| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | True Grit (2010) |
| Director | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Writer | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen — based on the novel True Grit by Charles Portis |
| Lead Actor | Jeff Bridges |
| Cast | Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Dakin Matthews, Domhnall Gleeson, Elizabeth Marvel, Leon Russom |
| Genre | Drama, Western |
| Release Date | December 22, 2010 (USA) |
| Duration | 1h 50m (110 minutes) |
| Budget | $38 million USD |
| Box Office | $252.3 million USD (worldwide) |
| Language | English |
| IMDb Rating | 7.6/10 |
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Apologies for the poor image quality. There aren’t as many True Grit fansites on the Internet as you might think.
Friends and I read the novel by Charles Portis in our book club, and at our monthly meeting, watching the John Wayne movie seemed like an obvious way to finish the book off.
While neither the book nor the movie were spectacular, there is a certain amenity for the story that develops having it told to you in two different ways. The movie follows the book rather closely, even if it does give the film a happier, incomplete ending (which I suppose helped with generating the sequel).
The story is a simple Western revenge flick 14-year old Mattie Ross is out to avenge the death of her father so she enlists the roughest lawman she can find one with “true grit”. She finds Rooster Cogburn (annoyingly pronounced with a hard “g” throughout the movie please! It’s Coe-burn!!) played by John Wayne.
The Duke won the Oscar for his portrayal as the gritty cycloptic marshal, which is hard to believe since he seemed to drunkenly stagger through his lines and stage direction as if he couldn’t be bothered to even be there. I’m not sure how much acting was involved in playing a hard-nosed alcoholic roughneck. Then again, he was wearing an eyepatch and the Academy does tend to favour those who alter their appearances.
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