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True Grit

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2010 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen

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"True Grit" is a 2010 film directed by the Coen Brothers that tells the story of a determined young girl seeking justice. The film is notable as an example of the Coen Brothers' work in the Western genre.

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It is catalogued under topics including 2010 American films, 2010 drama films and 2010 English-language films.

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Film · TMDB

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Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

Released: 2010-12-22110 minDir: Joel CoenDrama, Adventure, WesternBudget: $38.0MBox office: $252M

Cast

  • Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn
  • Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
  • Matt Damon as LaBoeuf
  • Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney
  • Barry Pepper as Lucky Ned Pepper
  • Dakin Matthews as Col. Stonehill

Themes

  • bounty hunter
  • based on novel or book
  • father murder
  • loss of loved one
  • texas ranger
  • arkansas
  • alcoholism
  • remake
  • betrayal
  • eye patch

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Ratings

IMDb

7.6/10

370,062 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Metacritic

80/100

Year
2010
Runtime
110 min
Genres
Drama, Western
Rated
PG-13
Awards
Nominated for 10 Oscars. 38 wins & 170 nominations total

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Wikidata facts

Duration
110
FilmAffinity ID
986371
Official website
truegritmovie.com
Image
True-grit.png
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publication date
2011-02-24
title
True Grit
capital cost
38000000
box office
252276927
review score
80/100
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Encyclopedic overview

True Grit is a 2010 American Western film produced, written, and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. It is an adaptation of Charles Portis's 1968 novel. Starring Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld (in her theatrical film debut), True Grit also stars Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper. In the film, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross (Steinfeld) hires boozy, trigger-happy lawman Rooster Cogburn (Bridges) to go after outlaw Tom Chaney (Brolin), who murdered her father, accompanied by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Damon), who is also hunting Chaney, and who has his own gripes with Cogburn.

The Coens intended their film to be a more faithful adaptation of Portis's novel than the 1969 version starring John Wayne; in particular, they wanted to tell the story from Mattie's point of view. The casting call for the role of Mattie received some 15,000 applicants before Steinfeld was selected. Principal photography occurred mainly in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area in March–April 2010. True Grit was shot by cinematographer Roger Deakins and scored by composer Carter Burwell—both Coen regulars—while the brothers themselves edited the film, under the Roderick Jaynes pseudonym.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “True Grit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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