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Front cover of the 1968 Simon & Schuster hardback 1st edition of True Grit by Charles Portis.
Author
Charles Portis
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Western
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
1968
Media type
Print (hardcover) (paperback)
Pages
215
True Grit is a 1968 novel by Charles Portis that was first published as a 1968 serial in The Saturday Evening Post.[1] The novel is told from the perspective of a woman named Mattie Ross who recounts the time when she was 14 years old and sought retribution for the murder of her father by a scoundrel named Tom Chaney. It is considered by some critics[2][3] to be "one of the great American novels".
In 1969, it was adapted for the screen as a Western film True Grit starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (a role that won John Wayne Best Actor at the Academy Awards) and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. Wayne would reprise the role in Rooster Cogburn (1975) with an original screenplay. The sequel was not well received, and the plot was considered a needless reworking of the plot of True Grit combined with elements of The African Queen.[4]
In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed another film adaption also called True Grit, which starred Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director(s) (The Coen Brothers), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jeff Bridges), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hailee Steinfeld), and Best Adapted Screenplay (The Coen Brothers). The film, however, failed to win any awards.
In November 2010, The Overlook Press published a movie tie-in edition of True Grit, featuring an afterword by Donna Tartt. It reached #1 on The New York Times's Bestseller List on January 30, 2011.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Film and television adaptations
3 References
4 External links
Plot summary[edit]
Portis’s novel is narrated by Mattie Ross, a thrifty, churchgoing elderly spinster distinguished by intelligence, independence and strength of mind. She recounts the story of her adventures many years earlier, when, at the age of fourteen, she undertook a quest to avenge her father’s death at the hands of a drifter named Tom Chaney. She is joined on her quest by Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn and a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf (pronounced "La-beef").
As Mattie's tale begins, Chaney is employed on the Ross’s family farm in west central Arkansas, near the town of Dardanelle in Yell County. Chaney is not adept as a farmhand, and Mattie has only scorn for him, referring to him as "trash", and noting that her kind-hearted father, Frank, only hired him out of pity. One day, Frank Ross and Chaney go to Fort Smith to buy some horses. Ross takes $250 with him to pay for the horses, along with two gold pieces he always carried. He ends up spending only $100 on the horses. When Ross tries to intervene in a barroom confrontation involving Chaney, Chaney kills him, robs the body of the remaining $150 and two gold pieces, and flees into Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) on his horse.
Hearing that Chaney has joined an outlaw gang led by the infamous "Lucky" Ned Pepper, Mattie wishes to track down the killer, and upon arriving at Fort Smith she looks for the toughest deputy U.S. Marshal in the district. That man turns out to be Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, and although he is an aging, one-eyed, overweight, trigger-happy, hard-drinking man, Mattie is convinced that he has "grit", and that he is best suited for the job due to his reputation for violence.
Playing on Cogburn's need for money, Mattie persuades him to take on the job, insisting that, as part of the bargain, she accompany him. During their preparation, a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf appears. He too is tracking Chaney, and has been for four months, for killing a senator and his dog in Texas, with the hopes of bringing him back to Texas dead or alive for a cash reward. Cogburn and LaBoeuf take a dislike to each other, but after some haggling, they agree to join forces in the hunt realizing that they can both benefit from each other's respective talents and knowledge. Once they reach a deal the two men attempt to leave Mattie behind, but she proves more tenacious than they had expected. They repeatedly try to lose her, but she persists in following them and seeing her transaction with Marshal Cogburn through to the end. Eventually she is jumped by Cogburn and LaBoeuf, who had hid themselves from view and LaBoeuf begins to spank Mattie. Mattie appeals to Cogburn and he orders LaBoeuf to stop. At this point Mattie is allowed to join their posse.
Together, but with very different motivations, the three ride into the wilderness to confront Ned Pepper's gang. Along the way, they develop an appreciation for one another.
Film and television adaptations[edit]
The novel was adapted by Marguerite Roberts for the screenplay of the 1969 film True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1970.
A film sequel, Rooster Cogburn, was produced from an original screenplay in 1975, with John Wayne reprising his role, and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams with him.
A made-for-television sequel, entitled True Grit: A Further Adventure and starring Warren Oates and Lisa Pelikan aired in 1978. The TV-movie featured more adventures of Rooster Cogburn and Mattie Ross.
In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen released another film adaptation of the novel, also entitled True Grit, with thirteen-year-old actress Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross, veteran actor Jeff Bridges playing Rooster Cogburn, Matt Damon as LaBoeuf, and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney. Although their version is claimed to follow the novel more closely than the 1969 film, focusing more on Mattie's point of view, some scenes from the book were changed for their film version. The Coen movie is shot in settings more typical of the novel (The 1969 film was shot in the Colorado Rockies and the Sierra Nevada, while the 2010 film was shot in Santa Fe, New Mexico as well as Granger and Austin, Texas.) [5]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Ed Park. "Like Cormac McCarthy, But Funny", The Believer, March 2003.
2.Jump up ^ Lehmann, Chris, "Pelecanos on the Enduring Power of 'True Grit'", NPR, June 2006
3.Jump up ^ Jones, Malcolm, "True Lit", Newsweek, December 9, 2010
4.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "Rooster Cogburn (Review)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
5.Jump up ^ Fleming, Michael , "Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit'", Variety, March 22, 2009
External links[edit]
An interview with writer George Pelecanos about the novel, National Public Radio
Ed Park, "Like Cormac McCarthy, But Funny", The Believer, March 2003.
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True Grit
True Grit.jpg
Front cover of the 1968 Simon & Schuster hardback 1st edition of True Grit by Charles Portis.
Author
Charles Portis
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Western
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication date
1968
Media type
Print (hardcover) (paperback)
Pages
215
True Grit is a 1968 novel by Charles Portis that was first published as a 1968 serial in The Saturday Evening Post.[1] The novel is told from the perspective of a woman named Mattie Ross who recounts the time when she was 14 years old and sought retribution for the murder of her father by a scoundrel named Tom Chaney. It is considered by some critics[2][3] to be "one of the great American novels".
In 1969, it was adapted for the screen as a Western film True Grit starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (a role that won John Wayne Best Actor at the Academy Awards) and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. Wayne would reprise the role in Rooster Cogburn (1975) with an original screenplay. The sequel was not well received, and the plot was considered a needless reworking of the plot of True Grit combined with elements of The African Queen.[4]
In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed another film adaption also called True Grit, which starred Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn. The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director(s) (The Coen Brothers), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jeff Bridges), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Hailee Steinfeld), and Best Adapted Screenplay (The Coen Brothers). The film, however, failed to win any awards.
In November 2010, The Overlook Press published a movie tie-in edition of True Grit, featuring an afterword by Donna Tartt. It reached #1 on The New York Times's Bestseller List on January 30, 2011.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot summary
2 Film and television adaptations
3 References
4 External links
Plot summary[edit]
Portis’s novel is narrated by Mattie Ross, a thrifty, churchgoing elderly spinster distinguished by intelligence, independence and strength of mind. She recounts the story of her adventures many years earlier, when, at the age of fourteen, she undertook a quest to avenge her father’s death at the hands of a drifter named Tom Chaney. She is joined on her quest by Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn and a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf (pronounced "La-beef").
As Mattie's tale begins, Chaney is employed on the Ross’s family farm in west central Arkansas, near the town of Dardanelle in Yell County. Chaney is not adept as a farmhand, and Mattie has only scorn for him, referring to him as "trash", and noting that her kind-hearted father, Frank, only hired him out of pity. One day, Frank Ross and Chaney go to Fort Smith to buy some horses. Ross takes $250 with him to pay for the horses, along with two gold pieces he always carried. He ends up spending only $100 on the horses. When Ross tries to intervene in a barroom confrontation involving Chaney, Chaney kills him, robs the body of the remaining $150 and two gold pieces, and flees into Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) on his horse.
Hearing that Chaney has joined an outlaw gang led by the infamous "Lucky" Ned Pepper, Mattie wishes to track down the killer, and upon arriving at Fort Smith she looks for the toughest deputy U.S. Marshal in the district. That man turns out to be Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, and although he is an aging, one-eyed, overweight, trigger-happy, hard-drinking man, Mattie is convinced that he has "grit", and that he is best suited for the job due to his reputation for violence.
Playing on Cogburn's need for money, Mattie persuades him to take on the job, insisting that, as part of the bargain, she accompany him. During their preparation, a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf appears. He too is tracking Chaney, and has been for four months, for killing a senator and his dog in Texas, with the hopes of bringing him back to Texas dead or alive for a cash reward. Cogburn and LaBoeuf take a dislike to each other, but after some haggling, they agree to join forces in the hunt realizing that they can both benefit from each other's respective talents and knowledge. Once they reach a deal the two men attempt to leave Mattie behind, but she proves more tenacious than they had expected. They repeatedly try to lose her, but she persists in following them and seeing her transaction with Marshal Cogburn through to the end. Eventually she is jumped by Cogburn and LaBoeuf, who had hid themselves from view and LaBoeuf begins to spank Mattie. Mattie appeals to Cogburn and he orders LaBoeuf to stop. At this point Mattie is allowed to join their posse.
Together, but with very different motivations, the three ride into the wilderness to confront Ned Pepper's gang. Along the way, they develop an appreciation for one another.
Film and television adaptations[edit]
The novel was adapted by Marguerite Roberts for the screenplay of the 1969 film True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1970.
A film sequel, Rooster Cogburn, was produced from an original screenplay in 1975, with John Wayne reprising his role, and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams with him.
A made-for-television sequel, entitled True Grit: A Further Adventure and starring Warren Oates and Lisa Pelikan aired in 1978. The TV-movie featured more adventures of Rooster Cogburn and Mattie Ross.
In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen released another film adaptation of the novel, also entitled True Grit, with thirteen-year-old actress Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross, veteran actor Jeff Bridges playing Rooster Cogburn, Matt Damon as LaBoeuf, and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney. Although their version is claimed to follow the novel more closely than the 1969 film, focusing more on Mattie's point of view, some scenes from the book were changed for their film version. The Coen movie is shot in settings more typical of the novel (The 1969 film was shot in the Colorado Rockies and the Sierra Nevada, while the 2010 film was shot in Santa Fe, New Mexico as well as Granger and Austin, Texas.) [5]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Ed Park. "Like Cormac McCarthy, But Funny", The Believer, March 2003.
2.Jump up ^ Lehmann, Chris, "Pelecanos on the Enduring Power of 'True Grit'", NPR, June 2006
3.Jump up ^ Jones, Malcolm, "True Lit", Newsweek, December 9, 2010
4.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. "Rooster Cogburn (Review)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
5.Jump up ^ Fleming, Michael , "Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit'", Variety, March 22, 2009
External links[edit]
An interview with writer George Pelecanos about the novel, National Public Radio
Ed Park, "Like Cormac McCarthy, But Funny", The Believer, March 2003.
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Rooster Cogburn ·
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True Grit (2010)
Soundtracks
True Grit by Glen Campbell ·
True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Carter Burwell
See also
Rooster Cogburn
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True Grit
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Produced by
Hal B. Wallis
Written by
Marguerite Roberts
Based on
True Grit
by Charles Portis
Starring
Kim Darby
John Wayne
Glen Campbell
Robert Duvall
Jeff Corey
Dennis Hopper
Strother Martin
John Fiedler
Music by
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Edited by
Warren Low
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
June 11, 1969
Running time
128 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$31,132,592[1]
True Grit is a 1969 American western Technicolor film written by Marguerite Roberts and directed by Henry Hathaway. The picture is the first adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit. John Wayne stars as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and won his only Academy Award for his performance in this film. Wayne reprised his role as Cogburn in the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn. Historians believe Rooster was based on deputy U.S. marshal Heck Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The supporting cast features Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper and Strother Martin.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Awards and nominations
5 Differences from the novel
6 Sequels and other film versions
7 See also
8 Notes
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Frank Ross (John Pickard) is murdered by his hired hand, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ross' daughter, Mattie (Kim Darby), hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn (John Wayne) to bring Chaney in. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has "true grit". She gives him a down payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall) in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
A young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), is also pursuing Chaney and joins forces with Cogburn, despite Mattie's protest. The two try to ditch Mattie, but she catches up and joins them.
After several days, the three discover two horse thieves named Emmett Quincy (Jeremy Slate) and Moon (Dennis Hopper) who are waiting for Ned Pepper at a remote dugout cabin. The trio overtake the cabin and Cogburn interrogates the thieves. Moon's leg is injured and Cogburn uses the injury as leverage to get information about Lucky Ned. To prevent Moon from talking too much Quincy stabs Moon, and Cogburn kills Quincy. Before Moon dies, he tells Cogburn that Pepper and his gang are due at the cabin that night. The trio lays a trap for them.
When Pepper and his men arrive, La Boeuf blows their cover by firing too soon and a firefight ensues, during which Cogburn and La Boeuf kill two of the gang but Pepper and the rest of his men escape. Cogburn, La Boeuf and Mattie make their way to McAlester's store with the dead bodies. Cogburn tries to persuade Mattie to stay at McAlester's, but she refuses.
The three resume their pursuit. Fetching water one morning, Mattie finds herself face-to-face with Chaney. She shoots, injuring Chaney and calling out to her partners. Pepper and his gang capture her, and Lucky Ned forces Cogburn and La Boeuf to abandon the girl. Pepper leaves Mattie in the care of Chaney, who has lost his horse. He promises he will send a horse back for Chaney, and that he will kill him if he harms Mattie.
Cogburn doubles back and attacks Pepper and his gang. La Boeuf finds Mattie and moves Chaney to an area he thinks is secure. La Boeuf and Mattie watch as a mounted Cogburn confronts Ned and his three gang members. Cogburn gives Pepper a choice between being killed right there or surrendering and being hanged in Fort Smith. Declining to surrender, Pepper insults Cogburn, who charges the four outlaws, guns blazing. He kills two of the gang and mortally wounds Pepper. In the fight, Ned has shot Rooster's horse, trapping Rooster's leg under him as he goes down. As the wounded Ned Pepper prepares to kill Rooster, La Boeuf makes a long shot with his Sharps Rifle, killing Pepper.
As La Boeuf and Mattie return to Pepper's camp, Chaney comes out from behind a tree and strikes La Boeuf in the head with a rock, fracturing his skull and knocking him unconscious. Mattie shoots Chaney in the arm but, driven back by the recoil, falls into a snake pit and breaks her arm. Cogburn arrives and shoots Chaney dead. As Cogburn descends into the pit on a rope to retrieve Mattie, she is bitten by a rattlesnake. The mortally injured La Boeuf helps them out of the pit. Once Rooster and Mattie have been rescued, La Boeuf dies.
Cogburn is forced to leave La Boeuf's body behind as they race to get help for Mattie at McAlester's on Mattie's pony. After stealing a buckboard, they arrive at their destination. There, an Indian doctor treats Mattie's snakebite and broken arm. She is in a bad way.
Some time later, Mattie's attorney, J. Noble Daggett (John Fiedler) meets Cogburn in Fort Smith. He pays Cogburn a reward for Chaney's capture. He also declines a bet with Cogburn, who offers to wager the reward money that Mattie will recover just fine.
In the epilogue, Mattie, arm in a sling, is recovered and at home. She promises Cogburn he will be buried next to her in the Ross family plot after his death. Cogburn reluctantly accepts her offer and leaves, jumping over a fence with his new horse to disprove her claim that he was too old and fat to clear a four rail fence, and rides off into the valley below.
Cast[edit]
John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Kim Darby as Mattie Ross
Glen Campbell as La Boeuf
Jeremy Slate as Emmett Quincy
Robert Duvall as Lucky Ned Pepper
Dennis Hopper as Moon
Strother Martin as Col. G. Stonehill
Jeff Corey as Tom Chaney
Donald Woods as Barlow
John Fiedler as Lawyer Daggett
James Westerfield as Judge Parker
Jay Silverheels as Condemned Man at Hanging
Hank Worden as Undertaker
Darby, Campbell and Duvall are the last surviving primary cast members.
Production[edit]
Filming took place mainly in Ouray County, Colorado, in the vicinity of Ridgway (now the home of the True Grit Cafe), around the town of Montrose (Montrose County), and the town of Ouray.[2][3][4] (The script maintains the novel's references to place names in Arkansas and Oklahoma, in dramatic contrast to the Colorado topography.) The courtroom scenes were filmed at Ouray County Courthouse in Ouray.[5][6]
Ouray County Courthouse, constructed in 1888.
The scenes that take place at the "dugout" and along the creek where Pierce and Moon are killed, as well as the scene where Rooster carries Mattie on her horse Little Blackie after the snakebite, were filmed at Hot Creek on the east side of the Sierra Nevada near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California. Mount Morrison and Laurel Mountain form the backdrop above the creek. This location was also used in North to Alaska.[3] Filming was done from September to December 1968.[7]
Mia Farrow was originally cast as Mattie and was keen on the role. However, prior to filming she made a film in England with Robert Mitchum, who advised her not to work with director Henry Hathaway because he was "cantankerous." Farrow asked producer Hal B. Wallis to replace Hathaway with Roman Polanski, who had directed Farrow in Rosemary's Baby, but Wallis refused. Farrow quit the role, which was then offered to Sondra Locke and Tuesday Weld, both of whom turned it down. John Wayne met Karen Carpenter at a talent show he was hosting and recommended her for the part, though the producers decided against it because she had no acting experience. Wayne had also lobbied for his daughter Aissa to win the part. After considering Sally Field, the role went to Kim Darby.[8]
Elvis Presley was the original choice for LaBoeuf but the producers turned him down when his agent demanded top-billing over both Wayne and Darby. Glen Campbell was then cast instead. Wayne began lobbying for the part of Rooster Cogburn after reading the novel by Charles Portis.
Wayne called Marguerite Roberts' script "the best script he had ever read," and was instrumental in getting her script approved and credited to her name as Roberts had been blacklisted for alleged leftist affiliations years before. This came in spite of Wayne's own right-wing ideals.[3] He particularly liked the scene with Darby where Rooster tells Mattie about his life in Illinois (where he has a restaurant, his wife Nola leaves him because of his degenerate friends, and has a clumsy son named Horace), calling it "about the best scene I ever did."[9] Garry Wills notes in his book, John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity, 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. 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 aforementioned scene in which Cogburn discusses his wife and child.[10]
Veteran John Wayne stunt-double Chuck Hayward does the stunt in the meadow, where "Bo" goes down, on his long time horse Twinkle Toes.[11] In the last scene, Mattie gives Rooster her father's gun. She comments that he's gotten 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, saying, "Well, come see a fat old man sometime," and jumps his new horse over a fence. Although many of Wayne's stunts over the years were done by Hayward and Chuck Roberson, it is Wayne on Twinkle Toes going over the fence.[11] Darby's stunts were done by Polly Burson.[12]
The horse shown during the final scene (before he jumps the fence on Twinkle Toes) of True Grit was Dollor, a two-year-old (in 1969) chestnut Quarter horse gelding, Dollor ('Ole Dollor) had been Wayne's favorite horse for 10 years. Wayne fell in love with the horse, which would carry him through several more Westerns, including his final movie, The Shootist. Wayne had Dollor written into the script of The Shootist because of his love for the horse; it was a condition for him working on the project. Wayne would not let anyone else ride the horse, the lone exception being Robert Wagner, who rode the horse in a segment of the Hart to Hart television show, after Wayne's death.[13]
Reception[edit]
The cast and crew were initially skeptical about the film. John Wayne, in particular, was disappointed with the finished result. He hated Kim Darby's performance, saying that they hardly spoke off-camera and that she behaved inappropriately on the set. For his part, Henry Hathaway hated the casting and performance of Glen Campbell, whom he felt had been pushed on him by the studio to get a hit with the film's title song. Both Wayne and Hathaway had difficulties with Robert Duvall, with the director having constant shouting matches with his supporting actor and Duvall and Wayne nearly coming to blows.
The film earned an estimated $11.5 million in rentals at the North American box office during its first year of release.[14] As of May 2014, the film maintains a rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 48 reviews.
Awards and nominations[edit]
John Wayne won a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Actor. Upon accepting his Oscar, Wayne said, "Wow! If I'd known that, I'd have put that patch on 35 years earlier."[15] The title song, by composer Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black, and sung by Glen Campbell, who co-starred in the movie, received nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe.
Differences from the novel[edit]
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 late 1880, when Mattie is 14. In the book, Mattie remains the central character throughout; in the movie Rooster Cogburn gets an equal share of the limelight. The film also downplays the novel's biblical tone and adds a hint of romance between Mattie and La Boeuf. La Boeuf also does not die in the novel, but survives his head injury. Another significant difference from Portis' tale is that Mattie has her arm amputated as a result of the rattlesnake attack, in contrast to the final scene in the film where Mattie is seen with only a sling on her arm—indicating that she is recovering from the snake bites and intact physically. The novel's conclusion makes the reader aware that the story has been recounted by Mattie as an elderly, one-armed woman who never married. Also in the book, Mattie shoots Chaney in the head with her Dragoon but he survives until Rooster hits him with the butt of his rifle and he falls into the pit. In the movie, Rooster shoots Chaney.
In the book and both this movie and the 2010 film version, Mattie's Colt Dragoon misfires at a critical moment. The book explains this as, while drunk, Rooster used it to shoot a rat. Mattie insisted he re-load the two chambers fired, which he did, while still drunk, using defective old caps from a box under his bed. In the 1969 film, Rooster shoots the rat with his own Peacemaker, removing the reloading scene. Thus, during the scene where the Dragoon misfires it is unfairly portrayed as an unreliable weapon. However, during the graveyard scene at the end of the movie, when Mattie presents Rooster with the Dragoon as a gift, he states "It almost got you killed when it misfired once." to which she responds "That is because you loaded it wrong when you were in a state of drunkenness." When or why he reloaded it is not explained, but the misfire itself is.
In the book, Tom Chaney was a young man; Mattie guessed his age to be around 25. Jeff Corey, who played Chaney in the movie, was 55 at the time. In the movie, La Boeuf claims to have a girl in Texas who would "look with favor" on his capture of Tom Chaney. In the book, La Boeuf made no mention of a girlfriend; his motive for capturing Chaney was purely financial.
In the book the store Rooster goes to regularly is called Bagby's. In the movie it's called McAllister's.
In the book, Rooster Cogburn had a mustache and did not wear an eye patch, though he had only one eye. In his fight with Ned Pepper, he wielded two Navy six-shooters. In the movie, Wayne carried a six-shooter in his left hand and his Winchester Model 1892 large-loop rifle in the other (the rifle is anachronistic, being introduced 12 years after the setting of the movie). The character of Rooster was supposed to be around 40 in the novel; in the film, he was played by 61-year-old Wayne.
In the book, Mattie has her arm amputated due to the snakebite and break. Rooster pays her a visit while she is recovering from the procedure, but she is too sedated to remember. She tries to meet him 25 years later while he is traveling in a wild west show but he passes away a few days before they can meet. She has his remains exhumed and re-interred in her family plot.
Also, the film's Colorado location and mountain scenery are in sharp contrast to the script's references to place names in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Further, the film is set in autumn, while the book clearly sets the story in winter, with snow on the ground outside the dugout where Quincy and Moon awaited Pepper's gang. In the book, when Mattie falls into the snake pit her left arm is broken; in the movie it is her right arm. In the book she faces a ball of snakes which are disturbed in their winter quarters when Chaney falls on them. In the film Mattie faces a single rattlesnake.
Sequels and other film versions[edit]
A film sequel, Rooster Cogburn, was made in 1975, with Wayne reprising his role and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams up with him. The plot has been described as a rehash of the original True Grit with elements of the Bogart-Hepburn film The African Queen.[16] A further made-for-television sequel entitled True Grit: A Further Adventure, appeared in 1978, starring Warren Oates and Lisa Pelikan, and featured the further adventures of Rooster Cogburn and Mattie Ross.
In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen directed another adaptation of the novel. Their adaptation focuses more on Mattie's point of view, as in the novel, and is more faithful to its Oklahoma setting.[17] Hailee Steinfeld portrays Mattie Ross, Jeff Bridges portrays Rooster Cogburn, and the cast also includes Matt Damon as La Boeuf and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney.
See also[edit]
John Wayne filmography
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Box Office Information for True Grit". The Numbers. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Higgins, Jim; and Shirley Rose Higgins (March 22, 1970), "Movie Fan's Guide to Travel", Chicago Tribune: H14
3.^ Jump up to: a b c Sheperd, Donald; Robert Slatzer; and Dave Grayson (2002), Duke: The Life and Times of John Wayne, Citadel Press, p. 274, ISBN 978-0-8065-2340-8
4.Jump up ^ John Wayne in True Grit, Then and Now, Extended Video on YouTube
5.Jump up ^ Parry, Will H. (November 22, 1990), "Born-Again Boom Town", Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Copley News Service): 5D
6.Jump up ^ Gelbert, Doug (2002), Film and Television Locations, McFarland, p. 44, ISBN 978-0-7864-1293-8
7.Jump up ^ McGhee, Richard D. (1990), John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero, McFarland & Co., p. 361
8.Jump up ^ Davis, Ronald L. (2002), Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, p. 286, ISBN 978-0-8061-3329-4
9.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (2011), Life Itself: A Memoir, Hachette Digital, ISBN 978-0-446-58498-2
10.Jump up ^ Wills, Gary (1997), John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity, Touchstone, p. 286, ISBN 0-684-80823-4
11.^ Jump up to: a b "Stuntman Recalls Wayne Friendship", Kingman Daily Miner (Associated Press), June 15, 1979: A5
12.Jump up ^ De Witt, Barbara (March 11, 1995), "How the West was won: fearless women on horseback", Los Angeles Daily News
13.Jump up ^ Whiteside, John (January 19, 1985), "The Duke's Horse Keeps Special Bond", Chicago Sun Times
14.Jump up ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15
15.Jump up ^ "John Wayne winning Best Actor for "True Grit"". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
16.Jump up ^ Eyman, Scott (April 1, 1914). John Wayne: The Life and Legend. Simon & Schuster. p. 512. ISBN 978-1439199589.
17.Jump up ^ Fleming, Michael (March 22, 2009). - "Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit'". - Variety.
External links[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: True Grit
True Grit at the Internet Movie Database
True Grit at the TCM Movie Database
True Grit at AllMovie
True Grit at the American Film Institute Catalog
True Grit at Rotten Tomatoes
"The Real Story True Grit". Smithsonian Channel.com.
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True Grit
Truegritposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Produced by
Hal B. Wallis
Written by
Marguerite Roberts
Based on
True Grit
by Charles Portis
Starring
Kim Darby
John Wayne
Glen Campbell
Robert Duvall
Jeff Corey
Dennis Hopper
Strother Martin
John Fiedler
Music by
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Edited by
Warren Low
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
June 11, 1969
Running time
128 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$31,132,592[1]
True Grit is a 1969 American western Technicolor film written by Marguerite Roberts and directed by Henry Hathaway. The picture is the first adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit. John Wayne stars as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and won his only Academy Award for his performance in this film. Wayne reprised his role as Cogburn in the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn. Historians believe Rooster was based on deputy U.S. marshal Heck Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The supporting cast features Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper and Strother Martin.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Awards and nominations
5 Differences from the novel
6 Sequels and other film versions
7 See also
8 Notes
9 External links
Plot[edit]
Frank Ross (John Pickard) is murdered by his hired hand, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ross' daughter, Mattie (Kim Darby), hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn (John Wayne) to bring Chaney in. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has "true grit". She gives him a down payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall) in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
A young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), is also pursuing Chaney and joins forces with Cogburn, despite Mattie's protest. The two try to ditch Mattie, but she catches up and joins them.
After several days, the three discover two horse thieves named Emmett Quincy (Jeremy Slate) and Moon (Dennis Hopper) who are waiting for Ned Pepper at a remote dugout cabin. The trio overtake the cabin and Cogburn interrogates the thieves. Moon's leg is injured and Cogburn uses the injury as leverage to get information about Lucky Ned. To prevent Moon from talking too much Quincy stabs Moon, and Cogburn kills Quincy. Before Moon dies, he tells Cogburn that Pepper and his gang are due at the cabin that night. The trio lays a trap for them.
When Pepper and his men arrive, La Boeuf blows their cover by firing too soon and a firefight ensues, during which Cogburn and La Boeuf kill two of the gang but Pepper and the rest of his men escape. Cogburn, La Boeuf and Mattie make their way to McAlester's store with the dead bodies. Cogburn tries to persuade Mattie to stay at McAlester's, but she refuses.
The three resume their pursuit. Fetching water one morning, Mattie finds herself face-to-face with Chaney. She shoots, injuring Chaney and calling out to her partners. Pepper and his gang capture her, and Lucky Ned forces Cogburn and La Boeuf to abandon the girl. Pepper leaves Mattie in the care of Chaney, who has lost his horse. He promises he will send a horse back for Chaney, and that he will kill him if he harms Mattie.
Cogburn doubles back and attacks Pepper and his gang. La Boeuf finds Mattie and moves Chaney to an area he thinks is secure. La Boeuf and Mattie watch as a mounted Cogburn confronts Ned and his three gang members. Cogburn gives Pepper a choice between being killed right there or surrendering and being hanged in Fort Smith. Declining to surrender, Pepper insults Cogburn, who charges the four outlaws, guns blazing. He kills two of the gang and mortally wounds Pepper. In the fight, Ned has shot Rooster's horse, trapping Rooster's leg under him as he goes down. As the wounded Ned Pepper prepares to kill Rooster, La Boeuf makes a long shot with his Sharps Rifle, killing Pepper.
As La Boeuf and Mattie return to Pepper's camp, Chaney comes out from behind a tree and strikes La Boeuf in the head with a rock, fracturing his skull and knocking him unconscious. Mattie shoots Chaney in the arm but, driven back by the recoil, falls into a snake pit and breaks her arm. Cogburn arrives and shoots Chaney dead. As Cogburn descends into the pit on a rope to retrieve Mattie, she is bitten by a rattlesnake. The mortally injured La Boeuf helps them out of the pit. Once Rooster and Mattie have been rescued, La Boeuf dies.
Cogburn is forced to leave La Boeuf's body behind as they race to get help for Mattie at McAlester's on Mattie's pony. After stealing a buckboard, they arrive at their destination. There, an Indian doctor treats Mattie's snakebite and broken arm. She is in a bad way.
Some time later, Mattie's attorney, J. Noble Daggett (John Fiedler) meets Cogburn in Fort Smith. He pays Cogburn a reward for Chaney's capture. He also declines a bet with Cogburn, who offers to wager the reward money that Mattie will recover just fine.
In the epilogue, Mattie, arm in a sling, is recovered and at home. She promises Cogburn he will be buried next to her in the Ross family plot after his death. Cogburn reluctantly accepts her offer and leaves, jumping over a fence with his new horse to disprove her claim that he was too old and fat to clear a four rail fence, and rides off into the valley below.
Cast[edit]
John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Kim Darby as Mattie Ross
Glen Campbell as La Boeuf
Jeremy Slate as Emmett Quincy
Robert Duvall as Lucky Ned Pepper
Dennis Hopper as Moon
Strother Martin as Col. G. Stonehill
Jeff Corey as Tom Chaney
Donald Woods as Barlow
John Fiedler as Lawyer Daggett
James Westerfield as Judge Parker
Jay Silverheels as Condemned Man at Hanging
Hank Worden as Undertaker
Darby, Campbell and Duvall are the last surviving primary cast members.
Production[edit]
Filming took place mainly in Ouray County, Colorado, in the vicinity of Ridgway (now the home of the True Grit Cafe), around the town of Montrose (Montrose County), and the town of Ouray.[2][3][4] (The script maintains the novel's references to place names in Arkansas and Oklahoma, in dramatic contrast to the Colorado topography.) The courtroom scenes were filmed at Ouray County Courthouse in Ouray.[5][6]
Ouray County Courthouse, constructed in 1888.
The scenes that take place at the "dugout" and along the creek where Pierce and Moon are killed, as well as the scene where Rooster carries Mattie on her horse Little Blackie after the snakebite, were filmed at Hot Creek on the east side of the Sierra Nevada near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California. Mount Morrison and Laurel Mountain form the backdrop above the creek. This location was also used in North to Alaska.[3] Filming was done from September to December 1968.[7]
Mia Farrow was originally cast as Mattie and was keen on the role. However, prior to filming she made a film in England with Robert Mitchum, who advised her not to work with director Henry Hathaway because he was "cantankerous." Farrow asked producer Hal B. Wallis to replace Hathaway with Roman Polanski, who had directed Farrow in Rosemary's Baby, but Wallis refused. Farrow quit the role, which was then offered to Sondra Locke and Tuesday Weld, both of whom turned it down. John Wayne met Karen Carpenter at a talent show he was hosting and recommended her for the part, though the producers decided against it because she had no acting experience. Wayne had also lobbied for his daughter Aissa to win the part. After considering Sally Field, the role went to Kim Darby.[8]
Elvis Presley was the original choice for LaBoeuf but the producers turned him down when his agent demanded top-billing over both Wayne and Darby. Glen Campbell was then cast instead. Wayne began lobbying for the part of Rooster Cogburn after reading the novel by Charles Portis.
Wayne called Marguerite Roberts' script "the best script he had ever read," and was instrumental in getting her script approved and credited to her name as Roberts had been blacklisted for alleged leftist affiliations years before. This came in spite of Wayne's own right-wing ideals.[3] He particularly liked the scene with Darby where Rooster tells Mattie about his life in Illinois (where he has a restaurant, his wife Nola leaves him because of his degenerate friends, and has a clumsy son named Horace), calling it "about the best scene I ever did."[9] Garry Wills notes in his book, John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity, 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. 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 aforementioned scene in which Cogburn discusses his wife and child.[10]
Veteran John Wayne stunt-double Chuck Hayward does the stunt in the meadow, where "Bo" goes down, on his long time horse Twinkle Toes.[11] In the last scene, Mattie gives Rooster her father's gun. She comments that he's gotten 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, saying, "Well, come see a fat old man sometime," and jumps his new horse over a fence. Although many of Wayne's stunts over the years were done by Hayward and Chuck Roberson, it is Wayne on Twinkle Toes going over the fence.[11] Darby's stunts were done by Polly Burson.[12]
The horse shown during the final scene (before he jumps the fence on Twinkle Toes) of True Grit was Dollor, a two-year-old (in 1969) chestnut Quarter horse gelding, Dollor ('Ole Dollor) had been Wayne's favorite horse for 10 years. Wayne fell in love with the horse, which would carry him through several more Westerns, including his final movie, The Shootist. Wayne had Dollor written into the script of The Shootist because of his love for the horse; it was a condition for him working on the project. Wayne would not let anyone else ride the horse, the lone exception being Robert Wagner, who rode the horse in a segment of the Hart to Hart television show, after Wayne's death.[13]
Reception[edit]
The cast and crew were initially skeptical about the film. John Wayne, in particular, was disappointed with the finished result. He hated Kim Darby's performance, saying that they hardly spoke off-camera and that she behaved inappropriately on the set. For his part, Henry Hathaway hated the casting and performance of Glen Campbell, whom he felt had been pushed on him by the studio to get a hit with the film's title song. Both Wayne and Hathaway had difficulties with Robert Duvall, with the director having constant shouting matches with his supporting actor and Duvall and Wayne nearly coming to blows.
The film earned an estimated $11.5 million in rentals at the North American box office during its first year of release.[14] As of May 2014, the film maintains a rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 48 reviews.
Awards and nominations[edit]
John Wayne won a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Actor. Upon accepting his Oscar, Wayne said, "Wow! If I'd known that, I'd have put that patch on 35 years earlier."[15] The title song, by composer Elmer Bernstein and lyricist Don Black, and sung by Glen Campbell, who co-starred in the movie, received nominations for both the Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe.
Differences from the novel[edit]
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 late 1880, when Mattie is 14. In the book, Mattie remains the central character throughout; in the movie Rooster Cogburn gets an equal share of the limelight. The film also downplays the novel's biblical tone and adds a hint of romance between Mattie and La Boeuf. La Boeuf also does not die in the novel, but survives his head injury. Another significant difference from Portis' tale is that Mattie has her arm amputated as a result of the rattlesnake attack, in contrast to the final scene in the film where Mattie is seen with only a sling on her arm—indicating that she is recovering from the snake bites and intact physically. The novel's conclusion makes the reader aware that the story has been recounted by Mattie as an elderly, one-armed woman who never married. Also in the book, Mattie shoots Chaney in the head with her Dragoon but he survives until Rooster hits him with the butt of his rifle and he falls into the pit. In the movie, Rooster shoots Chaney.
In the book and both this movie and the 2010 film version, Mattie's Colt Dragoon misfires at a critical moment. The book explains this as, while drunk, Rooster used it to shoot a rat. Mattie insisted he re-load the two chambers fired, which he did, while still drunk, using defective old caps from a box under his bed. In the 1969 film, Rooster shoots the rat with his own Peacemaker, removing the reloading scene. Thus, during the scene where the Dragoon misfires it is unfairly portrayed as an unreliable weapon. However, during the graveyard scene at the end of the movie, when Mattie presents Rooster with the Dragoon as a gift, he states "It almost got you killed when it misfired once." to which she responds "That is because you loaded it wrong when you were in a state of drunkenness." When or why he reloaded it is not explained, but the misfire itself is.
In the book, Tom Chaney was a young man; Mattie guessed his age to be around 25. Jeff Corey, who played Chaney in the movie, was 55 at the time. In the movie, La Boeuf claims to have a girl in Texas who would "look with favor" on his capture of Tom Chaney. In the book, La Boeuf made no mention of a girlfriend; his motive for capturing Chaney was purely financial.
In the book the store Rooster goes to regularly is called Bagby's. In the movie it's called McAllister's.
In the book, Rooster Cogburn had a mustache and did not wear an eye patch, though he had only one eye. In his fight with Ned Pepper, he wielded two Navy six-shooters. In the movie, Wayne carried a six-shooter in his left hand and his Winchester Model 1892 large-loop rifle in the other (the rifle is anachronistic, being introduced 12 years after the setting of the movie). The character of Rooster was supposed to be around 40 in the novel; in the film, he was played by 61-year-old Wayne.
In the book, Mattie has her arm amputated due to the snakebite and break. Rooster pays her a visit while she is recovering from the procedure, but she is too sedated to remember. She tries to meet him 25 years later while he is traveling in a wild west show but he passes away a few days before they can meet. She has his remains exhumed and re-interred in her family plot.
Also, the film's Colorado location and mountain scenery are in sharp contrast to the script's references to place names in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Further, the film is set in autumn, while the book clearly sets the story in winter, with snow on the ground outside the dugout where Quincy and Moon awaited Pepper's gang. In the book, when Mattie falls into the snake pit her left arm is broken; in the movie it is her right arm. In the book she faces a ball of snakes which are disturbed in their winter quarters when Chaney falls on them. In the film Mattie faces a single rattlesnake.
Sequels and other film versions[edit]
A film sequel, Rooster Cogburn, was made in 1975, with Wayne reprising his role and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams up with him. The plot has been described as a rehash of the original True Grit with elements of the Bogart-Hepburn film The African Queen.[16] A further made-for-television sequel entitled True Grit: A Further Adventure, appeared in 1978, starring Warren Oates and Lisa Pelikan, and featured the further adventures of Rooster Cogburn and Mattie Ross.
In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen directed another adaptation of the novel. Their adaptation focuses more on Mattie's point of view, as in the novel, and is more faithful to its Oklahoma setting.[17] Hailee Steinfeld portrays Mattie Ross, Jeff Bridges portrays Rooster Cogburn, and the cast also includes Matt Damon as La Boeuf and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney.
See also[edit]
John Wayne filmography
Notes[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Box Office Information for True Grit". The Numbers. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Higgins, Jim; and Shirley Rose Higgins (March 22, 1970), "Movie Fan's Guide to Travel", Chicago Tribune: H14
3.^ Jump up to: a b c Sheperd, Donald; Robert Slatzer; and Dave Grayson (2002), Duke: The Life and Times of John Wayne, Citadel Press, p. 274, ISBN 978-0-8065-2340-8
4.Jump up ^ John Wayne in True Grit, Then and Now, Extended Video on YouTube
5.Jump up ^ Parry, Will H. (November 22, 1990), "Born-Again Boom Town", Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Copley News Service): 5D
6.Jump up ^ Gelbert, Doug (2002), Film and Television Locations, McFarland, p. 44, ISBN 978-0-7864-1293-8
7.Jump up ^ McGhee, Richard D. (1990), John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero, McFarland & Co., p. 361
8.Jump up ^ Davis, Ronald L. (2002), Duke: The Life and Image of John Wayne, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, p. 286, ISBN 978-0-8061-3329-4
9.Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (2011), Life Itself: A Memoir, Hachette Digital, ISBN 978-0-446-58498-2
10.Jump up ^ Wills, Gary (1997), John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity, Touchstone, p. 286, ISBN 0-684-80823-4
11.^ Jump up to: a b "Stuntman Recalls Wayne Friendship", Kingman Daily Miner (Associated Press), June 15, 1979: A5
12.Jump up ^ De Witt, Barbara (March 11, 1995), "How the West was won: fearless women on horseback", Los Angeles Daily News
13.Jump up ^ Whiteside, John (January 19, 1985), "The Duke's Horse Keeps Special Bond", Chicago Sun Times
14.Jump up ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15
15.Jump up ^ "John Wayne winning Best Actor for "True Grit"". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
16.Jump up ^ Eyman, Scott (April 1, 1914). John Wayne: The Life and Legend. Simon & Schuster. p. 512. ISBN 978-1439199589.
17.Jump up ^ Fleming, Michael (March 22, 2009). - "Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit'". - Variety.
External links[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: True Grit
True Grit at the Internet Movie Database
True Grit at the TCM Movie Database
True Grit at AllMovie
True Grit at the American Film Institute Catalog
True Grit at Rotten Tomatoes
"The Real Story True Grit". Smithsonian Channel.com.
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Rooster Cogburn (film)
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Rooster Cogburn
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Stuart Millar
Produced by
Paul Nathan
Hal B. Wallis
Written by
Martha Hyer
Based on
Rooster Cogburn (character)
by Charles Portis
Starring
John Wayne
Katharine Hepburn
Music by
Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography
Harry Stradling, Jr.
Edited by
Robert Swink
Production
company
Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures (USA)
Cinema International Corporation (UK)
Release dates
October 17, 1975 (USA)
Running time
108 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$17,594,566 [1]
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 American Western Technicolor film directed by Stuart Millar and starring John Wayne, reprising his role as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, and Katharine Hepburn. Written by Martha Hyer, based on the Rooster Cogburn character created by Charles Portis in the novel True Grit, the film is about an aging lawman whose badge was recently suspended for a string of routine arrests that ended in bloodshed. To earn back his badge, he is tasked with bringing down a ring of bank robbers that has hijacked a wagon shipment of nitroglycerin. He is helped by a spinster searching for her father's killer. Rooster Cogburn is a sequel to the 1969 film True Grit.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Critical response
4.2 Box office
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Because of his drunkenness and questionable use of firearms, aging U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne) has been stripped of his badge. But he's given a chance to redeem himself after a village in Indian Territory is overrun by a gang of violent, ruthless criminals, who've killed an elderly preacher, Rev. George Goodnight (Jon Lormer). His spinster daughter, Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn), wants to join Cogburn to track the criminals down, becoming his unwilling partner. But Rooster must use care, because the criminals, led by Hawk (Richard Jordan) and Breed (Anthony Zerbe), have stolen a shipment of nitroglycerine.
Cast[edit]
##John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
##Katharine Hepburn as Eula Goodnight
##Anthony Zerbe as Breed
##Richard Jordan as Hawk
##John McIntire as Judge Parker
##Richard Romancito as Wolf
##Paul Koslo as Luke
##Strother Martin as Shanghai McCoy
##Jack Colvin as Red
##Jon Lormer as Rev. George Goodnight
##Lane Smith as Leroy
##Warren Vanders as Bagby
##Jerry Gatlin as Nose
Production[edit]
The screenplay was written by actress Martha Hyer, the wife of producer Hal B. Wallis, under the pen name "Martin Julien".[3] Director Stuart Millar, a longtime Hollywood producer, had directed only one film, When the Legends Die based on the classic novel by Hal Borland, prior to helming Rooster Cogburn.
Although True Grit was released by Paramount Pictures, Wallis made a deal with Universal Pictures to finance this film.
The film was shot in Oregon, in Deschutes County, west of the city of Bend (for the mountain scenes), on the Deschutes River for the whitewater rapids, and on the Rogue River in the counties of Josephine and Curry, west of Grants Pass (for the river scenes). Smith Rock State Park was a setting as well; the Rockhard/Smith Rock Climbing Guides building at the park entrance was originally built as a set for the movie, where it was portrayed as "Kate's Saloon".
John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn were born a mere two weeks apart (Hepburn being the eldest), and their careers paralleled each other, yet Rooster Cogburn marked the only time the Hollywood veterans appeared together in a film. It was the final film from producer Hal B. Wallis. Although it was promoted as Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady), the opening credits of the film give the title as simply Rooster Cogburn.
Strother Martin, who portrays Shanghai McCoy in this film, also appeared in True Grit, playing a different character.
The cinematography was by Harry Stradling Jr.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
In his review in the New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film "a high-class example of the low Hollywood art of recycling".[4] Canby praised the performances by the two leads—Wayne for his continuation of his Oscar-winning role as Cogburn, and Hepburn for a performance that recalls her "marvelous characterization opposite Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen".[4] Canby felt that the film's lighthearted tone and convincing performances allows the viewer to accept the film on its own terms.[4] Canby concluded that the film is "a cheerful, throwaway Western, featuring two stars of the grand tradition who respond to each other with verve that makes the years disappear".[4]
Box office[edit]
The film grossed $17,594,566 at the box office,[1] earning over $8 million in US theatrical rentals.[5] It was the 25th highest grossing film of 1975.
See also[edit]
##John Wayne filmography
##True Grit (novel)
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Rooster Cogburn". Worldwide Boxoffice. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ "Rooster Cogburn (1975)". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Steinberg, Jay. "Rooster Cogburn (1975)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d Canby, Vincent (October 18, 1975). "A Recycled 'Rooster Cogburn' ...". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "Rooster Cogburn". The Numbers. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rooster Cogburn (film).
##Rooster Cogburn at the Internet Movie Database
##Rooster Cogburn at AllMovie
##Rooster Cogburn at the TCM Movie Database
##Rooster Cogburn at the American Film Institute Catalog
##Rooster Cogburn at Box Office Mojo
##Rooster Cogburn at Rotten Tomatoes
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Rooster Cogburn (film)
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For the character, see Rooster Cogburn (character).
Rooster Cogburn
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Stuart Millar
Produced by
Paul Nathan
Hal B. Wallis
Written by
Martha Hyer
Based on
Rooster Cogburn (character)
by Charles Portis
Starring
John Wayne
Katharine Hepburn
Music by
Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography
Harry Stradling, Jr.
Edited by
Robert Swink
Production
company
Hal Wallis Productions
Distributed by
Universal Pictures (USA)
Cinema International Corporation (UK)
Release dates
October 17, 1975 (USA)
Running time
108 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$17,594,566 [1]
Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 American Western Technicolor film directed by Stuart Millar and starring John Wayne, reprising his role as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, and Katharine Hepburn. Written by Martha Hyer, based on the Rooster Cogburn character created by Charles Portis in the novel True Grit, the film is about an aging lawman whose badge was recently suspended for a string of routine arrests that ended in bloodshed. To earn back his badge, he is tasked with bringing down a ring of bank robbers that has hijacked a wagon shipment of nitroglycerin. He is helped by a spinster searching for her father's killer. Rooster Cogburn is a sequel to the 1969 film True Grit.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception 4.1 Critical response
4.2 Box office
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Plot[edit]
Because of his drunkenness and questionable use of firearms, aging U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne) has been stripped of his badge. But he's given a chance to redeem himself after a village in Indian Territory is overrun by a gang of violent, ruthless criminals, who've killed an elderly preacher, Rev. George Goodnight (Jon Lormer). His spinster daughter, Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn), wants to join Cogburn to track the criminals down, becoming his unwilling partner. But Rooster must use care, because the criminals, led by Hawk (Richard Jordan) and Breed (Anthony Zerbe), have stolen a shipment of nitroglycerine.
Cast[edit]
##John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
##Katharine Hepburn as Eula Goodnight
##Anthony Zerbe as Breed
##Richard Jordan as Hawk
##John McIntire as Judge Parker
##Richard Romancito as Wolf
##Paul Koslo as Luke
##Strother Martin as Shanghai McCoy
##Jack Colvin as Red
##Jon Lormer as Rev. George Goodnight
##Lane Smith as Leroy
##Warren Vanders as Bagby
##Jerry Gatlin as Nose
Production[edit]
The screenplay was written by actress Martha Hyer, the wife of producer Hal B. Wallis, under the pen name "Martin Julien".[3] Director Stuart Millar, a longtime Hollywood producer, had directed only one film, When the Legends Die based on the classic novel by Hal Borland, prior to helming Rooster Cogburn.
Although True Grit was released by Paramount Pictures, Wallis made a deal with Universal Pictures to finance this film.
The film was shot in Oregon, in Deschutes County, west of the city of Bend (for the mountain scenes), on the Deschutes River for the whitewater rapids, and on the Rogue River in the counties of Josephine and Curry, west of Grants Pass (for the river scenes). Smith Rock State Park was a setting as well; the Rockhard/Smith Rock Climbing Guides building at the park entrance was originally built as a set for the movie, where it was portrayed as "Kate's Saloon".
John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn were born a mere two weeks apart (Hepburn being the eldest), and their careers paralleled each other, yet Rooster Cogburn marked the only time the Hollywood veterans appeared together in a film. It was the final film from producer Hal B. Wallis. Although it was promoted as Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady), the opening credits of the film give the title as simply Rooster Cogburn.
Strother Martin, who portrays Shanghai McCoy in this film, also appeared in True Grit, playing a different character.
The cinematography was by Harry Stradling Jr.
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
In his review in the New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film "a high-class example of the low Hollywood art of recycling".[4] Canby praised the performances by the two leads—Wayne for his continuation of his Oscar-winning role as Cogburn, and Hepburn for a performance that recalls her "marvelous characterization opposite Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen".[4] Canby felt that the film's lighthearted tone and convincing performances allows the viewer to accept the film on its own terms.[4] Canby concluded that the film is "a cheerful, throwaway Western, featuring two stars of the grand tradition who respond to each other with verve that makes the years disappear".[4]
Box office[edit]
The film grossed $17,594,566 at the box office,[1] earning over $8 million in US theatrical rentals.[5] It was the 25th highest grossing film of 1975.
See also[edit]
##John Wayne filmography
##True Grit (novel)
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Rooster Cogburn". Worldwide Boxoffice. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
2.Jump up ^ "Rooster Cogburn (1975)". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
3.Jump up ^ Steinberg, Jay. "Rooster Cogburn (1975)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d Canby, Vincent (October 18, 1975). "A Recycled 'Rooster Cogburn' ...". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
5.Jump up ^ "Rooster Cogburn". The Numbers. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rooster Cogburn (film).
##Rooster Cogburn at the Internet Movie Database
##Rooster Cogburn at AllMovie
##Rooster Cogburn at the TCM Movie Database
##Rooster Cogburn at the American Film Institute Catalog
##Rooster Cogburn at Box Office Mojo
##Rooster Cogburn at Rotten Tomatoes
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True Grit: A Further Adventure
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True Grit: A Further Adventure
Directed by
Richard T. Heffron
Produced by
Paramount Television
Written by
Charles Portis (characters)
Sandor Stern
Starring
Warren Oates
Music by
Earle H. Hagen
Cinematography
Stevan Larner
Editing by
Jerry Young
Country
United States
Language
English
Original channel
ABC
Release date
May 19, 1978
Running time
100 minutes
Preceded by
Rooster Cogburn
True Grit: A Further Adventure is a 1978 television film sequel to the movies True Grit and Rooster Cogburn. While John Wayne portrays Rooster Cogburn in the first two films, Warren Oates takes over the role in this 1978 television film.[1] Lisa Pelikan portrays Mattie Ross, played in the first film by Kim Darby. The supporting cast features Lee Meriwether and Parley Baer and the film was directed by Richard T. Heffron.
Contents [hide]
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2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Plot[edit]
The further adventures of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn are told here. He battles criminals and injustice in his own unorthodox way. Meanwhile, he must also contend with the ever tough-as-nails Mattie Ross, a teenage girl hellbent on reforming him.
See also[edit]
List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ New York Times
External links[edit]
##True Grit: A Further Adventure at the Internet Movie Database
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True Grit: A Further Adventure
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True Grit: A Further Adventure
Directed by
Richard T. Heffron
Produced by
Paramount Television
Written by
Charles Portis (characters)
Sandor Stern
Starring
Warren Oates
Music by
Earle H. Hagen
Cinematography
Stevan Larner
Editing by
Jerry Young
Country
United States
Language
English
Original channel
ABC
Release date
May 19, 1978
Running time
100 minutes
Preceded by
Rooster Cogburn
True Grit: A Further Adventure is a 1978 television film sequel to the movies True Grit and Rooster Cogburn. While John Wayne portrays Rooster Cogburn in the first two films, Warren Oates takes over the role in this 1978 television film.[1] Lisa Pelikan portrays Mattie Ross, played in the first film by Kim Darby. The supporting cast features Lee Meriwether and Parley Baer and the film was directed by Richard T. Heffron.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Plot[edit]
The further adventures of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn are told here. He battles criminals and injustice in his own unorthodox way. Meanwhile, he must also contend with the ever tough-as-nails Mattie Ross, a teenage girl hellbent on reforming him.
See also[edit]
List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ New York Times
External links[edit]
##True Grit: A Further Adventure at the Internet Movie Database
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True Grit (2010 film)
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True Grit
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Directed by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Produced by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Scott Rudin
Screenplay by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Based on
True Grit
by Charles Portis
Starring
Jeff Bridges
Matt Damon
Josh Brolin
Barry Pepper
Hailee Steinfeld
Narrated by
Elizabeth Marvel
Music by
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Roger Deakins
Edited by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
(as Roderick Jaynes)
Production
company
Skydance Productions
Mike Zoss Productions
Scott Rudin Productions
Amblin Entertainment
(uncredited)
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
December 22, 2010
Running time
111 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$38 million[1]
Box office
$252,276,927[2]
True Grit is a 2010 American western directed, written, produced and edited by the Coen brothers and is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as U. S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper.
Filming began in March 2010, and True Grit was officially released in the U. S. on December 22, 2010 (after advance screenings earlier that month).[3] The film opened the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2011.[4] It was nominated for ten Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bridges), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Steinfeld), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 7, 2011.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Adaptation and production
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception 5.1 Critical reception
5.2 Box office performance
5.3 Home media
6 Awards
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
Mattie Ross explains that her father was murdered by Tom Chaney when she was 14 years old. While collecting her father's body in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Mattie queries the local sheriff about the search for Chaney. After being told that Chaney has fled with "Lucky" Ned Pepper and his gang into Indian Territory, where the sheriff has no authority, she inquires about hiring a Deputy U.S. Marshal. The sheriff gives three recommendations, and Mattie chooses to hire Rooster Cogburn, whom the sheriff had described as being the "meanest". The taciturn, one-eyed Cogburn rebuffs her offer, not believing she has the reward money to hire him. She raises the money by aggressively horse-trading with Colonel Stonehill, who did business with her father.
Meanwhile, Texas Ranger LaBoeuf arrives in town on the trail of Chaney for the murder of a Texas State Senator. LaBoeuf proposes to team up with Cogburn, who knows the Choctaw terrain where Chaney is hiding, but Mattie refuses his offer. She wishes Chaney to be hanged in Arkansas for her father's murder, not in Texas for killing the senator. Mattie also insists on traveling with Cogburn to search for Chaney and secure her $50 payment, but Cogburn later leaves without her, having gone with LaBoeuf to apprehend Chaney.
After being refused passage on the river ferry that conveyed Cogburn and LaBoeuf, Mattie crosses herself on horseback. LaBoeuf expresses his displeasure by birching Mattie with a stick, but Cogburn eventually stops him. After a dispute over their respective service with the Confederate States of America, Cogburn ends their arrangement and LaBoeuf leaves. Later, while pursuing the Pepper gang that Chaney is reportedly traveling with, the two meet a trail doctor who directs them to an empty dugout for shelter. There they find two outlaws, Quincey and Moon, and interrogate them. Soon Moon, fearful of losing his leg, acquiesces by divulging what he knows to Cogburn, Quincey then fatally stabs Moon, and Cogburn shoots Quincey dead. Before dying, Moon says Pepper and his gang will be returning later that night.
Just before they arrive, LaBoeuf arrives at the dugout and is confronted. Cogburn, hiding on the hillside with Mattie, shoots two gang members and LaBouef, but Pepper escapes. The next day, Cogburn gets in a drunken argument with the wounded LaBoeuf, who departs once again. While getting water from a nearby stream, Mattie encounters Chaney. She shoots and wounds him, but he survives and drags her back to Ned, who forces Cogburn to leave by threatening to kill her. Being short a horse, Ned leaves Mattie with Chaney, ordering him not to harm her or he will not get paid after his remount arrives.
Once alone, Chaney disobeys Ned and tries to knife Mattie. LaBoeuf suddenly appears and knocks Chaney out, explaining that he rode back when he heard the shots, and he and Cogburn devised a plan. They watch from a cliff as Cogburn takes on the remaining members of Ned's gang, killing two and wounding Ned, before his horse is shot and falls, trapping Cogburn's leg. Before Pepper can kill him, LaBoeuf snipes Pepper from roughly four hundred yards away with his Sharps Rifle. Chaney however regains consciousness and knocks LeBoeuf unconscious with a rock. Mattie seizes LaBoeuf's rifle and shoots Chaney in the chest. The recoil also knocks her into a deep pit. Cogburn soon arrives, but Mattie is bitten by a rattlesnake before he can get to her. Cogburn cuts into her hand to suck out as much of the venom as he can, and then rides day and night to get Mattie to a doctor, carrying her on foot after Blackie her horse collapses from exhaustion, finally making his way to Bagby's store.
Twenty-five years later, in 1903, Mattie reveals through narration that her left forearm was amputated due to gangrene from the snakebite. Cogburn stayed with her until she was out of danger, but left the store before she regained consciousness. She never saw Cogburn again, despite a letter she wrote to him inviting him to visit and to collect the extra $50 she still owed him. She receives a note from Cogburn inviting her to meet him at a travelling Wild West show in which he now performs. She arrives, only to learn that Cogburn died three days earlier. She has his body moved to her family cemetery. Standing over Cogburn's grave, she reflects on her decision to move his remains, and about never having married. She also reveals that she never saw LaBoeuf again, though she would like to, and observes that "time just gets away from us".
Cast[edit]
After competing with 15,000 other applicants for the role of Mattie Ross, Hailee Steinfeld was cast.
Jeff Bridges as United States Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
Matt Damon as Texas Ranger LaBoeuf
Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney
Barry Pepper as "Lucky" Ned Pepper
Domhnall Gleeson as Moon (the Kid)
Bruce Green as Harold Parmalee
Ed Lee Corbin as Bear Man (Dr. Forrester)
Roy Lee Jones as Yarnell Poindexter
Paul Rae as Emmett Quincy
Nicholas Sadler as Sullivan
Dakin Matthews as Colonel Stonehill
Elizabeth Marvel and Ruth Morris as 40-year-old Mattie[5]
Leon Russom as Sheriff
Jake Walker as Judge Isaac Parker
Don Pirl as Cole Younger
James Brolin as Frank James (uncredited cameo)
Jarlath Conroy as The Undertaker
J. K. Simmons as Lawyer J. Noble Daggett (voice only; uncredited)
Adaptation and production[edit]
The project was rumored as far back as February 2008;[6] however it was not confirmed until March 2009.[7]
Ahead of shooting, Ethan Coen said that the film would be a more faithful adaptation of the novel than the 1969 version.
It's partly a question of point-of-view. The book is entirely in the voice of the 14-year-old girl. That sort of tips the feeling of it over a certain way. I think [the book is] much funnier than the movie was so I think, unfortunately, they lost a lot of humor in both the situations and in her voice. It also ends differently than the movie did. You see the main character – the little girl – 25 years later when she's an adult. Another way in which it's a little bit different from the movie – and maybe this is just because of the time the movie was made – is that it's a lot tougher and more violent than the movie reflects. Which is part of what's interesting about it.[8]
Mattie Ross "is a pill," said Ethan Coen in a December 2010 interview, "but there is something deeply admirable about her in the book that we were drawn to," including the Presbyterian-Protestant ethic so strongly imbued in a 14-year-old girl. Joel Coen said that the brothers did not want to "mess around with what we thought was a very compelling story and character". The film's producer, Scott Rudin, said that the Coens had taken a "formal, reverent approach" to the Western genre, with its emphasis on adventure and quest. "The patois of the characters, the love of language that permeates the whole film, makes it very much of a piece with their other films, but it is the least ironic in many regards".[9]
Open casting sessions were held in Texas in November 2009 for the role of Mattie Ross. The following month, Paramount Pictures announced a casting search for a 12- to 16-year-old girl, describing the character as a "simple, tough as nails young woman" whose "unusually steely nerves and straightforward manner are often surprising".[10] Steinfeld, then age 13, was selected for the role from a pool of 15,000 applicants. "It was, as you can probably imagine, the source of a lot of anxiety", Ethan Coen told The New York Times. "We were aware if the kid doesn't work, there's no movie".[9]
The film was shot in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area in March and April 2010, as well as in Granger and Austin, Texas.[11] The first trailer was released in September; a second trailer premiered with The Social Network.
True Grit is the first Coen brothers film to receive a PG-13 rating since 2003's Intolerable Cruelty for "some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images".
For the final segment of the film, a one-armed body double was needed for Elizabeth Marvel (who played the adult Mattie). After a nationwide call, the Coen brothers cast Ruth Morris – a 29-year-old social worker and student who was born without a left forearm.[5] Morris has more screen time in the film than Marvel.[12]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
True Grit 96% (247 reviews)[13] 80/100 (41 reviews)[14]
The film received critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 96% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 235 reviews, with an average score of 8.3/10 and with its consensus stating: "Girded by strong performances from Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld, and lifted by some of the Coens' most finely tuned, unaffected work, True Grit is a worthy companion to the Charles Portis book. "[15] Metacritic gave the film an average score of 80/100 based on 40 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "generally positive reviews".[16] Total Film gave the film a five-star review (denoting 'outstanding'): "This isn't so much a remake as a masterly re-creation. Not only does it have the drop on the 1969 version, it's the first great movie of 2011".[17]
Roger Ebert awarded 3.5 stars out of 4, writing, "What strikes me is that I'm describing the story and the film as if it were simply, if admirably, a good Western. That's a surprise to me, because this is a film by the Coen Brothers, and this is the first straight genre exercise in their career. It's a loving one. Their craftsmanship is a wonder", and also remarking, "The cinematography by Roger Deakins reminds us of the glory that was, and can still be, the Western."[18]
The Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "The Coens, not known for softening anything, have restored the original's bleak, elegiac conclusion and as writer-directors have come up with a version that shares events with the first film but is much closer in tone to the book... Clearly recognizing a kindred spirit in Portis, sharing his love for eccentric characters and odd language, they worked hard, and successfully, at serving the buoyant novel as well as being true to their own black comic brio."[19]
In his review for the Minneapolis Star Tribune Colin Covert wrote: "the Coens dial down the eccentricity and deliver their first classically made, audience-pleasing genre picture. The results are masterful. "[20] Richard Corliss of Time Magazine named Hailee Steinfeld's performance one of the Top 10 Movie Performances of 2010, saying "She delivers the orotund dialogue as if it were the easiest vernacular, stares down bad guys, wins hearts. That's a true gift".[21]
Rex Reed of The New York Observer criticized the film's pacing, referring to plot points as "mere distractions ... to divert attention from the fact that nothing is going on elsewhere". Reed considers Damon "hopelessly miscast" and finds Bridges' performance mumbly, lumbering, and self-indulgent.[22]
Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a B+: "Truer than the John Wayne showpiece and less gritty than the book, this True Grit is just tasty enough to leave movie lovers hungry for a missing spice."[23]
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops review called the film "exceptionally fine" and said "[a]mid its archetypical characters, mythic atmosphere and amusingly idiosyncratic dialogue, writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen's captivating drama uses its heroine's sensitive perspective – as well as a fair number of biblical and religious references – to reflect seriously on the violent undertow of frontier life. "[24]
Box office performance[edit]
Film
Release date
Box office revenue
Box office ranking
Budget
Reference
United States
United States
International
Worldwide
All time United States
All time worldwide
True Grit December 2010 $171,050,328 $79,880,786 $250,931,114 #168 #327 $38,000,000 [25]
In the holiday weekend following its December 22 North American debut, True Grit took in $25.6 million at the box office, twice its pre-release projections.[1] By its second weekend ending January 2, the film had earned $87.1 million domestically, becoming the Coen brothers' highest grossing film, surpassing No Country for Old Men, which earned $74.3 million. True Grit was the only mainstream movie of the 2010 holiday season to exceed the revenue expectations of its producers. Based on that performance, The Los Angeles Times predicted that the film would likely become the second-highest grossing western of all time when inflation is discounted, exceeded only by Dances with Wolves.[26] On Thursday, December 23, 2010, it opened to #3 behind Little Fockers and Tron: Legacy. On Friday, December 24, 2010, it went up to #2 behind Little Fockers. On Friday, December 31, 2010 it went up to #1 and then on January 1, 2011, it went back to #2 until January 3, 2011. It stayed #1 until January 14 and then went down to #3 behind The Green Hornet and The Dilemma. On February 11, 2011, it went down to #9 behind Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Just Go With It, Gnomeo and Juliet, The Eagle, The Roommate, The King's Speech, No Strings Attached, and Sanctum. It closed in theaters on April 28, 2011. True Grit took in an additional $15 million in what is usually a slow month for movie attendance, reaching $110 million.[27] According to Box Office Mojo, True Grit has grossed over $170 million domestically and $250 million worldwide as of July 2011.
Both the brothers and Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore attributed the film's success partly to its "soft" PG-13 rating, atypical for a Coen brothers film, which helped broaden audience appeal. Paramount anticipated that the film would be popular with the adults who often constitute the Coen brothers' core audience, as well as fans of the Western genre. But True Grit also drew extended families: parents, grandparents, and teenagers. Geographically, the film played strongest in Los Angeles and New York, but its top 20 markets also included Oklahoma City; Plano, Texas; and Olathe, Kansas.[26][28]
Home media[edit]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 7, 2011.[29]
Awards[edit]
Main article: List of accolades received by True Grit
The film won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer (Hailee Steinfeld) and received ten additional nominations in the following categories: Best Film, Best Actor (Jeff Bridges), Best Supporting Actress (Steinfeld), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, and Best Score. The ceremony took place on January 14, 2011.[30]
It was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bridges) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Steinfeld). The ceremony took place on January 30, 2011.[31]
It was nominated for eight British Academy Film Awards: Best Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bridges), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Steinfeld), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design. Roger Deakins won the award for Best Cinematography.
It was nominated for ten Academy Awards,[32][33] but won none: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (Bridges), Best Supporting Actress (Steinfeld), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing.[34] When told of all the nominations, the Coen brothers stated, "Ten seems like an awful lot. We don't want to take anyone else's. "[35]
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True Grit
True Grit Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Produced by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Scott Rudin
Screenplay by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Based on
True Grit
by Charles Portis
Starring
Jeff Bridges
Matt Damon
Josh Brolin
Barry Pepper
Hailee Steinfeld
Narrated by
Elizabeth Marvel
Music by
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Roger Deakins
Edited by
Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
(as Roderick Jaynes)
Production
company
Skydance Productions
Mike Zoss Productions
Scott Rudin Productions
Amblin Entertainment
(uncredited)
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
December 22, 2010
Running time
111 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$38 million[1]
Box office
$252,276,927[2]
True Grit is a 2010 American western directed, written, produced and edited by the Coen brothers and is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as U. S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper.
Filming began in March 2010, and True Grit was officially released in the U. S. on December 22, 2010 (after advance screenings earlier that month).[3] The film opened the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2011.[4] It was nominated for ten Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bridges), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Steinfeld), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 7, 2011.
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Adaptation and production
4 Soundtrack
5 Reception 5.1 Critical reception
5.2 Box office performance
5.3 Home media
6 Awards
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
Mattie Ross explains that her father was murdered by Tom Chaney when she was 14 years old. While collecting her father's body in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Mattie queries the local sheriff about the search for Chaney. After being told that Chaney has fled with "Lucky" Ned Pepper and his gang into Indian Territory, where the sheriff has no authority, she inquires about hiring a Deputy U.S. Marshal. The sheriff gives three recommendations, and Mattie chooses to hire Rooster Cogburn, whom the sheriff had described as being the "meanest". The taciturn, one-eyed Cogburn rebuffs her offer, not believing she has the reward money to hire him. She raises the money by aggressively horse-trading with Colonel Stonehill, who did business with her father.
Meanwhile, Texas Ranger LaBoeuf arrives in town on the trail of Chaney for the murder of a Texas State Senator. LaBoeuf proposes to team up with Cogburn, who knows the Choctaw terrain where Chaney is hiding, but Mattie refuses his offer. She wishes Chaney to be hanged in Arkansas for her father's murder, not in Texas for killing the senator. Mattie also insists on traveling with Cogburn to search for Chaney and secure her $50 payment, but Cogburn later leaves without her, having gone with LaBoeuf to apprehend Chaney.
After being refused passage on the river ferry that conveyed Cogburn and LaBoeuf, Mattie crosses herself on horseback. LaBoeuf expresses his displeasure by birching Mattie with a stick, but Cogburn eventually stops him. After a dispute over their respective service with the Confederate States of America, Cogburn ends their arrangement and LaBoeuf leaves. Later, while pursuing the Pepper gang that Chaney is reportedly traveling with, the two meet a trail doctor who directs them to an empty dugout for shelter. There they find two outlaws, Quincey and Moon, and interrogate them. Soon Moon, fearful of losing his leg, acquiesces by divulging what he knows to Cogburn, Quincey then fatally stabs Moon, and Cogburn shoots Quincey dead. Before dying, Moon says Pepper and his gang will be returning later that night.
Just before they arrive, LaBoeuf arrives at the dugout and is confronted. Cogburn, hiding on the hillside with Mattie, shoots two gang members and LaBouef, but Pepper escapes. The next day, Cogburn gets in a drunken argument with the wounded LaBoeuf, who departs once again. While getting water from a nearby stream, Mattie encounters Chaney. She shoots and wounds him, but he survives and drags her back to Ned, who forces Cogburn to leave by threatening to kill her. Being short a horse, Ned leaves Mattie with Chaney, ordering him not to harm her or he will not get paid after his remount arrives.
Once alone, Chaney disobeys Ned and tries to knife Mattie. LaBoeuf suddenly appears and knocks Chaney out, explaining that he rode back when he heard the shots, and he and Cogburn devised a plan. They watch from a cliff as Cogburn takes on the remaining members of Ned's gang, killing two and wounding Ned, before his horse is shot and falls, trapping Cogburn's leg. Before Pepper can kill him, LaBoeuf snipes Pepper from roughly four hundred yards away with his Sharps Rifle. Chaney however regains consciousness and knocks LeBoeuf unconscious with a rock. Mattie seizes LaBoeuf's rifle and shoots Chaney in the chest. The recoil also knocks her into a deep pit. Cogburn soon arrives, but Mattie is bitten by a rattlesnake before he can get to her. Cogburn cuts into her hand to suck out as much of the venom as he can, and then rides day and night to get Mattie to a doctor, carrying her on foot after Blackie her horse collapses from exhaustion, finally making his way to Bagby's store.
Twenty-five years later, in 1903, Mattie reveals through narration that her left forearm was amputated due to gangrene from the snakebite. Cogburn stayed with her until she was out of danger, but left the store before she regained consciousness. She never saw Cogburn again, despite a letter she wrote to him inviting him to visit and to collect the extra $50 she still owed him. She receives a note from Cogburn inviting her to meet him at a travelling Wild West show in which he now performs. She arrives, only to learn that Cogburn died three days earlier. She has his body moved to her family cemetery. Standing over Cogburn's grave, she reflects on her decision to move his remains, and about never having married. She also reveals that she never saw LaBoeuf again, though she would like to, and observes that "time just gets away from us".
Cast[edit]
After competing with 15,000 other applicants for the role of Mattie Ross, Hailee Steinfeld was cast.
Jeff Bridges as United States Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
Matt Damon as Texas Ranger LaBoeuf
Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney
Barry Pepper as "Lucky" Ned Pepper
Domhnall Gleeson as Moon (the Kid)
Bruce Green as Harold Parmalee
Ed Lee Corbin as Bear Man (Dr. Forrester)
Roy Lee Jones as Yarnell Poindexter
Paul Rae as Emmett Quincy
Nicholas Sadler as Sullivan
Dakin Matthews as Colonel Stonehill
Elizabeth Marvel and Ruth Morris as 40-year-old Mattie[5]
Leon Russom as Sheriff
Jake Walker as Judge Isaac Parker
Don Pirl as Cole Younger
James Brolin as Frank James (uncredited cameo)
Jarlath Conroy as The Undertaker
J. K. Simmons as Lawyer J. Noble Daggett (voice only; uncredited)
Adaptation and production[edit]
The project was rumored as far back as February 2008;[6] however it was not confirmed until March 2009.[7]
Ahead of shooting, Ethan Coen said that the film would be a more faithful adaptation of the novel than the 1969 version.
It's partly a question of point-of-view. The book is entirely in the voice of the 14-year-old girl. That sort of tips the feeling of it over a certain way. I think [the book is] much funnier than the movie was so I think, unfortunately, they lost a lot of humor in both the situations and in her voice. It also ends differently than the movie did. You see the main character – the little girl – 25 years later when she's an adult. Another way in which it's a little bit different from the movie – and maybe this is just because of the time the movie was made – is that it's a lot tougher and more violent than the movie reflects. Which is part of what's interesting about it.[8]
Mattie Ross "is a pill," said Ethan Coen in a December 2010 interview, "but there is something deeply admirable about her in the book that we were drawn to," including the Presbyterian-Protestant ethic so strongly imbued in a 14-year-old girl. Joel Coen said that the brothers did not want to "mess around with what we thought was a very compelling story and character". The film's producer, Scott Rudin, said that the Coens had taken a "formal, reverent approach" to the Western genre, with its emphasis on adventure and quest. "The patois of the characters, the love of language that permeates the whole film, makes it very much of a piece with their other films, but it is the least ironic in many regards".[9]
Open casting sessions were held in Texas in November 2009 for the role of Mattie Ross. The following month, Paramount Pictures announced a casting search for a 12- to 16-year-old girl, describing the character as a "simple, tough as nails young woman" whose "unusually steely nerves and straightforward manner are often surprising".[10] Steinfeld, then age 13, was selected for the role from a pool of 15,000 applicants. "It was, as you can probably imagine, the source of a lot of anxiety", Ethan Coen told The New York Times. "We were aware if the kid doesn't work, there's no movie".[9]
The film was shot in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area in March and April 2010, as well as in Granger and Austin, Texas.[11] The first trailer was released in September; a second trailer premiered with The Social Network.
True Grit is the first Coen brothers film to receive a PG-13 rating since 2003's Intolerable Cruelty for "some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images".
For the final segment of the film, a one-armed body double was needed for Elizabeth Marvel (who played the adult Mattie). After a nationwide call, the Coen brothers cast Ruth Morris – a 29-year-old social worker and student who was born without a left forearm.[5] Morris has more screen time in the film than Marvel.[12]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Reception[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
Film
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
True Grit 96% (247 reviews)[13] 80/100 (41 reviews)[14]
The film received critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 96% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 235 reviews, with an average score of 8.3/10 and with its consensus stating: "Girded by strong performances from Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld, and lifted by some of the Coens' most finely tuned, unaffected work, True Grit is a worthy companion to the Charles Portis book. "[15] Metacritic gave the film an average score of 80/100 based on 40 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "generally positive reviews".[16] Total Film gave the film a five-star review (denoting 'outstanding'): "This isn't so much a remake as a masterly re-creation. Not only does it have the drop on the 1969 version, it's the first great movie of 2011".[17]
Roger Ebert awarded 3.5 stars out of 4, writing, "What strikes me is that I'm describing the story and the film as if it were simply, if admirably, a good Western. That's a surprise to me, because this is a film by the Coen Brothers, and this is the first straight genre exercise in their career. It's a loving one. Their craftsmanship is a wonder", and also remarking, "The cinematography by Roger Deakins reminds us of the glory that was, and can still be, the Western."[18]
The Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "The Coens, not known for softening anything, have restored the original's bleak, elegiac conclusion and as writer-directors have come up with a version that shares events with the first film but is much closer in tone to the book... Clearly recognizing a kindred spirit in Portis, sharing his love for eccentric characters and odd language, they worked hard, and successfully, at serving the buoyant novel as well as being true to their own black comic brio."[19]
In his review for the Minneapolis Star Tribune Colin Covert wrote: "the Coens dial down the eccentricity and deliver their first classically made, audience-pleasing genre picture. The results are masterful. "[20] Richard Corliss of Time Magazine named Hailee Steinfeld's performance one of the Top 10 Movie Performances of 2010, saying "She delivers the orotund dialogue as if it were the easiest vernacular, stares down bad guys, wins hearts. That's a true gift".[21]
Rex Reed of The New York Observer criticized the film's pacing, referring to plot points as "mere distractions ... to divert attention from the fact that nothing is going on elsewhere". Reed considers Damon "hopelessly miscast" and finds Bridges' performance mumbly, lumbering, and self-indulgent.[22]
Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a B+: "Truer than the John Wayne showpiece and less gritty than the book, this True Grit is just tasty enough to leave movie lovers hungry for a missing spice."[23]
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops review called the film "exceptionally fine" and said "[a]mid its archetypical characters, mythic atmosphere and amusingly idiosyncratic dialogue, writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen's captivating drama uses its heroine's sensitive perspective – as well as a fair number of biblical and religious references – to reflect seriously on the violent undertow of frontier life. "[24]
Box office performance[edit]
Film
Release date
Box office revenue
Box office ranking
Budget
Reference
United States
United States
International
Worldwide
All time United States
All time worldwide
True Grit December 2010 $171,050,328 $79,880,786 $250,931,114 #168 #327 $38,000,000 [25]
In the holiday weekend following its December 22 North American debut, True Grit took in $25.6 million at the box office, twice its pre-release projections.[1] By its second weekend ending January 2, the film had earned $87.1 million domestically, becoming the Coen brothers' highest grossing film, surpassing No Country for Old Men, which earned $74.3 million. True Grit was the only mainstream movie of the 2010 holiday season to exceed the revenue expectations of its producers. Based on that performance, The Los Angeles Times predicted that the film would likely become the second-highest grossing western of all time when inflation is discounted, exceeded only by Dances with Wolves.[26] On Thursday, December 23, 2010, it opened to #3 behind Little Fockers and Tron: Legacy. On Friday, December 24, 2010, it went up to #2 behind Little Fockers. On Friday, December 31, 2010 it went up to #1 and then on January 1, 2011, it went back to #2 until January 3, 2011. It stayed #1 until January 14 and then went down to #3 behind The Green Hornet and The Dilemma. On February 11, 2011, it went down to #9 behind Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Just Go With It, Gnomeo and Juliet, The Eagle, The Roommate, The King's Speech, No Strings Attached, and Sanctum. It closed in theaters on April 28, 2011. True Grit took in an additional $15 million in what is usually a slow month for movie attendance, reaching $110 million.[27] According to Box Office Mojo, True Grit has grossed over $170 million domestically and $250 million worldwide as of July 2011.
Both the brothers and Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore attributed the film's success partly to its "soft" PG-13 rating, atypical for a Coen brothers film, which helped broaden audience appeal. Paramount anticipated that the film would be popular with the adults who often constitute the Coen brothers' core audience, as well as fans of the Western genre. But True Grit also drew extended families: parents, grandparents, and teenagers. Geographically, the film played strongest in Los Angeles and New York, but its top 20 markets also included Oklahoma City; Plano, Texas; and Olathe, Kansas.[26][28]
Home media[edit]
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 7, 2011.[29]
Awards[edit]
Main article: List of accolades received by True Grit
The film won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer (Hailee Steinfeld) and received ten additional nominations in the following categories: Best Film, Best Actor (Jeff Bridges), Best Supporting Actress (Steinfeld), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, and Best Score. The ceremony took place on January 14, 2011.[30]
It was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bridges) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Steinfeld). The ceremony took place on January 30, 2011.[31]
It was nominated for eight British Academy Film Awards: Best Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bridges), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Steinfeld), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design. Roger Deakins won the award for Best Cinematography.
It was nominated for ten Academy Awards,[32][33] but won none: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (Bridges), Best Supporting Actress (Steinfeld), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing.[34] When told of all the nominations, the Coen brothers stated, "Ten seems like an awful lot. We don't want to take anyone else's. "[35]
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6.Jump up ^ "Joel and Ethan Coen saddle up for truly gritty remake of Western classic". London: Daily Mail. February 29, 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
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8.Jump up ^ "True Grit Exclusive – Movies News at IGN". IGN. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
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10.Jump up ^ "True Grit Film – casting Call". Truegritcasting.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
11.Jump up ^ "Coen Brothers to film 'True Grit' remake in NM". Boston Herald. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
12.Jump up ^ Ackerman, Todd. "Social worker shows true grit in movie role". (Mobile story) Houston Chronicle. February 27, 2011. Retrieved on February 27, 2011.
13.Jump up ^ "True Grit (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
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16.Jump up ^ "True Grit Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
17.Jump up ^ "True Grit Review". Total Film. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
18.Jump up ^ "True Grit". rogerebert. suntimes.com. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
19.Jump up ^ Turan, Kenneth (December 23, 2010). "Movie review: True Grit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
20.Jump up ^ Covert, Colin (December 23, 2010). "Classic Coens". Star Tribune. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
21.Jump up ^ Corliss, Richard (December 9, 2010). "The Top 10 Everything of 2010 - Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit". Time. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
22.Jump up ^ Reed, Rex (December 14, 2010). "Year-End Roundup: What to See (and Skip) Before the Ball Drops". The New York Observer. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
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35.Jump up ^ French, Doug (2011-02-08) True Grit and True Commerce, Mises Institute
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List of accolades received by True Grit
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This article is about the accolades received by the 2010 film. For the accolades received by the 1969 film, see True Grit (1969 film).
List of awards won by True Grit
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Hailee Steinfeld has received numerous nominations for her debut screen performance in True Grit.
[show]Awards & nominations
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 20 126
References
True Grit is a 2010 American Western film directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously released in 1969 featuring John Wayne. The 2010 version stars Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon. It was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada on December 22, 2010, grossing over USD $25.6 million at the box office, twice its pre-release projections, in its opening weekend.[1] Since then it has made over USD $171 million domestically and USD $249 million worldwide.[2] The film was well received by movie critics, with an approval rating of 96 percent on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[3] It has appeared in more than a dozen movie reviewers' Top Ten lists for the best movies of the year.[4]
True Grit has received honors in different categories, ranging from recognition of the movie itself, to its direction, art direction, cinematography, score and writing, as well as for performances by the cast, mainly Bridges for Best Actor and Steinfeld for Best Supporting Actress. The Coen's work on True Grit's screenplay scored them a nomination from the Writers Guild of America, but lost to Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network. Deakins' work on True Grit 's cinematography earned him more than ten nominations, including an award from the Boston Society of Film Critics. The Cinema Audio Society Awards presented Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey and Greg Orloff their Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures honor in 2011.
The 83rd Academy Awards nominated the movie for ten of its accolades, but True Grit failed to win any awards. Among the nominations were Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (giving Bridges his sixth nomination),[5] Best Supporting Actress and Best Art Direction. Fourteen-year-old Steinfeld is the 73rd actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for their debut screen performance in the award show's 83-year history.[6] The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards nominated True Grit in eleven categories, including Best Makeup. They also awarded Steinfeld their best youth accolade. At the 64th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) ceremony, True Grit earned eight nominations, including one win for Roger Deakins' cinematography. Unlike other critics' awards, the BAFTAs nominated Steinfeld for Best Actress. Steinfeld was named Best Supporting Actress by multiple critics awards and groups, such as the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards and the Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards. Her performance has also earned her a breakthrough award nomination from the viewer-voted 2011 MTV Movie Awards.
Contents [hide]
1 Awards and nominations
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Awards and nominations[edit]
Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipients and nominees
Outcome
Academy Award[7] February 27, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Art Direction Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Picture Scott Rudin, Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Sound Editing Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey Nominated
Best Sound Mixing Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[8] January 10, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Breakthrough Performance Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Cinematography Michael McDonough Nominated
Best Film Music or Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Damon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Screenplay, Adapted Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Most Beautiful Film True Grit Nominated
American Film Institute[9] December 12, 2010 AFI Movies of the Year True Grit Won
American Society of Cinematographers[10] February 13, 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association[11] December 19, 2010 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Top 10 Films True Grit Won
Boston Society of Film Critics[12] December 12, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Won
British Academy Film Awards[13] February 13, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Won
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Film True Grit Nominated
Best Production Design Therese DePrez, Tora Peterson Nominated
Best Sound Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Douglas Axtell, Skip Lievsay and Peter F. Kurland Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association[14] January 14, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Art Direction Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Makeup True Grit Nominated
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Best Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Young Actor/Actress Won
Bronze Wrangler[15] 2011 Theatrical Motion Picture See below Won
Chicago Film Critics Association[16] December 20, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Original Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Most Promising Performer Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards[17] February 19, 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey and Greg Orloff Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[18] December 17, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Top 10 Films True Grit Won
Detroit Film Critics Society[19] December 16, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Indiana Film Critics Association[20] December 12, 2010 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Iowa Film Critics January 13, 2011 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle January 2, 2011 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society December 17, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Top 10 Films of 2010 True Grit Nominated
Youth in Film Hailee Steinfeld Won
London Film Critics' Circle February 10, 2011 Actor of the Year Jeff Bridges Nominated
Actress of the Year Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Director of the Year Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Screenwriter of the Year Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association[21] December 12, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors[22] February 20, 2011 Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film True Grit Nominated
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film True Grit Nominated
MTV Movie Awards[23] June 5, 2011 Best Breakthrough Performance Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures[24] December 2, 2010 Top Ten Films True Grit Won
National Movie Awards[25] May 11, 2011 Best Drama True Grit Nominated
Performance of the Year Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Performance of the Year Jeff Bridges Nominated
North Texas Film Critics Association[26] January 10, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle[27] December 22, 2010 Top 10 Best Films True Grit Won
Online Film Critics Society[28] January 3, 2011 Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Lead Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society[29] December 28, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Cinematography True Grit Nominated
Best Costume Design True Grit Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Original Score True Grit Nominated
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female Hailee Steinfeld Won
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Best Production Design True Grit Nominated
Best Screenplay - Adaptation Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Damon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Breakthrough Performance on Camera Nominated
Producers Guild of America[30] January 22, 2011 Theatrical Picture Scott Rudin and Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Saturn Awards[31] June 2011 Best Action/Adventure Film True Grit Nominated
Best Performance by a Younger Actor Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards[32] January 30, 2011 Outstanding Female Actor-Supporting Role Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Outstanding Male Actor- Leading Role Jeff Bridges Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards[33] December 13, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Won
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[34] December 20, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association[35] December 14, 2010 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Utah Film Critics Association December 23, 2010 Best Achievement in Directing Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Lead Performance by an Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Lead Performance by an Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle January 10, 2011 Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[36] December 6, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Art Direction True Grit Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Writers Guild of America[37] February 5, 2011 Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Young Artist Awards[38] 2011 Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Crime Thriller Awards 2011 Best Feature Film Won
^"Theatrical Motion Picture" Winners : Paramount Pictures (production company), A.C. Lyles, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schwake (executive producers), Ethan and Joel Coen, Scott Ruben (producers, directors and writers), Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon and Hailee Steinfield (actors)
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"True Grit (2010) Awards". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
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2.Jump up ^ "True Grit". Box Office Mojo. IMDb Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
3.Jump up ^ "True Grit (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
4.Jump up ^ "2010 Film Critic Top Ten Lists (Updated Jan. 6)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Harris, Paul (January 30, 2011). "Jeff Bridges may be Hollywood royalty, but deep down he's just The Dude". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
6.Jump up ^ Germain, David (February 25, 2011). "Debut actresses do well at Oscars; not so for men". MSNBC. NBCUniversal. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
7.Jump up ^ Brunp, Mike (February 27, 2011). "Oscars 2011 winners: 'King's Speech' rules the night". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
8.Jump up ^ "2010 EDA Awards Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
9.Jump up ^ "AFI Awards 2010". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ "Inception Earns Top Honors from Cinematographers". American Society of Cinematographers. February 15, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
11.Jump up ^ "2010 Awards". Austin Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
12.Jump up ^ "Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2010 Winners". Boston Society of Film Critics. December 12, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
13.Jump up ^ "2011 Film Awards Winners and Nominees". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
14.Jump up ^ "The 16th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
15.Jump up ^ "Western Heritage Award Winners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
16.Jump up ^ "Chicago Film Critics Awards 2008 2010". Chicago Film Critics Association. December 20, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
17.Jump up ^ Giardina, Carolyn. "‘True Grit’ Takes Top Cinema Audio Society Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
18.Jump up ^ "DFW Film Crix, Very Social at Year's End". Dallas Observer. Stuart Folb. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
19.Jump up ^ "Detroit Film Critics Society Announces The Best Of 2010 Nominations and Winners!". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
20.Jump up ^ "Indiana Film Journalists Association announces 2010 Awards". Indiana Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
21.Jump up ^ "36th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. December 12, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
22.Jump up ^ "http://www.mpse.org/goldenreels/2011awards/2011featurenominees.html". Motion Picture of Sound Editors. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
23.Jump up ^ "'Eclipse,' 'Inception' Lead 2011 MTV Movie Awards Nominations". MTV. Viacom. May 3, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
24.Jump up ^ "Awards for 2010". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
25.Jump up ^ "2011 National Movie Awards Winners and Losers". STV. STV Group plc. May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
26.Jump up ^ "Best of 2010 from the NTFCA". North Texas Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
27.Jump up ^ "Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Names The Social Network Best Movie of 2010". Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. December 22, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
28.Jump up ^ "2010 Online Film Critics Society Award Nominees". Online Film Critics Society. December 27, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
29.Jump up ^ "Phoenix Film Critics Name The Kings Speech Best Film of 2010". Phoenix Film Critics Society. December 28, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
30.Jump up ^ "Producers Guild of American Announces Theatrical Motion Picture And Television Nominations For 2011". Producers Guild of America. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
31.Jump up ^ Semigran, Aly (February 24, 2011). "Saturn Award Nominations Include 'Inception,' 'Let Me In' And 'Tron: Legacy'". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
32.Jump up ^ "Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees". USA Today. Gannett Company, Inc. December 16, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
33.Jump up ^ "Top Ten Films of 2010". Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
34.Jump up ^ Soares, Andre (December 12, 2010). "St. Louis Film Critics Nominations 2010: The Social Network, The King's Speech, Black Swan". Alternative Film Guide. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
35.Jump up ^ Clark, Brian (December 14, 2010). "More Awards: The Social Network Will Not Settle for 2nd Place". Movieline. Movieline LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
36.Jump up ^ "The 2010 WAFCA Award Winners". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 6, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
37.Jump up ^ King, Susan (January 5, 2011). "Picking diverse field". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
38.Jump up ^ "2011 Nominations". Young Artist Awards. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
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List of accolades received by True Grit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the accolades received by the 2010 film. For the accolades received by the 1969 film, see True Grit (1969 film).
List of awards won by True Grit
An image of a smiling light-skinned teenage girl with her hand on her hip. She has long light brown hair and is wearing a black top with sheer sleeves.
Hailee Steinfeld has received numerous nominations for her debut screen performance in True Grit.
[show]Awards & nominations
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 20 126
References
True Grit is a 2010 American Western film directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously released in 1969 featuring John Wayne. The 2010 version stars Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon. It was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada on December 22, 2010, grossing over USD $25.6 million at the box office, twice its pre-release projections, in its opening weekend.[1] Since then it has made over USD $171 million domestically and USD $249 million worldwide.[2] The film was well received by movie critics, with an approval rating of 96 percent on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[3] It has appeared in more than a dozen movie reviewers' Top Ten lists for the best movies of the year.[4]
True Grit has received honors in different categories, ranging from recognition of the movie itself, to its direction, art direction, cinematography, score and writing, as well as for performances by the cast, mainly Bridges for Best Actor and Steinfeld for Best Supporting Actress. The Coen's work on True Grit's screenplay scored them a nomination from the Writers Guild of America, but lost to Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network. Deakins' work on True Grit 's cinematography earned him more than ten nominations, including an award from the Boston Society of Film Critics. The Cinema Audio Society Awards presented Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey and Greg Orloff their Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures honor in 2011.
The 83rd Academy Awards nominated the movie for ten of its accolades, but True Grit failed to win any awards. Among the nominations were Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor (giving Bridges his sixth nomination),[5] Best Supporting Actress and Best Art Direction. Fourteen-year-old Steinfeld is the 73rd actor to be nominated for an Academy Award for their debut screen performance in the award show's 83-year history.[6] The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards nominated True Grit in eleven categories, including Best Makeup. They also awarded Steinfeld their best youth accolade. At the 64th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) ceremony, True Grit earned eight nominations, including one win for Roger Deakins' cinematography. Unlike other critics' awards, the BAFTAs nominated Steinfeld for Best Actress. Steinfeld was named Best Supporting Actress by multiple critics awards and groups, such as the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards and the Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards. Her performance has also earned her a breakthrough award nomination from the viewer-voted 2011 MTV Movie Awards.
Contents [hide]
1 Awards and nominations
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Awards and nominations[edit]
Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipients and nominees
Outcome
Academy Award[7] February 27, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Art Direction Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Picture Scott Rudin, Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Sound Editing Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey Nominated
Best Sound Mixing Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[8] January 10, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Breakthrough Performance Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Cinematography Michael McDonough Nominated
Best Film Music or Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Damon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Screenplay, Adapted Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Most Beautiful Film True Grit Nominated
American Film Institute[9] December 12, 2010 AFI Movies of the Year True Grit Won
American Society of Cinematographers[10] February 13, 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Austin Film Critics Association[11] December 19, 2010 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Top 10 Films True Grit Won
Boston Society of Film Critics[12] December 12, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Won
British Academy Film Awards[13] February 13, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Won
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Film True Grit Nominated
Best Production Design Therese DePrez, Tora Peterson Nominated
Best Sound Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Douglas Axtell, Skip Lievsay and Peter F. Kurland Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association[14] January 14, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Art Direction Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Makeup True Grit Nominated
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Best Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Young Actor/Actress Won
Bronze Wrangler[15] 2011 Theatrical Motion Picture See below Won
Chicago Film Critics Association[16] December 20, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Original Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Most Promising Performer Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards[17] February 19, 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey and Greg Orloff Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[18] December 17, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Top 10 Films True Grit Won
Detroit Film Critics Society[19] December 16, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Indiana Film Critics Association[20] December 12, 2010 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Iowa Film Critics January 13, 2011 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle January 2, 2011 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society December 17, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Costume Design Mary Zophres Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Top 10 Films of 2010 True Grit Nominated
Youth in Film Hailee Steinfeld Won
London Film Critics' Circle February 10, 2011 Actor of the Year Jeff Bridges Nominated
Actress of the Year Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Director of the Year Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Screenwriter of the Year Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association[21] December 12, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors[22] February 20, 2011 Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film True Grit Nominated
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film True Grit Nominated
MTV Movie Awards[23] June 5, 2011 Best Breakthrough Performance Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures[24] December 2, 2010 Top Ten Films True Grit Won
National Movie Awards[25] May 11, 2011 Best Drama True Grit Nominated
Performance of the Year Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Performance of the Year Jeff Bridges Nominated
North Texas Film Critics Association[26] January 10, 2011 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle[27] December 22, 2010 Top 10 Best Films True Grit Won
Online Film Critics Society[28] January 3, 2011 Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Lead Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society[29] December 28, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Cinematography True Grit Nominated
Best Costume Design True Grit Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Original Score True Grit Nominated
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female Hailee Steinfeld Won
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Best Production Design True Grit Nominated
Best Screenplay - Adaptation Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Matt Damon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Breakthrough Performance on Camera Nominated
Producers Guild of America[30] January 22, 2011 Theatrical Picture Scott Rudin and Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Saturn Awards[31] June 2011 Best Action/Adventure Film True Grit Nominated
Best Performance by a Younger Actor Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards[32] January 30, 2011 Outstanding Female Actor-Supporting Role Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Outstanding Male Actor- Leading Role Jeff Bridges Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards[33] December 13, 2010 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Won
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[34] December 20, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association[35] December 14, 2010 Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Utah Film Critics Association December 23, 2010 Best Achievement in Directing Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Lead Performance by an Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Lead Performance by an Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Best Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Picture True Grit Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle January 10, 2011 Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[36] December 6, 2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Art Direction True Grit Nominated
Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Nominated
Best Director Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Best Score Carter Burwell Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Writers Guild of America[37] February 5, 2011 Best Adapted Screenplay Ethan and Joel Coen Nominated
Young Artist Awards[38] 2011 Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress Hailee Steinfeld Won
Crime Thriller Awards 2011 Best Feature Film Won
^"Theatrical Motion Picture" Winners : Paramount Pictures (production company), A.C. Lyles, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schwake (executive producers), Ethan and Joel Coen, Scott Ruben (producers, directors and writers), Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon and Hailee Steinfield (actors)
See also[edit]
2010 in film
Movies
References[edit]
General
"True Grit (2010) Awards". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
Specific
1.Jump up ^ Barnes, Brooks (December 26, 2010). "Strong Start for Coen Brothers’ ‘True Grit’". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
2.Jump up ^ "True Grit". Box Office Mojo. IMDb Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
3.Jump up ^ "True Grit (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
4.Jump up ^ "2010 Film Critic Top Ten Lists (Updated Jan. 6)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
5.Jump up ^ Harris, Paul (January 30, 2011). "Jeff Bridges may be Hollywood royalty, but deep down he's just The Dude". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
6.Jump up ^ Germain, David (February 25, 2011). "Debut actresses do well at Oscars; not so for men". MSNBC. NBCUniversal. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
7.Jump up ^ Brunp, Mike (February 27, 2011). "Oscars 2011 winners: 'King's Speech' rules the night". Entertainment Weekly. Time Warner. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
8.Jump up ^ "2010 EDA Awards Nominees". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
9.Jump up ^ "AFI Awards 2010". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ "Inception Earns Top Honors from Cinematographers". American Society of Cinematographers. February 15, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
11.Jump up ^ "2010 Awards". Austin Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
12.Jump up ^ "Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2010 Winners". Boston Society of Film Critics. December 12, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
13.Jump up ^ "2011 Film Awards Winners and Nominees". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
14.Jump up ^ "The 16th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
15.Jump up ^ "Western Heritage Award Winners". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
16.Jump up ^ "Chicago Film Critics Awards 2008 2010". Chicago Film Critics Association. December 20, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
17.Jump up ^ Giardina, Carolyn. "‘True Grit’ Takes Top Cinema Audio Society Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
18.Jump up ^ "DFW Film Crix, Very Social at Year's End". Dallas Observer. Stuart Folb. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
19.Jump up ^ "Detroit Film Critics Society Announces The Best Of 2010 Nominations and Winners!". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
20.Jump up ^ "Indiana Film Journalists Association announces 2010 Awards". Indiana Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
21.Jump up ^ "36th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. December 12, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
22.Jump up ^ "http://www.mpse.org/goldenreels/2011awards/2011featurenominees.html". Motion Picture of Sound Editors. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
23.Jump up ^ "'Eclipse,' 'Inception' Lead 2011 MTV Movie Awards Nominations". MTV. Viacom. May 3, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
24.Jump up ^ "Awards for 2010". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
25.Jump up ^ "2011 National Movie Awards Winners and Losers". STV. STV Group plc. May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
26.Jump up ^ "Best of 2010 from the NTFCA". North Texas Film Critics Association. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
27.Jump up ^ "Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Names The Social Network Best Movie of 2010". Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. December 22, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
28.Jump up ^ "2010 Online Film Critics Society Award Nominees". Online Film Critics Society. December 27, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
29.Jump up ^ "Phoenix Film Critics Name The Kings Speech Best Film of 2010". Phoenix Film Critics Society. December 28, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
30.Jump up ^ "Producers Guild of American Announces Theatrical Motion Picture And Television Nominations For 2011". Producers Guild of America. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
31.Jump up ^ Semigran, Aly (February 24, 2011). "Saturn Award Nominations Include 'Inception,' 'Let Me In' And 'Tron: Legacy'". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
32.Jump up ^ "Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees". USA Today. Gannett Company, Inc. December 16, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
33.Jump up ^ "Top Ten Films of 2010". Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
34.Jump up ^ Soares, Andre (December 12, 2010). "St. Louis Film Critics Nominations 2010: The Social Network, The King's Speech, Black Swan". Alternative Film Guide. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
35.Jump up ^ Clark, Brian (December 14, 2010). "More Awards: The Social Network Will Not Settle for 2nd Place". Movieline. Movieline LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
36.Jump up ^ "The 2010 WAFCA Award Winners". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 6, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
37.Jump up ^ King, Susan (January 5, 2011). "Picking diverse field". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
38.Jump up ^ "2011 Nominations". Young Artist Awards. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
External links[edit]
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Official Website: True Grit
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True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Carter Burwell
Released
December 21, 2010
Recorded
2010
Genre
Western
Length
35:25
Label
Nonesuch
Producer
Carter Burwell
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film of the same name. True Grit is the 15th Coen brothers film scored by long-time collaborator Carter Burwell. The Coens discussed the idea of using 19th-century church music, "something that was severe (sounding). It couldn't be soothing or uplifting, and at the same time it couldn't be outwardly depressing. I spent the summer going through hymn books," Burwell said.[2]
Johnny Cash's rendition of "God's Gonna Cut You Down" was used in the theatrical trailer. The 1888 hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" is used as Mattie Ross's theme, and about a quarter of the score is based on it. Iris DeMent's version, from her 2004 album Lifeline, is used during the end credits. Other hymns are also referenced in the score, including "The Glory-Land Way" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".[2] Because the hymns are considered pre-composed music, the score was deemed ineligible to be nominated for Best Original Score in the 2010 Academy Awards.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Track listing 1.1 Production credits
2 References
3 External links
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "The Wicked Flee" 2:35
2. "La Boeuf Takes Leave" 3:00
3. "Little Blackie" 1:06
4. "River Crossing" 1:25
5. "The Hanging Man" 1:57
6. "Talk About Suffering" 1:33
7. "Your Headstrong Ways" 0:31
8. "A Great Adventure" 1:00
9. "We Don't Need Him Do We?" 0:52
10. "Father's Gun" 1:22
11. "A Methodist and a Son of a Bitch" 3:02
12. "Talking to Horses" 0:35
13. "A Turkey Shoot" 2:50
14. "Taken Hostage" 2:03
15. "One Against Four" 1:39
16. "The Snake Pit" 3:18
17. "Ride to Death" 2:29
18. "I Will Carry You" 1:59
19. "A Quarter Century" 1:24
20. "The Grave" 0:59
Total length:
35:25
Production credits[edit]
Original Music by Carter Burwell
Soundtrack Album Produced by Carter Burwell
Executive in Charge of Music for Paramount Pictures: Randy Spendlove
Soundtrack Album Coordinator: Jason Richmond
Conducted by Carter Burwell
Orchestrated by Carter Burwell and Sonny Kompanek
Music Scoring Mixer: Michael Farrow
Additional Engineering: Lawrence Manchester
Music Recorded at The Manhattan Center, New York City
Music Mixed at The Body, New York City
Orchestra Contractor: Sandra Park
Music Copyist: Tony Finno
Composer's Assistant: Dean Parker
Music Editor: Todd Kasow
Assistant Music Editor: Mick Gormaley
Mastering by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios Inc.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Allmusic review
2.^ Jump up to: a b "Burwell in tune with Coen brothers". Variety. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
3.Jump up ^ "Academy nixes four score contenders". Variety. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
External links[edit]
Official website
Soundtracks for 'True Grit' at Internet Movie Database
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True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Carter Burwell
Released
December 21, 2010
Recorded
2010
Genre
Western
Length
35:25
Label
Nonesuch
Producer
Carter Burwell
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film of the same name. True Grit is the 15th Coen brothers film scored by long-time collaborator Carter Burwell. The Coens discussed the idea of using 19th-century church music, "something that was severe (sounding). It couldn't be soothing or uplifting, and at the same time it couldn't be outwardly depressing. I spent the summer going through hymn books," Burwell said.[2]
Johnny Cash's rendition of "God's Gonna Cut You Down" was used in the theatrical trailer. The 1888 hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" is used as Mattie Ross's theme, and about a quarter of the score is based on it. Iris DeMent's version, from her 2004 album Lifeline, is used during the end credits. Other hymns are also referenced in the score, including "The Glory-Land Way" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".[2] Because the hymns are considered pre-composed music, the score was deemed ineligible to be nominated for Best Original Score in the 2010 Academy Awards.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Track listing 1.1 Production credits
2 References
3 External links
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "The Wicked Flee" 2:35
2. "La Boeuf Takes Leave" 3:00
3. "Little Blackie" 1:06
4. "River Crossing" 1:25
5. "The Hanging Man" 1:57
6. "Talk About Suffering" 1:33
7. "Your Headstrong Ways" 0:31
8. "A Great Adventure" 1:00
9. "We Don't Need Him Do We?" 0:52
10. "Father's Gun" 1:22
11. "A Methodist and a Son of a Bitch" 3:02
12. "Talking to Horses" 0:35
13. "A Turkey Shoot" 2:50
14. "Taken Hostage" 2:03
15. "One Against Four" 1:39
16. "The Snake Pit" 3:18
17. "Ride to Death" 2:29
18. "I Will Carry You" 1:59
19. "A Quarter Century" 1:24
20. "The Grave" 0:59
Total length:
35:25
Production credits[edit]
Original Music by Carter Burwell
Soundtrack Album Produced by Carter Burwell
Executive in Charge of Music for Paramount Pictures: Randy Spendlove
Soundtrack Album Coordinator: Jason Richmond
Conducted by Carter Burwell
Orchestrated by Carter Burwell and Sonny Kompanek
Music Scoring Mixer: Michael Farrow
Additional Engineering: Lawrence Manchester
Music Recorded at The Manhattan Center, New York City
Music Mixed at The Body, New York City
Orchestra Contractor: Sandra Park
Music Copyist: Tony Finno
Composer's Assistant: Dean Parker
Music Editor: Todd Kasow
Assistant Music Editor: Mick Gormaley
Mastering by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios Inc.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Allmusic review
2.^ Jump up to: a b "Burwell in tune with Coen brothers". Variety. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
3.Jump up ^ "Academy nixes four score contenders". Variety. 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
External links[edit]
Official website
Soundtracks for 'True Grit' at Internet Movie Database
[hide]
v ·
t ·
e
True Grit by Charles Portis
Film versions
True Grit (1969) ·
Rooster Cogburn ·
True Grit: A Further Adventure ·
True Grit (2010)
Soundtracks
True Grit by Glen Campbell ·
True Grit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Carter Burwell
See also
Rooster Cogburn
Categories: 2010 soundtracks
Film soundtracks
Instrumental soundtracks
Carter Burwell albums
Nonesuch Records soundtracks
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