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True Grit is a 2010 American Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. It is an adaptation of Charles Portis ' 1968 novel of the same name. Starring Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn and with young new actress Hailee Steinfeld (in her theatrical film debut) as Mattie Ross.
Jan 17, 2020 · The story itself, catapulted by two feature adaptations as well as a John Wayne spinoff sequel ( Rooster Cogburn ), has become an integral fable of the Wild West – in literature and in film. Here's how the fabric of True Grit matches and differs across each of its treasured mediums.
Dec 25, 2010 · Within a year, Hollywood had adapted True Grit into a crowd-pleasing movie that plopped John Wayne into the role of U.S. Marshal Reuben “Rooster” Cogburn, Mattie’s one-eyed partner in ...
In the Coen Brothers’ “True Grit,” Jeff Bridges is not playing the John Wayne role. He’s playing the Jeff Bridges role — or, more properly, the role created in the enduring novel by Charles Portis , much of whose original dialogue can be heard in this film.
Remakes rarely outshine the original, but the Coen Brothers' newest movie, True Grit, eclipses the 1969 version starring John Wayne. Critic Bob Mondello compares and contrasts the two...
Dec 22, 2010 · The 1969 version of True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway, won John Wayne his only Oscar in the role of Arkansas marshal Rooster Cogburn; the Coens' remake would seem intended to do the...
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Dec 3, 2010 · A darker remake of “True Grit,” for which John Wayne won his lone Oscar, has rekindled a debate about how deserving he was.