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.
True Grit was the first movie I saw after returning from combat in Vietnam. Was on a 3 day pass visiting relatives in Knoxville, Tennessee. I was 20.
John Wayne in True Grit justified the carnage I inflicted on the NVA and Viet Cong when I was a tank commander on C26 in 2nd Platoon, C Troop, 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry.