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John Wayne hams it up as a one-eyed, broken-down marshal in this 1969 adaptation of Charles Portis's bestselling novel. Kim Darby plays the formal-speaking adolescent who goes to Wayne for help tracking down her father's killer, and singer Glen Campbell straps on his guns to join the quest. Directed by old lion Henry Hathaway (Rawhide), True Grit is largely a showcase for Wayne (who finally won an Oscar), but it is also a decent Western with a particularly stirring final act. --Tom Keogh
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Special Features: Trailer
Languages in Dolby Digital Mono: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Languages in Dolby Digital Mono: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired, English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) seeks out a man with "True Grit" to detain the killer of her father. She eventuallty finds a drunken, one eyed US Marshall named Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne)and hires him to go into the Indian Territory after the killer. Glen Campbell as a Texas Ranger after the same baddy, for killing a "little" Texas Senator and his bird dog soon joins in the action. All three set off for the Territory after Tom Cheyney the murderer. The interaction between the 3 main players is superb - Wayne and Campbell argue over the reward offered in Texas whist Darby is far more interested in capturing or killing Cheyney in revenge for her father than for "some Texas bird dog"A high point of the film for me is when the trio find a couple of outlaws in a dugout and order them to cut up a turkey that Campbell has shot with his "Sharps Carbine" - too much gun as Rooster says . One of them is injured so Rooster offers help if the outlaw will tell them where they can find Cheyney. The other kills him to prevent him from talking, and Rooster then shoots his assailant. Leaning over the dying cowboy Rooster says "Your friend's done killed you, and I've done for him". The reply comes haltingly "He never done me wrong 'til he killed me" - Classic.Well don't just take my word that this is the best `cowboy` movie ever - be swayed by the panel who gave John Wayne his one and only Oscar for True Grit - truly his very best. (I had this on Video Tape - twice - I wore both tapes out playing them so often - now I have it on DVD.)
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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True Grit - a love story? Yes it is and an articulately scripted (by Marguerite Roberts) and consequently, amusing one at that. This is an old fashioned film, with old fashioned values and love is premier amongst those values. Love firstly of a daughter (Kim Darby) for her slain father who elicits the support of mean US deputy marshall Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne) to pursue his killers. Implied romantic interest between the girl and Texas Ranger Glenn Campbell in his first acting role. Very explicitly burgeoning love, in the sense that a father loves a daughter or a mother a son, that develops between Wayne and Darby. 'By God she reminds me of me!' he says of her at one point. A debatable point throughout the fim is who has the true grit - her or him.
Eventually the answer is both of them in their different ways. But, Wayne's (or Rooster's) grit is of a different order shown in the 4:1 showdown in a picturesque glade where a 'one eyed fat man' discomforts his detractors.
The film ends touchingly and life enhancingly. It makes me look forward to growing fat and old (not long now) so that I can say - 'come see a fat old man sometime.' The DVD is a competent piece of work but has little by way of extras. The original theatrical trailer adds little and the dubbing is mediocre. BUT THIS IS A GREAT FILM.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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When her father is murdered by one of his employees, Tom Chaney, young Mattie Ross is determined to see justice done. It seems the justice system isn't up to the job so she has to hire a man with "true grit" to track Chaney down. She hires a one-eyed drunk known as Deputy Marshal Rooster Cogburn, to find the man and see him punished. She and Rooster are joined in the hunt by Texas Ranger Le Boeuf who is after Chaney for the killing of a Waco senator and his bird-dog.
Normally I don't watch Westerns, but this one is special. The script is well written and funny and the acting is inspired. Mattie is a serious and efficient young woman who stands for no nonsense; trained to be her father's bookkeeper, she drives a hard bargain and isn't about to be gulled by anyone. She expresses herself clearly and precisely in clipped sentences, avoiding the use of contractions, rarely laughs and doesn't appear to appreciate jokes. But she's very funny, and so is Rooster. She introduces herself to Rooster in a court house where he's just been cross-examined by a defence lawyer - one of the professionals he refers to as "pettifogging lawyers". The meaning of the word "pettifogging" can't be found in an English dictionary but seems clear enough in context: clouding or fogging the issue; extinguishing clarity - that sort of thing - in order to help the guilty evade justice . The dialogue is unusually articulate for a Western. The "true grit" turns out to be equally distributed between Mattie, Rooster and Le Boeuf. During the course of the mission, the three come to respect each other and Rooster and Mattie develop something close to a father/daughter relationship. It's an excellent film with wonderful characters.
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You will probably like this even if you don't like westerns
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incredible transfer for a classic movie...
love or hate the film, any film fan will watch this and their jaw will drop. This is an incredible HD transfer of a 45 year old film. Read more
Published 2 months ago by JrF
Only one True Grit, and only one Rooster!
True Grit Is a classic! and I don't mean the new one! I love the music, the humour,everything about It really, me and my husband have always loved It. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Turner
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This film is based on a wonderful and now thankfully back-in-print novel. The book gets moving faster than the movie, which chooses to show us the killing which triggers the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by R. Park
Questionable BluRay Transfer
True Grit is one of my ALL time favourite films, and to be frank, the BluRay is a rather average affair. Foreground shots are generally crisp and look excellent, generally! Read more
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Worth Upgrading to Blu-Ray ?
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Classic western with excellent portrayals by John Wayne and Glen Campbell which is timeless. Very happy to have this in my collection and will watch it several times a year. Read more
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I was hugely disappointed when watching this movie. So many things kept distracting me from the plot: the '60s hairdos and makeup, "blood" that looks just like red paint, and the... Read more
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