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 And Jeff Bridges, fresh off his Oscar win, was tapped to play Cogburn; that's right, the Duke has been replaced by the Dude.
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You can’t replace JOhn Wayne with a fruitcake.
It will be a floop.
Bold talk for a one eyed fat man.
Wasn’t it the Coen brothers who produced “Oh Brother Where Art Thou”?
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.
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.
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?
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.
Yes. And others like:
Fargo
Raising Arizona
No Country for Old Men
The Big Lebowski
Burn After Reading
Will never (again) watch anything with Matt Damon in it.
I don’t know about better but I think Tom Selleck would do a fine job in that role.
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.
Ricky Martin? Perhaps you mean Nelson.
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.)
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.
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.
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It's coming from the Coen brothers. It won't be a flop.
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