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Iconic John Wayne Role Redone
yahoo ^ | 8/19/10 | Jonathan Crow

Posted on 08/19/2010 3:19:00 PM PDT by Nachum

In 1969, John Wayne played Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit" -- a grizzled, drunken U.S. Marshal hired by a 14-year-old girl to track down her father's killer. The role ended up winning the aging Western star his first and only Oscar, prompting him to make a rare sequel -- "Rooster Cogburn" -- opposite Katherine Hepburn in 1975. The image of Wayne's craggy, eye-patched visage from "True Grit" has become a cinematic icon.

So film mavens everywhere were taken aback when it was announced last year that Joel and Ethan Coen would been making their own version of "True Grit." But don't expect a straight remake; this movie is based more closely on the Charles Portis novel. And Jeff Bridges, fresh off his Oscar win, was tapped to play Cogburn; that's right, the Duke has been replaced by the Dude.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: john; redone; role; wayne
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Don't see how you can improve on perfection.
1 posted on 08/19/2010 3:19:02 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

You can’t replace JOhn Wayne with a fruitcake.

It will be a floop.


2 posted on 08/19/2010 3:19:58 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Nachum

Bold talk for a one eyed fat man.


3 posted on 08/19/2010 3:21:20 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Playing by the rules only works if both sides do it!)
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To: Nachum

Wasn’t it the Coen brothers who produced “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”?


4 posted on 08/19/2010 3:23:38 PM PDT by FrankR (It doesn't matter what they call us, only what we answer to....)
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5 posted on 08/19/2010 3:24:13 PM PDT by Palter (Kilroy was here.)
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To: Nachum

I was horrified to hear of a remake of True Grit. It simply doesn’t need to be done. Don’t mess with the Duke.

But then again... I’m a *huge* Coen brothers fan. I love every one of their movies. They capture characters so vividly... like nobody else. If it’s really a retelling of the book, moreso than a remake of Wayne’s portrayal... maybe it will work.


6 posted on 08/19/2010 3:24:56 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Nachum

John Wayne is irreplaceable. That said, I think Jeff Bridges could do a creditable job playing Rooster Cogburn. I’m really curious to see how the rest of the cast shapes up.


7 posted on 08/19/2010 3:25:47 PM PDT by RichInOC ("Fill your hand, you son of a...!!!")
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To: FrankR

Yes, and Raising Arizona too.

I like their movies — quirky, goofy, offbeat. But remaking True Grit? Nah!

Why can’t Hollywood leave a classic alone?


8 posted on 08/19/2010 3:25:55 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: Palter

I yield to no one in my admiration for John Wayne, but I think Bridges will do fine in this new version of the book. It’s bound to be a completely different take on the material.


9 posted on 08/19/2010 3:26:30 PM PDT by Argus
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To: FrankR

Yes. And others like:

Fargo
Raising Arizona
No Country for Old Men
The Big Lebowski
Burn After Reading


10 posted on 08/19/2010 3:26:56 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Nachum
Dennis Hopper is “walking the streets of Glory” for real now. Who is gonna play the role of General Sterling Price?
11 posted on 08/19/2010 3:27:20 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Gus the Scotty dog likes cheese!)
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To: Nachum

Will never (again) watch anything with Matt Damon in it.


12 posted on 08/19/2010 3:27:26 PM PDT by JaguarXKE
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To: Nachum

I don’t know about better but I think Tom Selleck would do a fine job in that role.


13 posted on 08/19/2010 3:27:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum

Most interesting Wayne “sequel” is his own remake of his own film.

Was it Rio Bravo first, followed by Rio Lobo?

First movie had Dean Martin as the sidekick, Walter Brennan and ?Ricky Martin?

Second movie has Robert Mitchum and James Caan, but it’s the same story.


14 posted on 08/19/2010 3:29:23 PM PDT by Williams
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Ricky Martin? Perhaps you mean Nelson.


15 posted on 08/19/2010 3:32:59 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: RichInOC
I’m really curious to see how the rest of the cast shapes up.

Loved Wayne in TG, and Duvall was good too. Glen Campbell, not so much. Kim Darby's role could have been played better by the little kid in Lost in Space. (Sorry Bill M.)

16 posted on 08/19/2010 3:33:06 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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"Don't see how you can improve on perfection." Other than Wayne's performance you can't really call True Grit "perfect". It's pretty much a mess. I trust the Coen brothers to make a better movie.
17 posted on 08/19/2010 3:33:51 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
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To: RichInOC

True Grit is iconic, but John Wayne made so many better films and deserved the Oscar for earlier work.

Red River, The Searchers, North To Alaska, Rio Bravo, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Quiet Man. So many others.


18 posted on 08/19/2010 3:34:35 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Nachum

If anybody could put a fresh spin on it and get a good performance out of Bridges (who really is a decent actor), it’s the Coens.

Hey, at least M. Night Shamalamadingdong isn’t doing it.

}:-)4


19 posted on 08/19/2010 3:34:43 PM PDT by Moose4 (November 2, 2010--the day that "YES WE CAN" becomes "OH NO YOU DIN'T")
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To: nmh
"It will be a floop."

It's coming from the Coen brothers. It won't be a flop.

20 posted on 08/19/2010 3:34:44 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (DeMint 2012)
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