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The Internet was made for these kinds of mash-up trailers. We all remember the wonderful “Shining! from a few years back. (And, to be honest, this next one doesn’t knock that one off its perch at the top yet.) But it’s not a bad little entry into the archive of fun Internet videos. The concept is simple: What is the Clint Eastwood character from Gran Torino was played by that old crotchety man from the animated film Up!? And that simple question leads to this:
Pretty funny, even if it’s a little repetitive. This trailer needs some more fun racism!
