I must admit this is a great movie. I've watched it so many times that I want you to watch it too.
I know that the Coen Brothers are remaking this and I am sure it will be a great movie...I hope.
My favorite character in the movie is Mattie Ross (Kim Darby). She is the daughter of Frank Ross (John Pickard) who was murdered by Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey). Mattie hires a mean one eyed marshall named Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne). She wants Chaney to burn in hell for killing her father. Mattie wants a man with True Grit and that man is Rooster. She hires him to track down Chaney and bring him back to Fort Smith to be hanged.
Glenn Campbell plays a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf. He is also looking for Chaney. Apparently Chaney killed a politician in Waco, Texas and now LaBoeuf joins Rooster
and Mattie in the search. Mattie is at odds with LaBoeuf because he wants Chaney to go back to Texas and she wants to take Chaney back to Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Kim Darby is a fabulous actor. She plays Mattie perfectly. Mattie is a smart tomboyish young lady. I can't figure out how old she is since she acts older than she looks. Mattie might be 14 years old but I'm not sure. There is some interesting information about Kim Darby on IMDB. I read that she started acting when she was a teenager. She became a star after True Grit was released, but I think she was a star way before that movie came out. Kim Darby is awesome.
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| From Left to Right John Wayne, Kim Darby, and Glenn Campbell |
Mattie to LaBoeuf "I figured you for a kneeler."
Mattie to lady in crowd "How can anyone know what's in a man's heart?"
Mattie to Rooster "I dare not let a thief in my mouth to steal my mind."
Mattie to Quincy "I don't like you and I don't like the way you are treating that turkey!"
Rooster to Mattie "Looking back is a bad habit."
Mattie to Rooster "Why are you being so foolish?"
Rooster to LaBoeuf "Young fella if you're looking for trouble I'll accommodate ya...otherwise leave it alone."
Mattie to Rooster "I paid good cash money to be here...now let's eat."
Mattie to Rooster "I will not bandy words with a drunkard."
Chaney to Mattie "Everything happens to me and I'm shot by a child."
Ned Pepper to Mattie "I've never busted a cap in a woman or nobody much under 16."
Mattie to Rooster "That's because you loaded it wrong when you were in a state of drunkenness."
Mattie to Rooster "Your too old and too fat to be jumping horses."
Rooster to Mattie "Well come see a fat old man some time."
The Coen version of True Grit will be released December 2010. I can't wait to see how this one stacks up to the 1969 version.
For now I recommend that you rent the original version with John Wayne and Kim Darby...it's a hoot!
Let me know what you think.
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