The original "True Grit" received only one Oscar nomination besides the one for best actor, for a song by Elmer Bernstein and Don Black. But that prize went to Burt Bacharach and Hal David for ...
"True Grit" is one of the most mainstream, crowd-pleasing films Joel and Ethan Coen have ever made. It's sort of a screwball Western, if you will, with vivid performances and strikingly vast, ...
In June of 1969, Paramount Pictures released the film, “True Grit”, staring John Wayne as US Marshall, Rooster Cogburn, Glen Campbell as Texas Ranger La Boeuf, and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross, the ...
A film that John Wayne used as a vehicle to win his only Academy Award, “True Grit” was released June 11, 1969. Wayne, who starred as Rooster Cogburn in the movie, died exactly 10 years later — June ...
Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...
THE COUNTDOWN: Remakes are inescapable these days, with major studios now churning out fresh takes on popular classics every ...