True Grit

UPC: 097360829341

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Mild Violence, Suitable for Children, Western Violence]

Summary: In fine Hollywood tradition, John Wayne had to play a "one-eyed fat man" before the Motion Picture Academy considered him worthy of an Oscar. In True Grit, Wayne plays grumpy, pot-bellied U.S. marshal "Rooster" Cogburn, hired by 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) to find Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey), who killed her father. The headstrong Mattie could have had her pick of lawmen, but selects the aging Cogburn because she believes he has "true grit" (she talks this way all through the picture, so be prepared). Also heading into Indian territory in search of Chaney is Texas Ranger La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), who wants to collect the reward placed on the fugitive's head for his earlier crimes. Complicating matters are Chaney's scurrilous cronies Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall), Quincy (Jeremy Slate), and Moon (Dennis Hopper), who have no qualms about killing a troublesome teenaged girl like Mattie. While the plot of True Grit, adapted (and streamlined) by Marguerite Roberts from the novel by Charles Portis, maintains audience interest throughout, the glue that truly holds this Western together is John Wayne, delivering one of his finest performances (though some believe he was better in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon). Wayne's casual charisma is infinitely more effective than the mannered method acting of Kim Darby and the floundering non-acting of poor Glen Campbell. And who could not love the climatic face-off between Duvall and company and John Wayne, whose "Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!" is not only a classic bit of dialogue, but the apotheosis of the Wayne mystique. In 1975, Wayne repeated his True Grit characterization opposite Katharine Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn, but the film failed to match its predecessor and the overall effect was blunted. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Western

Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null New Star of the Year - Male – null Best Original Song – null Best Original Song – null Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association New Star of the Year - Male – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Commentary by Jeb Rosebrook, Bob Boze Bell and J. Stuart Rosebrook
True Writing
Working with the Duke
Aspen Gold: Locations of True Grit
The Law and The Lawless
Theatrical Trailer HD

True Grit

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 12/14/2010

Audio: DHMA null, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 127 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Brendon Hanley

If anybody was born to play a cantankerous-yet-charismatic U.S. marshal in a movie with a title like True Grit, it's John Wayne. Wayne's screen career was founded on this sort of swaggering masculine attitude, and director and frequent Wayne collaborator Henry Hathaway plays to the actor's strengths. The film wisely rides Wayne's coattails, successfully balancing lively if somewhat conventional action scenes with entertainingly sentimental repartee. Though not his finest performance, it's somehow fitting that Wayne received his sole Academy Award for his self-referential turn as True Grit's acrimonious tough guy, "Rooster" Cogburn. The film also features one of Robert Duvall's first high-profile roles. ~ Brendon Hanley, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Myron Healey  Actor 
Connie Sawyer  Actor 
John Fiedler  Actor 
Ken Becker  Actor 
Boyd "Red" Morgan  Actor 
H.W. Gim  Actor 
Hank Worden  Actor 
Guy Wilkerson  Actor 
Jay Silverheels  Actor 
Elmer Bernstein  Composer (Music Score) 
Henry Hathaway  Director 
Marguerite Roberts  Screenwriter 
Hal B. Wallis  Producer 
Paul Nathan  Producer 
John Wayne  Actor 
Glen Campbell  Actor 
Kim Darby  Actor 
Jeremy Slate  Actor 
Robert Duvall  Actor 
Dennis Hopper  Actor 
Alfred Ryder  Actor 
Strother Martin  Actor 
Jeff Corey  Actor 
Ron Soble  Actor 
James Westerfield  Actor 
John Doucette  Actor 
Donald Woods  Actor 
Edith Atwater  Actor 
Carlos Rivas  Actor 
Isabel Boniface  Actor 
John M. Pickard  Actor 
Elizabeth Harrower  Actor 
Ken Renard  Actor 
Jay Ripley  Actor 

Country: USA