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True Grit

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Directed by Henry Hathaway
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Written by Charles Portis (novel)
Marguerite Roberts
Starring John Wayne
Glen Campbell
Kim Darby
Music by Elmer Bernstein, Glen Campbell
Cinematography Lucien Ballard
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States June 11, 1969
Running time 128 min. Henry Hathaway ( March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer Hal B Wallis, CBE ( September 14, 1899 &ndash October 5, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22 1936 in Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning and two time nominated Golden Kim Darby (born July 8, 1947) is an American Actress. Biography Darby was born Deborah Zerby in Los Angeles Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22 1936 in Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning and two time nominated Golden Lucien Ballard, ASC ( 6 May 1908 – 1 October 1988) was an American cinematographer and Director of photography Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Country United States
Language English
Followed by Rooster Cogburn
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This article is about the 1969 John Wayne western film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Rooster Cogburn (also Rooster Cogburn ( and the Lady) is a 1975 sequel to the 1969 western film, True Grit For other uses, see True Grit (disambiguation)

True Grit is a 1969 western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Henry Hathaway ( March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Reuben J "Rooster" Cogburn is a fictional American Old West character who first appears in the 1968 Charles The film is adapted from the 1968 novel, True Grit, by Charles Portis. True Grit by Charles Portis first appeared as a 1968 serial in The Saturday Evening Post. Charles Portis (born December 28 1933) is an American Author who has been described as "one of the most inventively comic writers of western

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Plot

After her father is killed, Mattie Ross, a headstrong 14-year-old girl, hires the aging, irascible and drunken U. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn to track down the killer, Tom Chaney. Reuben J "Rooster" Cogburn is a fictional American Old West character who first appears in the 1968 Charles To do so, the pair must head into Indian territory, and are joined by a young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf, who also hopes to capture Chaney and collect a reward. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide Jurisdiction based in Austin, the

Cast

Production

Filming took place mainly in Ouray County, Colorado, in the vicinity of Ridgway (now the home of the True Grit Cafe), and the town of Ouray. Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling August 10, 1914 &mdash August 16, 2002) was Donald Woods ( December 2, 1906 - March 5, 1998) was a Canadian Film and Television Actor whose career Ouray County (ˈjʊreɪ is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado in the United States. Ridgway is a Home Rule Municipality in Ouray County, Colorado, United States. The historic City of Ouray (ˈjʊreɪ is a Statutory City that is the County seat and the most populous city of The courtroom scenes were filmed at Ouray County Court house in Ouray.

Wayne called Marguerite Roberts' script “the best [he’d] ever read. ” He particularly liked the scene with Darby where Rooster tells Mattie about his wife in Illinois, calling it the best scene he ever did. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union.

Ouray County Courthouse, constructed in 1888.
Ouray County Courthouse, constructed in 1888.

In the last scene, Mattie gives Rooster her father's gun. She comments that he got a tall horse, as she expected he would. He notes that his new horse can jump a four rail fence. Then she admonishes him "You're too old and fat to be jumping horses. " Rooster responds with a smile “Well, come see a fat old man sometime” and jumps his new horse over a fence. Despite popular belief, Wayne did not jump over the fence himself. In fact, according to biographer Garry Wills in his book on Wayne, Wayne was not healthy enough to do such stunts. Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934 in Atlanta Georgia) is an Author and Historian, and a frequent contributor to the New York It should be remembered that Wayne had an entire lung removed four years prior to making the film and actually had trouble walking more than 30 feet without breathing heavily. But Wayne fell in love with the horse, which would carry him through several more westerns, including his final movie, The Shootist. The Shootist is a Novel written by Glendon Swarthout and published in 1975.

Reception

Awards and nominations

John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Upon accepting his Oscar, Wayne said, ""If I'd known this, I'd have put that eyepatch on 40 years ago. " The song “True Grit”, by composer Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black, received nominations for both Academy Award for Best Song and Golden Globe. Elmer Bernstein ( April 4 1922 - 18 August 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American Don Black OBE (born Donald Blackstone 21 June 1938, London) is an English Lyricist. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture

John Wayne's performance

Garry Wills notes in his book John Wayne's America that Wayne's performance as Rooster Cogburn bears close similarities to the way Wallace Beery portrayed characters in the 1930s and 1940s, an inspired if surprising choice on Wayne's part. Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934 in Atlanta Georgia) is an Author and Historian, and a frequent contributor to the New York Wallace Beery ( April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American Academy Award -winning actor arguably best known Wills comments that it's difficult for one actor to imitate another for the entire length of a movie and that the Beery mannerisms temporarily recede during the scene in which Cogburn discusses his wife and child.

Differences from the novel

See also: True Grit (novel)

Unlike the book, the movie doesn’t introduce Mattie as an old woman telling a story of her childhood, but instead begins and ends in 1873, when Mattie is 14 years old. True Grit by Charles Portis first appeared as a 1968 serial in The Saturday Evening Post. Also, in the book, Mattie remains the central character throughout; in the movie, Mattie starts out as the main character, but Rooster Cogburn gets an equal share of the limelight once his character is introduced. Reuben J "Rooster" Cogburn is a fictional American Old West character who first appears in the 1968 Charles The film also downplays the novel's Biblical tone and adds a hint of romance between Mattie and La Boeuf.

Also, the film's Colorado location and mountain scenery is in sharp contrast to the script's references to place names in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America.

Sequels

A film sequel, Rooster Cogburn, was made in 1975, with John Wayne reprising his role from the first film, and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams up with him. Rooster Cogburn (also Rooster Cogburn ( and the Lady) is a 1975 sequel to the 1969 western film, True Grit John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage A made-for-television sequel, entitled True Grit: A Further Adventure was made 1978, starring Warren Oates and Lisa Pelikan, and featured the further adventures of Rooster Cogburn and Mattie Ross. True Grit A Further Adventure (aka just True Grit) was a made for TV sequel to the films True Grit and Rooster Cogburn Warren Mercer Oates (July 5 1928 – April 3 1982 was a prolific American Character actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage film and television Actress.

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