Posted on 08/18/2010 7:17:49 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA
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 And Jeff Bridges, fresh off his Oscar win, was tapped to play Cogburn; that's right, the Duke has been replaced by the Dude.
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Matt Damon - BARF!!!
I hope this movie fails BADLY.
Rooster Cogburn was John Wayne’s role and will be for the ages.
Some movies should never be remade. “True Grit” is in the top tier.
...it could work.
Matt Damon couldn’t clean the manure off one of John Wayne’s boots.
Jeff Bridges is a huge lib. His old man was actually a commie.
“Matt Damon - BARF!!!”
You mean:
Matt Damon - FAG!!!
The John Wayne version of ‘True Grit’ wasn’t that great. He was doing self parody and should have won an Oscar for his great work with John Ford or Howard Hawks.
Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn is such good casting. I will definitely treat myself to this film in December.
John Wayne’s not dead - he’s frozen. And as soon as we find the cure for cancer we’re gonna thaw out the Duke and he’s gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well multiple that by 15-million times, that’s how pissed off the Duke’s gonna be.
-Dennis Leary
Bridges can do it.
I could Bridgesd doing it actually.
Butt Matt Damon and Josh Brolin, two flaming lefties? HELL NO!
I hate all these remakes and reboots.
I don't see Matt Damon films.
That's about it.
I would be more apt to see that movie, than the one coming out about Thor the Norse God, or the Wonder Woman fiasco.
John Wayne is rolling over in his grave.
Well, if it has elements of black humor ala’ Fargo and Miller’s Crossing, I’ll definitely watch it. I wish they’d add Steve Buscemi, too.
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