lendl Simmons Misbah-ul-Haq Tied
15 Zimbabwe v Afghanistan Bulawayo 24 October 2015 Sean Williams Dawlat Zadran Afghanistan won
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