True Grit (2010 film)
| True Grit | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joel & Ethan Coen |
| Written by | Joel Coen Ethan Coen |
| Produced by | Steven Spielberg Joel Coen Ethan Coen Scott Rudin |
| Starring | Jeff Bridges Matt Damon Josh Brolin Hailee Steinfeld Barry Pepper |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Edited by | Roderick Jaynes |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | December 25, 2010 |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
True Grit is an upcoming 2010 Western film, written and directed by the Coen brothers and starring Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin and Matt Damon. The film is an adaptation of the 1968 novel by Charles Portis which was previously adapted for film in 1969. Filming began on March 2010 with an anticipated release date of December 25, 2010.
Bridges will play U.S. Marshall Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. The character was portrayed by John Wayne in the 1969 film, a performance which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Premise
Mattie Ross, a 14-year-old girl, undertakes a quest to avenge her father's death at the hands of a drifter named Tom Chaney. Ross persuades an alcoholic one-eyed marshal named Rooster Cogburn to join her in tracking down Chaney.
Cast
- Jeff Bridges as Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
- Matt Damon as LeBouef
- Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
- Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney
- Barry Pepper as "Lucky" Ned Pepper
Adaptation, production
Ethan Coen said that the film will be a more faithful adaptation of the novel than the 1969 version.
It's partly a question of point-of-view. The book is entirely in the voice of the 14-year-old girl. That sort of tips the feeling of it over a certain way. I think [the book is] much funnier than the movie was so I think, unfortunately, they lost a lot of humour in both the situations and in her voice. It also ends differently than the movie did. You see the main character — the little girl — 25 years later when she's an adult. Another way in which it's a little bit different from the movie — and maybe this is just because of the time the movie was made — is that it's a lot tougher and more violent than the movie reflects. Which is part of what's interesting about it.[1]
Open casting sessions were held in Texas in November 2009 to find the part of the protagonist, Mattie Ross. The following month a website was created which appealed for audition tapes. The website stated that they were looking for a girl aged between 12 and 17 and that the character was "simple, tough as nails" and that "her unusually steely nerves and straightforward manner are often surprising".[2]
The film was shot in the Santa Fe area of New Mexico in March and April 2010, as well as in Granger and Austin, Texas.[3]
References
- ^ "True Grit Exclusive - Movies News at IGN". IGN. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ "True Grit Film - casting Call". Truegritcasting.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ "Coen Brothers to film 'True Grit' remake in NM". Boston Herald. Retrieved February 16, 2010.