I watch the original movie at least once a month. Sometimes twice. Such a great movie.
A classic scene was in the movie begining when Rooster was testifying to the court. I'll leave that as a teaser for your.
OK, here is another: “...why should I wash, I'm not gonna eat him...”
Mattie dominates this movie with the exception of Roosters’ heroic scenes.
My brother and I first saw True Grit when it first came out in 1969 (I was 19, he was 17). They filmed quite a few scenes for the film around here where I live in California. In the late 1970s, you could rent True Grit from the local library, so my brother bought a 16mm sound projector and we watched it over and over again.
Then when VHS tapes came out, my brother bought one of the first tape decks for $700 so he could watch True Grit on video. Came on two cassettes. Then we bought the DVDs, and later, the deluxe DVDs.
My brother called just yesterday to let me know that True Grit will be coming out on Blueray next month. He's going to buy it, though neither one of us has an HD TV.
“Don’t you know about germs?”
“No”
“Go wash, Gaspargo, you lose.”