Posted on 05/07/2005 4:23:12 PM PDT by kingattax
"True Grit",one of John Wayne's best movies is on American Movie Classics channel tonight at 8 PM EDT.
Wayne enters his lion-in-winter phase, subverting his screen image as western hero to provide a darker, richer portrayal of the real true grit called for on the frontier. Overweight, drunken and one-eyed, Wayne, as marshal Rooster Cogburn, would seem an unpromising candidate to track a murderous cowboy into Indian Territory. But he's Darby's choice to find the man who killed her father.
They're joined by bounty hunter Campbell (in his first screen role) as they follow Corey and Duvall's gang to their hideout. After much gunplay and a quiet confessional scene between Darby and Wayne that Wayne considered his best on film, Wayne proves an old cowboy with true grit can still get the job done.
Followed by the somewhat lighter Rooster Cogburn in 1975 with Katharine Hepburn. Academy Award Nominations: two, including Best Song ("True Grit").
If it weren't for the Celts game 7... maybe....
pacers will win...there....now you can watch the Duke..lol
I love love love this film. One of the best westerns, ever. The book it was originally based on is good, too.
I've read the book, but don't recall ever seeing the movie all the way through. Library list!
THANKS!!!!!!!!
youre welcome :)
Good movie, but I can think of a dozen more he should've won an Oscar for.
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