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  2. Award Category Nominee(s) Result Academy Awards: Best Actor: John Wayne: Won Best Song – Original for the Picture "True Grit" Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black: Nominated American Cinema Editors Awards: Best Edited Feature Film: Warren Low (tied with William H. Reynolds's edited film Hello, Dolly!). Won British Academy Film Awards

  3. Apr 22, 2024 · True Grit, American western film, released in 1969, that was a late career triumph for John Wayne, who won his only Academy Award for his performance as the cantankerous U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn.

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    • Django Unchained (2012) Django Unchained is a revisionist Western by director Quentin Tarantino that was released in 2012. The movie follows the pairing up of a former slave and a German bounty hunter who attempt to get revenge on a plantation owner and save his wife.
    • No Country For Old Men (2007) No Country for Old Men is the next Western film on the list. The movie is a neo-Western crime thriller from Miramax Films that was released in 2007.
    • Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid is a buddy Western film that was released in 1969. It was directed by George Roy Hill and starred Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross.
    • The Power Of The Dog (2021) Directed by Jane Campion, 2021's The Power of the Dog is the most recent Western to have picked up an Academy Award. The plot follows a rancher named Phil Burbank, played by Benedict Cumberbatch.
  4. Oct 4, 2023 · True Grit” is a classic Western film that won John Wayne an Academy Award for Best Actor, featuring strong female characters and breathtaking landscapes of the American West. The movie explores themes of justice, determination, and the complexities of morality, captivating audiences with its memorable quotes and intense action sequences.

  5. List of accolades received by. True Grit. Hailee Steinfeld received several accolades for her performance as Mattie Ross. True Grit is a 2010 Western film directed, written and edited by the Coen brothers. It is based on Charles Portis ' 1968 novel of the same name, which had previously received an adaptation in 1969 featuring John Wayne.

  6. Nov 13, 2009 · On April 7, 1970, the legendary actor John Wayne wins his first—and only—acting Academy Award, for his star turn in the director Henry Hathaways Western True Grit. Wayne appeared in some...

  7. Jan 25, 2023 · Dunphy / Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 3:32 am EST. Adapted twice for the screen, True Grit remains one of the great classic western stories. Yet it is a property that was at odds with the spirit of ...