The community reached a fever pitch at a December 2008 screening of Gran Torino, according to Burnstein. “At a time when our spirits were at their lowest point ever, when the auto companies were getting the shit kicked out of them before congress and the whole state was on the verge of going under, the first really important movie to come out of the incentives, Gran Torino, hit theaters. When the credits rolled and it said ‘Made in Michigan’ the audience applauded. Why? Because Clint Eastwood had come here and said this is a good place and we saw that we still could make things. It was an emotional tipping point—we got validation from people who said ‘we came here and you do have a great place.’ What’s the price tag on hope? Has anybody calculated that into it?”
Credit: The Daily (www.thedaily.com)
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