True Grit (1969)
Directed by Henry Hathaway
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
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What critics compared True Grit to
The plot is a mashup of two John Wayne westerns, "The Searchers" and "True Grit," that can't match either in emotional impact.
If we were to conduct a poll of the most trusted actors in America, I’d argue Tom Hanks would be near the top of that list — and Hanks is perfectly cast as an 1870 news anchor of sorts in Paul Greengrass’ gritty and visceral and deeply resonant “News of the World,” a rough-and-tumble Texas road-trip movie that plays like a hybrid of the John Wayne movies “The Searchers” and “True Grit” and even reminded me a little of George Clooney’s recent epic “The Midnight Sky.”
It reminds you of both classic John Wayne films–“The Searchers” and “True Grit.”
Adapted by Luke Davies (“Lion”), the plot is derivative of other father-figure westerns such as “Ride the High Country” (1962) or “True Grit” (1969), but the language barrier makes it a fresh take on an old idea.
What we have here is a cross between two classic John Wayne movies: “The Searchers” and “True Grit.”
Greengrass surrounds his star with a stellar ensemble, including Ray McKinnon, Elizabeth Marvel (solidifying the already unmistakable connection to “True Grit”), and Bill Camp (who only has one scene, but it’s a beaut).
Además de las inevitables alusiones (conscientes e inconscientes) a su propia obra, ambos directores han referido al western Temple de acero ( True grit , 1969) como una importante fuente de inspiración para Moana .
Eastwood’s portrayal of Walt echoes a career capper of his predecessor John Wayne, but rather than the self-parodying True Grit it’s the similarly mournful The Shootist (directed by Clint mentor Don Siegel).
This has always been true of Eastwood, just as it was with John Wayne (who nevertheless won the Best Actor Oscar for "True Grit").
When it was announced that Joel and Ethan Coen were set to remake John Wayne’s greatest movie, “True Grit,” it heralded a culture clash of the titans, as if U2 were to hold a jam-off with Beethoven, or Annie Leibovitz were a finalist against Renoir in “Portraiture With the Stars.”
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Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen had never made a genuine Western before they made 2010's "True Grit."
It’s been well documented the the Coen Brothers’ take on True Grit isn’t a remake of the 1969 film that won John Wayne his only Academy Award but rather a more faithful adaptation of Charles Portis’ novel.
True Grit does, and some Coen brothers fans may think that makes it pandering or lightweight.
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It is reminiscent of what happens in the first “True Grit” movie between Kim Darby and Strother Martin about a horse.
“Logan”, la entrega más reciente sobre Wolverine, una de las figuras centrales de los “X-Men”, es un filme que ha agradado ampliamente a sus fans, toda vez que el director James Mangold llevó a otro territorio el guión de Mark Bomback y Scott Frank, quienes tratan con respeto las claves fantásticas de la saga de Marvel, pero los nutren con referentes del western crepuscular, mediante la directa alusión a “Shane” (George Stevens, 1953), pero que también podría haber sido a “True Grit” (Elmer Bernstein, 1969) e incluso a “The Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992), entre otras.
The sun-dappled yet decaying milieu of 1969 Hollywood — a year that saw the rivalry of two very different cowboys, John Wayne in the PG-rated True Grit and Jon Voight in the X-rated Midnight Cowboy — is lovingly realized by Tarantino and cinematographer Robert Richardson.
As "True Grit" was for John Wayne, this is also something of a last hurrah for Eastwood's "man-with-no-name" persona, but because Eastwood is who he is, it is a dark and ominous goodby, brooding and stormy.
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It goes on the list with "National Velvet" and "Robin Hood" and "The African Queen" and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Gunga Din."