True Grit

Year:

2010

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Western

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

Ethan Coen

Awards:

Nominated for 10 Oscars. Another 49 wins & 127 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2010-12-22

Filming Locations: Jamaica

Earnings

Budget: $38,000,000

Opening Weekend: $24,850,000 (USA) (26 December 2010)

Gross: $171,031,347 (USA) (24 April 2011)

Cast

Actor

Character

J.K. Simmons

True Grit

Jeff Bridges

Rooster Cogburn

Hailee Steinfeld

Mattie Ross

Matt Damon

LaBoeuf

Josh Brolin

Tom Chaney

Barry Pepper

Lucky Ned Pepper

Dakin Matthews

Col. Stonehill

Jarlath Conroy

Undertaker

Paul Rae

Emmett Quincy

Domhnall Gleeson

Moon (The Kid)

Elizabeth Marvel

40-Year-Old Mattie

Roy Lee Jones

Yarnell

Ed Corbin

Bear Man

Leon Russom

Sheriff

Bruce Green

Harold Parmalee

Candyce Hinkle

Boarding House Landlady

Peter Leung

Mr. Lee

Don Pirl

Cole Younger

Joe Stevens

Cross-examining Lawyer

David Lipman

First Lawyer

Jake Walker

Judge Parker

Orlando Storm Smart

Stableboy

Ty Mitchell

Ferryman

Nicholas Sadler

Repentant Condemned Man

Scott Sowers

Unrepentant Condemned Man

Jonathan Joss

Condemned Indian

Maggie A. Goodman

Woman at Hanging

Brandon Sanderson

Indian Youth at Bagby's

Ruben Nakai Campana

Indian Youth at Bagby's

Andy Andersen

Horseman (uncredited)

Mary Anzalone

Traveling Lady (uncredited)

Gopal Bidari

Ethnic Jury Member (uncredited)

Joseph Blackstone

Citizen (uncredited)

Brian Brown

Coke Hays

Alan Eaglewolf Bryant

Indian #6 in Wild West Show (uncredited)

Wendy Crouse

Town Lady (uncredited)

Craig Denham

Wild West Show Worker (uncredited)

Ted Ferguson

Hanging Witness (uncredited)

Scott Flick

Clement Parmalee

Martina Griffin

Wild West Show Indian (uncredited)

Beau Harris

Smoker (uncredited)

Samantha Inoue Harte

Horserider (uncredited)

Cody Jones

Indian in Wild West Show (uncredited)

Scott Mason

Boarder (uncredited)

John Michael Measells

Wild West Hand (uncredited)

Joe Nelson

Hanging Witness (uncredited)

Kaiya Pelletier

Ft. Smith Girl / Memphis Girl (uncredited)

Cameron Rostami

Pedro (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Fifteen thousand girls applied for the role of the young Mattie Ross, the part going to Hailee Steinfeld. She was 13 years old when cast. It was her theatrical feature-film debut.

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J.K. Simmons: voice of J. Noble Daggett, Mattie's lawyer.

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As mentioned in the trivia from the original True Grit (1969), the character of Rooster Cogburn is supposed to be around 40, both John Wayne and Jeff Bridges were in their early 60's when they portrayed their roles. John Wayne was 62, Jeff Bridges was 60.

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Goofs

Little Blackie can be seen wearing a breast collar during the river crossing that he doesn't wear during the rest of the film.

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Toward the end of the movie when Rooster is on the ground and Ned Pepper is on his horse ready to shoot him, LeBoeuf is aiming to shoot Ned with his Sharps Carbine. He successfully shoots Ned, and then gets hit in the head with a rock by Chaney. Mattie grabs the carbine and shoots Chaney. The carbine that LeBoeuf used is a single shot breech load carbine. He can be seen reloading while he is talking to Mattie, and closes the breach shortly before being hit.

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Before drunken shooting scene Rooster falls off his horse and the bottom of his boot is exposed. The boot has a modern Vibram sole with traction grooves. Boots of that period had leather soles with no grooves.

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Quotes

First Lawyer: Mr. Cogburn, did you find a bottle with a hundred and twenty-five dollars in it?

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Rooster Cogburn: [after singing for a long time] That was "Johnny in the Low Ground." There are very few fiddle tunes I have not heard. Once heard they are locked in my mind forever. It is a sadness to me that I have sausage fingers that cannot crowd onto a fretboard... Little fat girls at a cotillion. "Soldier's Joy"!

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Mattie Ross: And "futile", Marshal Cogburn, "pursuit would be futile"? It's not spelled "f-u-d-e-l."

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Faq

Q

In what year is True Grit set?

A

1880

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for True Grit can be found here.

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A Note Regarding Spoilers

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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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