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True Grit
Teaser poster
Directed byJoel & Ethan Coen
Screenplay byJoel Coen
Ethan Coen
Produced byJoel Coen
Ethan Coen
Scott Rudin
Steven Spielberg
StarringJeff Bridges
Matt Damon
Josh Brolin
Hailee Steinfeld
Barry Pepper
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited byRoderick Jaynes
Music byCarter Burwell
Production
companies
Scott Rudin Productions
Skydance Productions
Mike Zoss Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish

True Grit is a 2010 American Western film, written and directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, which was previously adapted for film in 1969 starring John Wayne. The film stars Jeff Bridges as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn along with Matt Damon and Josh Brolin. Filming began in March 2010, with an anticipated release date of December 22, 2010, although advance screenings began earlier in December 2010.[1] The film is set to open the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2011.[2]

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 marshal known as Rooster Cogburn to join her in tracking Chaney down.

Cast

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.[3]

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".[4]

The film was shot in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area in March and April 2010, as well as in Granger and Austin, Texas.[5] The first trailer was released in September. A second trailer premiered with The Social Network.

True Grit is the first Coen Brothers film since Intolerable Cruelty to receive a PG-13 rating for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images.

Reception

True Grit has received early critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 96% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 23 reviews, with an average score of 8.6/10.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Washington, DC, Film Society website.
  2. ^ "Coen Brothers' True Grit to Open the 61st Berlinale". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  3. ^ "True Grit Exclusive – Movies News at IGN". IGN. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  4. ^ "True Grit Film – casting Call". Truegritcasting.com. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  5. ^ "Coen Brothers to film 'True Grit' remake in NM". Boston Herald. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  6. ^ "True Grit Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
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