True Grit

Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady) A schoolmarm joins up with a hard drinking marshall to capture a gang of outlaws who murdered her father. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/06/2003 Starring: John Wayne Katharine Hepburn Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Stuart Miller	The Cowboys (Deluxe Edition) Almost in spite of itself, The Cowboys has taken its place among John Wayne's most beloved films. It wasn't always that way: When it was released in January of 1972, the film was widely criticized for appearing to promote the notion that boys become men through violence. From a p...	The Shootist The last film of John Wayne could not have been more fitting, full of details that can't help but make one reflect upon his legacy in the movies and his life as a star. Wayne plays a career gunfighter in the autumn of his life, trying to hang up his pistols after he discovers he'...	The Sons of Katie Elder Four sons attend their mothers texas funeral and avenge their slain father. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Starring: John Wayne Martha Hyer Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Henry Hathaway	Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition) Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/30/2008 Run time: 247 minutes
El Dorado El Dorado doesn't quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks's greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks's marvelous career, still shows the steady, sure hand of a master. Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired...	Chisum Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/22/2007 Run time: 111 minutes Rating: G	McLintock! (Authentic Collector's Edition) Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/11/2005 Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Nr	The Searchers A favorite film of some of the world's greatest filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, John Ford's The Searchers has earned its place in the legacy of great American films for a variety of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it's the definitive role for John Wayne...	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance A tenderfoot lawyer and a powerful rancher are rivals in lovet who stand together against a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Starring: James Stewart Vera Miles Run time: 123 minutes Rating: N...

A Cinema Classic
A terrific re-packaging of this fabulous movie. Picture and sound much improved. Impossible to improve the film itself.

Review of True Grit
Excellent movie staring the ultimate John Wayne. One of his greats! Amazon made it easy to order and it was quickly received. Typical Fabulous Amazon service.

True Grit dvd is fabulous!
True Grit (Special Collector's Edition)This is the movie John Wayne won an Oscar for his performance and well deserved it truely is! Excellent script, excellent directing and most of all, excellent acting. The movie was perfectly cast and all the actors delivered their best. The most beautiful locations added to the movie presentation. They have a featurette on this dvd about the location of the movie---and it is a real town. All I can say is the entire movie is so impressive and I would recommend this dvd as a must have for any film library.

Angel and the Fat Man
In John Wayne's latter years, he turned in a top-notch performance as the one-eyed whiskey drinkin', weight gaining, rifle twirling Texas Marshal Rooster Cogburn. He was tough as nails and had a heart of gold...that is, if you were a gold-digger. Fortunately, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) was something of a gold-digger (at least when it came to digging up both the tender and tough sides of the Duke) as well as an all-too-determined young woman bent on the revenge of her father's murder. Rounding up the cast is sidekick La Boeuf (Glen Campbell) and Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper as two outlaws. If one is not careful, nearly every great western ends up looking the same after a while. And TRUE GRIT at first glance may look like any other western. But it is so much more. It has good acting (John Wayne received a Best Actor Academy Award), witty one-liners and sharp dialogue far superior to most of the action movies today, and some really intense action sequences, especially the now famous climactic gun fight as the Rooster gallops into a 1-on-4 fight with a six-shooter in his left hand and a rifle in his right hand and the reins in his teeth! If you're not into westerns you may still enjoy this move. Even if you're not that big of a John Wayne fan, you'll still love him in this role.

Good Vehicle For the Duke
When a film or performance has the imprateur of the Oscar you expect something really special. In that sense I would call "True Grit" a minor disappointment. For sure John Wayne delivers a flamboyant and energetic turn as Rooster Cogburn in a role tailored to his particular strengths. But I couldn't help to think he was so much better in films like "The Searchers", "Red River" and his final film, "The Shootist". I'm reminded of when they finally rewarded Paul Newman after years of solid work it had to be for an OK performance in "The Color of Money". That said, on the whole "True Grit" is a good rousing western that falls just shy of greatness. Maybe a little formulaic but so what if it works. The film is skillfully directed by western vet Henry Hathaway and beautifully lensed by Peckinpah stalwart Lucien Ballard. Kim Darby playing younger than her years Mattie Ross, a feisty girl who contracts Cogburn to find the killer of her father, is beguiling. Glen Campbell is better than expected as a Texas Ranger who forms a begrudging alliance with Cogburn to find the killer. Excellent supporting cast includes Jeff Corey, John Fiedler, Robert Duvall and the inimitable Strother Martin. Look close for an abbreviated appearance by Hank Worden, a veteran of Wayne and John Ford films, as an undertaker. Didn't knock my socks off but not a bad way to spend two hours.