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Iconic John Wayne Role Redone (True Grit remake)
movies.yahoo.com ^ | August 18, 2010 | Jonathan Crow

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 And Jeff Bridges, fresh off his Oscar win, was tapped to play Cogburn; that's right, the Duke has been replaced by the Dude.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: johnwayne; remake; theduke; truegrit
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Pardon Me, I stand Corrected. I of course believe that EVERY time Robert Duval takes to the screen he is absolutely fabulous. I am forlorn as to have mde such an ignorant statement. I completely overlooked his excellent roll as “Lucky” Ned Pepper, I was thinking more about ‘Moon’ who was fabulously played by hopper.

I stand humbled and corrected, sir.

141 posted on 08/18/2010 8:53:57 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Maureen O’Hara turned 90 yesterday. yes she is still breathing.


142 posted on 08/18/2010 9:05:21 PM PDT by madamemayhem (defeat isn't getting knocked down, it's not getting back up)
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To: GOPsterinMA

[Matt Damon - BARF!!!]

Only a sissy of this caliber would even ADMIT he hasn’t seen “True Grit”.


143 posted on 08/18/2010 9:11:14 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (A "tea bagger"? Say it to my face. ><BCC>)
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To: Monterrosa-24

great??? GREAT!!!!??? ‘The Enemy Below”........greatest WW2 era war movie ever!!!!!!!! oh my was that man an actor! and what do we have now.........danm. I must be getting old........time to dummy up!!!


144 posted on 08/18/2010 9:14:51 PM PDT by bobby.223
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To: Sans-Culotte

I thought Darby was horrible. She ruined the movie for me.


145 posted on 08/18/2010 9:21:29 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Half-hearted, insincere semi apology ;-)


146 posted on 08/18/2010 9:21:36 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: DemforBush
"I’m a fan of Wayne, but the original True Grit just wasn’t one of my favorite of his films. "

However the sequel, Marshall Rooster Cogburn was a fine film. A genuine classic.

147 posted on 08/18/2010 9:23:18 PM PDT by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Absolutely not! It is a full throated honest apology, as i had a total brain cramp about Duval.

However, the roll is NOT a large one. I would have much rather scene he or even Hopper get a crack at the La Boeuf roll. I just dislike Cambell in the roll. He is ham handed at best and not a good actor. Also I never bought Darby as 14 years old. Having been 14 and having known many 14 year old girls, she is much too old fo rthe roll. She is passable aty best.


148 posted on 08/18/2010 9:35:44 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: rlmorel

Our first born was nearly born at the Yokosuka O Club. The hospital said my wife wasn’t ready yet..so we headed to the club and had a couple drinks while watching a flick.


149 posted on 08/18/2010 9:39:28 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: CaptainK
I thought Darby was horrible. She ruined the movie for me.

Same here, not a bad movie, but definitely not the Duke's best.

Hollywood has no original ideas anymore...all lib PC/indoctrination garbage...ironically, True Grit was one of the last movies I've seen on the big screen. Star Wars, Jaws, Star Trek, Batman(first big screen version)...that about covers the rest.

150 posted on 08/18/2010 9:47:35 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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To: Jim from C-Town

You missed my smileycon.


151 posted on 08/18/2010 9:47:37 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Amazing... the lefties always think they can do it better “True Grit” is an American classic.


152 posted on 08/18/2010 9:50:16 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Oldexpat

Ah! The memories...:) That is too funny! “Come back later!”


153 posted on 08/18/2010 9:52:25 PM PDT by rlmorel (America: Why should a product be deemed a failure if you ignore assembly and operation instructions?)
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To: GOPsterinMA
"I've never even seen the original John Wayne movie" Matt Damon,

why am I not surprised turd cruncher

154 posted on 08/18/2010 9:54:07 PM PDT by wardaddy (effed up times..)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

ROBERT DUVALL!

Best.

Cowboy.

Ever!

Favorite Role: “Open Range” and “Lonesome Dove”


155 posted on 08/18/2010 9:54:19 PM PDT by rlmorel (America: Why should a product be deemed a failure if you ignore assembly and operation instructions?)
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To: GOPsterinMA

funny I can already see the “what culture war” knownothings here posting how they think this is just dandy making an iconic film with asshat lefty fops like Damon and Brolin

Cohens...jarjar likee

Bridges too...

but Damon and Brolin need their oversized heads smacked..and bitched up


156 posted on 08/18/2010 9:57:47 PM PDT by wardaddy (effed up times..)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
No I didn't I just wanted to further expand on how much I thought the movie was compromised by the Cambell roll, and not helped by Darby at all.
157 posted on 08/18/2010 10:01:52 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: GOPsterinMA
Oh man........How I wish John Wayne was still here, and making movies. He would be countering some of this idiocy that is being spouted for sure.

Just like when he made the green berets. I cry all the way through that movie when I see it now-a-days. Once upon a time in Hollywood, we had some real patriots who were very outspoken.

158 posted on 08/18/2010 10:04:24 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: mylife
Gielgud was hilarious!

Another for the ages. His dry humor was so great that it actually removed the water from all facets and fountains within 100 yards!

We were very fortunate to have his like in movies. This generation is limping along with people who, by and large, do not treat acting as a craft.

159 posted on 08/18/2010 10:10:09 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Either we have principles or we are just liberals following the winds a bit starboard...)
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To: madamemayhem
Maureen O’Hara turned 90 yesterday. yes she is still breathing.

Just WOW! Well, this is her, forever frozen in time as one of the most sexy and beautiful women of the Big Screen. And a hearty HAPPY BIRTHDAY and MANY MORE to her!


160 posted on 08/18/2010 10:14:59 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Either we have principles or we are just liberals following the winds a bit starboard...)
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