True Grit (1969) | |
| Director(s) | Henry Hathaway |
| Producer(s) | Paul Nathan (associate), Hal B. Wallis, Joseph H. Hazen (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Justice |
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True Grit (1969) was a Adventure - Western Film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Paul Nathan and Joseph H. Hazen.
The film was based on the novel of the same name and also Saturday Evening Post Magazine Serial written by Charles Portis published in 1968 (novel); 1968 (magazine).
Academy Awards 1969 --- Ceremony Number 42 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | John Wayne | Won |
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John Wayne and Kim Darby Show Their True Grit
By Rick29 on May 21, 2020 From Classic Film & TV CafeJohn Wayne as Rooster Cogburn. The year 1969 was a remarkable one for the Western genre. The biggest hit of the year was the revisionist Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Sam Peckinpah's violent The Wild Bunch earned critical raves in the U.S., while Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the... Read full article
True Grit (1969)
By Beatrice on Apr 18, 2020 From Flickers in TimeTrue Grit Directed by Henry Hathaway Written by Marguerite Roberts from a novel by Charles Portis 1969/US IMDb link Repeat viewing/Amazon Prime John Wayne certainly did have true grit until the end. ?Just what we all need during Lockdown. The story takes place in the 19th Century Old West. ?Mattie R... Read full article
Win Tickets to see ?TCM Big Screen Classics: True Grit? 50th Anniversary (Giveaway runs now through April 20)
By Annmarie Gatti on Mar 31, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub BlogWin tickets to see ?True Grit? 50th Anniversary on the Big Screen! In Select Cinemas Nationwide Sun May 5 & Wed May 8 “Most people around here have heard of Rooster Cogburn and some people live to regret it.“ CMH continues with our 4th year of our partnership with Fathom Events ? wit... Read full article
Review: True Grit (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 20, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsMy father has always maintained that two of his favorite films are The Magnificent Seven and True Grit. The first one makes sense with its stellar cast, resplendent score, and some top rate gunslinging. The second film, well, it makes sense too, but for completely different reasons. Director Henry H... Read full article
Review: True Grit (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 20, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsMy father has always maintained that two of his favorite films are The Magnificent Seven and True Grit. The first one makes sense with its stellar cast, resplendent score, and some top rate gun slinging. The second film, well, it makes sense too, but for completely different reasons. Director Henry ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Emmett Quincy: I don't remember any Ned Pepper.
Rooster Cogburn: Short feisty fella, nervous and quick, got a messed-up lower lip.
Emmett Quincy: That don't bring nobody to mind. A funny lip?
Rooster Cogburn: Wasn't always like that, I shot him in it.
Emmett Quincy: In the lower lip? What was you aiming at?
Rooster Cogburn: His upper lip.
[at the camp, Mattie tastes the water]
Mattie Ross: That tastes like iron.
LaBoeuf: You're lucky to be where water's so handy. I've seen the time I've drank out of a filthy hoofprint - and was glad to get it.
Rooster Cogburn: If ever I meet one of you Texas waddies who ain't drunk water from a hoofprint, I think I'll... I'll shake their hand or buy 'em a Daniel Webster cigar.
[points to LaBoeuf's shaggy horse]
Rooster Cogburn: How long you boys down there been mounted on sheep?
Rooster Cogburn: [cocks his gun] Mr. Rat... I have a writ here says you're to stop eating Chen Lee's cornmeal forthwith. Now it's a rat writ, writ for a rat, and this is lawful service of the same. See? Doesn't pay any attention to me.
[shoots the rat]
Chen Lee: [runs into the room] Outside is place for shooting!
Rooster Cogburn: I'm serving some papers.
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Facts about
John Wayne's Best Actor Oscar win was widely seen as a sentimental choice, more in recognition of his forty year career. His performance in this movie was dismissed by many critics as over-the-top and hammy.
Finnish censorship certificate # 77983
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