Remaking a beloved Western is always a risky proposition, especially when the original earned John Wayne his only Academy Award. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, the Coen brothers pulled off ...

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True Grit, premiered in 2010, is an American Western film that was directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen. This adaptation brings to the screen Charles ...

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Based on the novel by Charles Portis. A remake of the John Wayne western classic. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross’s (Hailee Steinfeld) father has been shot in cold blood by the coward Tom Chaney (Josh ...

Tammee Tuttle is not alone when she questions the need to remake any John Wayne film. Tuttle is co-owner of Ridgway's True Grit Cafe, 123 N. Lena, where the spirit of the original "True Grit" lives on ...

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Remaking a beloved Western is always a risky proposition, especially when the original earned John Wayne his only Academy Award. While the original True Grit remains one of John Wayne's signature ...