JOHN WAYNE (Actor): (as Marshall Reuben J. Marshall Rooster Cogburn, was in his 60s, a bit past his prime, and had put on a few pounds possibly because the screenwriters kept shoving food his way, whether he was in town. MONDELLO: As an actor, Campbell was, let's just say, handsome and leave it at that. CAMPBELL: (as La Boeuf) The French is La Bourf. Alas, the producers went further and gave him an actual part as Texas ranger La Boeuf. MONDELLO: In the odd logic of Hollywood, Glen Campbell's hit songs - "Wichita Lineman," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and the soon-to-be-released "Galveston" - gave him geographical credentials to sing in a Western. GLEN CAMPBELL (Actor): (as La Boeuf) (Singing) One day, little girl, the sadness will leave your face. But the "True Grit" that John Wayne starred in was a last gasp of old Hollywood - gigantic title superimposed over a lush, green valley, Glen Campbell crooning lyric that lets you know this G-rated film would have a happy ending. In 1969, a couple of flicks that sounded like Westerns but weren't Westerns - "Easy Rider" and "Midnight Cowboy" - were signaling a revolution in moviemaking.
MONDELLO: The old "True Grit" opened more brightly.
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There is nothing free except the grace of God.
You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. HAILEE STEINFELD (Actress): (as Mattie Ross) No doubt Chaney fancies himself scot-free. As she remembers it when she was 14, her Protestant upbringing said that that man needed to pay for his crime. Well, critic Bob Mondello did, and he has some thoughts as to how the two compare.īOB MONDELLO: The new "True Grit" opens with a bit of grit, body lying in the snow and the voice of Mattie Ross telling us how her father died at the hand of a man named Chaney. They did not re-watch the John Wayne version.
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It stars Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon reprising roles made famous by John Wayne and Glen Campbell in the original 1969 film.īut the Coen brothers say they adapted their movie from the original Charles Portis novel. Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen ride their new Western, "True Grit," into theaters today.
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