In fact, someone's already done it. The journey begins in Yell County, Arkansas, where Mattie and her family live on almost five hundred acres of land on the Arkansas River. With her map-like eye for geographical detail Mattie weaves descriptions of this vivid landscape into her tale.
Take this funny moment from when Mattie is trying to hire Rooster by calling him a slob works every time :. If I smelled as bad as you I would not live in a city, I would go live on top of Magazine Mountain where I would offend no one but rabbits and salamanders. Earlier, Mattie informs us that Mount Magazine is "the highest point in Arkansas" 1. See, Mattie loves her home state—she's practically a walking tourism brochure.
We can assume that her creator, the publicity-shy Arkansas native Charles Portis, loves it too. At the end of the novel we almost feel like we've traveled through Arkansas with her. That doesn't mean we get any boring history lesson. For all that Mattie does tell us, she skips over a lot. This is not a book about history any more than it's a book about geography. It's a book about loss and vengeance and sacrifice.
Could this plot work in a time other than ? We think so—revenge plots are pretty timeless. But remember that Mattie opens the novel by saying that it was more common back in those days for girls to run off by themselves to pursue vengeance? Maybe the time does matter. Yea, we go out with True Grit. For months Shmoop and True Grit have been everywhere together. The movies. At first instance, Maddie has reservations about Lebeof.
He comes across as an ill mannered, uncivilized guy to her. Convinced that Maddie will not make him a party to the pursuit of Cheney, Lebeof, secretively, unknowing from her, teams up with Rooster. He takes Rooster into confidence and through him manages an entry into the chase for Cheney. The character of Lebeof is an interesting study. He comes across as an inexperienced person who has a knack for saying something silly all the times. He is rebuked many times for such uttering by both Maddie and Rooster.
Rooster had his own reasons for going after Cheney. He recently had shot Ned in the lower lip during a confrontation but Ned had escaped. Now this chase provided Rooster with another shot at Ned.
The chase is beautifully picturized. Especially the final confrontation between Ned's gang and Rooster. The action sequence in this scene must be seen to be believed. The reverberating and sweet music score by Elmer Bernstein forms an integral part of the plot. Glen Campbell has rendered the opening title song in his trademark voice.
True Grit is a treat to watch for its believable depiction of the life and times of the West. Henry Hathaway, a specialist director of the crime, western and thriller genre has masterfully directed this flick. Re-uniting with Wayne after Sons of Katie Elder , he has managed to extract the very best from his leading man.
John Wayne has essayed the role of his lifetime. It is impossible to imagine anybody but him in the lead role as a tough, uncouth and drunken Marshall. Interestingly, Wayne won his only Oscar for this role in Details Edit. Release date June 21, Japan. United States. Official Facebook page for the film from Paramount.
Covek zvani hrabrost. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Ridgway Chautauqua Society. Kane Scheidegger Studio. Ridgway Western Heritage Society. The Town with 'True Grit'. The Colorado town of 'True Grit' fame. Ridgway's Legendary True Grit Cafe. If you love 'True Grit' head to Ridgway. True Grit — Then and Now. Sherbino Theater to expand into new digs. Movie Locations Spectacular scenery around our charming Colorado town, at the foot of the San Juan Mountains, caught the attention of the director of the film True Grit, starring John Wayne as the one-eyed U.
True Grit, a Year Tribute. Copyright Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce. Dakin Matthews Col. Stonehill as Col. Jarlath Conroy Undertaker as Undertaker. Roy Lee Jones Yarnell as Yarnell. Leon Russom Sheriff as Sheriff. Peter Leung Mr. Lee as Mr. Ethan Coen Joel Coen. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer.
To aid her, she hires the toughest U. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney.
The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. Punishment comes one way or another.
Rated PG for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images. Did you know Edit. Trivia Because of child labor laws, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen were unable to film any scenes past midnight with Hailee Steinfeld especially difficult because the movie contains many night scenes , and because of scheduling problems, any time there is a shot of another character over Mattie's shoulder or back, Mattie is played by an adult double, not Steinfeld.
Goofs Mattie and her horse are completely dry right after swimming across the river. This same error occurs in the original film. Damon's abs double". In reality, he was an on-set assistant to the script supervisor.
Hoffman and Anthony J. User reviews Review. Top review. Get the comparisons out of the way, then give the film its due. Let's get the comparisons with Henry Hathaway's version of the Charles Portis novel out of the way. The Coen Brothers certainly knew that, however much they want to 'go back to the source material,' their film would play against Hathaway's version.
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