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Actors: John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Jeff Corey, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about True Grit |
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A girl in search of her father's killer hires the a marshall in the territory.
Along with the a texas marshall, they track the killer and find that he's joined up with a band of outlaws. They catch up to the outlaws and the girl gets too eager and winds up being kidnapped by the outlaws. In the process of rescuing the girl the texas marshall gets killed.
With the girl out of harm's way, the other marshall decides to take the outlaws out by himself. He charges them, with his reins in his teeth, he fires with both hands. His horse gets shot out from under him, but he keeps fighting. He kills all of the outlaws and returns the girl home safely.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Mattie Ross (Darby), is a young, tomboyish woman in the Old West whose father was killed by an employee named Tom Chaney (Corey). She wants to hunt Chaney down, and searches for a man with "true grit" to help her. She finds him in Rooster Cogburn (Wayne), a mean, drunken, but fearless U.S. Marshal who wears an eyepatch over the eye he lost in the Civil War. A third party wants in: Texas Ranger Le Boeuf (Campbell), who seems primarily interested in collecting a bounty on the bad guys. Mattie doesn't like him, but he muscles into the team by cozying up to Cogburn, who has unfinished business with Le Boeuf's primary target, a cohort of Chaney's named Ned Pepper (Duvall), so the trio heads for the gorgeous Colorado high country after the bad guys. Based on the novel by Charles Portis, this 1969 film brought Wayne his one and only Oscar. At 62, he was a spring chicken compared to veteran director Henry Hathaway, who started shooting in 1932, had many Westerns such as "The Sons of Katie Elder" and segments of "How the West Was Won" to his credit, and was 71 when he did this film.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of True Grit |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- hunting down outlaws
- rescue
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
- govt employee
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- average (man)
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 40%
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Southwest
Prairie?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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