{"id":15548,"date":"2011-01-22T21:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T04:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15548"},"modified":"2021-01-31T11:25:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T18:25:22","slug":"true-grit-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15548","title":{"rendered":"True Grit (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;She reminds me of me!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Poster.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA stubborn teenager (Kim Darby) hires an alcoholic marshal (John Wayne) to track down and kill her father&#8217;s murderer (Jeff Corey).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dennis Hopper Films<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>Henry Hathaway Films<\/li>\n<li>John Wayne Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Duvall Films<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs the film which earned John Wayne his one and only Oscar, <em>True Grit<\/em> has remained an historically important movie for years; it&#8217;s now garnered renewed attention given the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1403865\/\">recent remake by the Coen brothers<\/a>. Fortunately, both adaptations of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/True_Grit_%28novel%29\">Charles Portis&#8217;s cult 1968 novel<\/a> are satisfying (if tonally diverse) westerns which complement rather than compete with each other. Twenty-year-old Kim Darby made an impressive cinematic debut in this earlier version as 14-year-old Mattie Ross, an intelligent, plucky teen determined to avenge her father&#8217;s murder at any cost; she has more spunk and \u201cgrit\u201d than just about any comparable heroine in movies at the time. Indeed, it&#8217;s so unusual to see a young woman in the kind of adventurous role afforded to Darby that this novelty alone keeps us glued to the screen; we&#8217;re in constant suspense about what will befall Mattie and her compatriots next. <\/p>\n<p>Wayne, for his part, is eminently memorable as drunken, one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, a lawman beyond his prime who nonetheless is exactly the man-for-hire Mattie aims to secure. He and Darby have such fine rapport together on-screen that it&#8217;s astonishing to learn he hated working with her, and considered her a poor actress. Their final scene together is particularly touching. As La Boeuf, the Texas Ranger who accompanies Cogburn and Mattie on their quest, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glen_Campbell\">country singer Glen Campbell<\/a>, rounds out the odd trio nicely; he won a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer (though his film career never really took off). Meanwhile, Lucien Ballard&#8217;s expansive cinematography is consistently a widescreen treat to behold, and Marguerite Roberts&#8217; screenplay is smart and literate, full of plenty of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0065126\/quotes\">memorable dialogue<\/a>. Watch for Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper in small roles as gangster Ned Pepper and his henchman, Moon; they&#8217;re both quietly menacing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This film was followed in 1975 by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0073636\/\"><em>Rooster Cogburn<\/em><\/a>, an original sequel starring Wayne and Katharine Hepburn (though it&#8217;s not listed in Peary&#8217;s book, and I haven&#8217;t seen it, so I can&#8217;t vouch for it &#8212; yet &#8212; as any kind of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=4388\">Missing Title<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kim Darby as Mattie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Darby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Darby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Darby.jpg 940w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Darby-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Darby-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn (nominated by Peary in <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em> as Best Actor of the Year)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Wayne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Wayne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Wayne.jpg 940w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Wayne-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Wayne-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lucien Ballard&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Cinematography.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Cinematography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Cinematography.jpg 940w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Cinematography-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/True-Grit-Cinematography-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enjoyable dialogue:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a classic of the genre. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0065126\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/07\/04\/archives\/screen-wayne-rides-outlaw-trail-in-true-grit-kim-darby-plays-role.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/true-grit-1969\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=825\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/16483\/true-grit#articles-reviews?articleId=91152\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/true-grit-2\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;She reminds me of me!&#8221; Synopsis: A stubborn teenager (Kim Darby) hires an alcoholic marshal (John Wayne) to track down and kill her father&#8217;s murderer (Jeff Corey). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dennis Hopper Films Fugitives Henry Hathaway Films John Wayne Films Robert Duvall Films Search Strong Females Westerns Review: As the film which earned John Wayne his one and only Oscar, True Grit has remained an historically important movie for years; it&#8217;s now garnered renewed attention given the recent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15548\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15548"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67363,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15548\/revisions\/67363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}