True Grit (1969)

The offended look he gets when he gets called a one-eyed fat man is great.

I've wanted this movie for quite a while and finally ordered it from Amazon. It was delivered on time and the quality was excellent.

Well done movie, it's a classic.

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True Grit is a stylized Western about a girl (Matty Ross, played with conviction by Kim Darby) who loves her father very much. He left behind his wife and children and rode out with another man on some business. Sometime during a card game this man, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey), got drunk. The father showed the man out who then brandished a rifle. While trying to get the gun away, Tom fired, killing her father, and ran off into the woods.I can certainly see how this could be upsetting for this girl but she goes through so much! Although she tries to be calm and insistent about getting her way, it's more interesting where her barrier cracks -- when she witnesses a hanging, when she sees her dad in a pine box -- and when she sees her apparent savior, in the form of Rooster Cogburn, (rough tough, and all John Wayne) betray her trust (again, apparently). It's just too much.Great story! It was fun to see this late sixties Western at a time when the western as a genre was beginning to wane. Television was full of westerns then, and they were all going off the air -- The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, etc., etc.John Wayne epitomized all these gun-toting tough guys. But what was different about John Wayne's portrayal from these gentlemen was his willingness to break the rules to get what he wanted, whether it be a criminal, another bottle of whiskey, or saving a girl from a pit of rattlers, no matter what! And Robert Duval as the bad guy -- great acting!And our girl, played by Kim Darby, was the same. "She reminds me -- of me!"The story moves at a quick pace after a bit of a slow start. The girl meets a Texas ranger and doesn't think much of him -- played by crooner Glen Campbell. I've never liked Glen, then or now. His stilted acting was a bit much. But his portrayal of a man who wanted nothing to do with this girl and giving her a good spanking -- this was realistic if unsettling.Overall, True Grit is a western, one with real human experience, some conflict, lots of gun action and horse-riding. A girl who wants revenge, a man who wants justice. A great example of the wild western justice, a bit Hollywood-ized, and fun to watch!Great film! I have yet to watch the current remake (2011) and look forward to a comparison when I check it out.Cast & Crew:The director is Henry Hathaway, maker of such hits as How The West Was Won (1962) How the West Was Won (Three-Disc Special Edition) , and Mae West's Go West, Young Man (1936)  GO WEST YOUNG MAN  among many American westerns over his 40 plus year career!It was surprising to me how many of the secondary characters have also appeared in the original Star Trek. Even Kim Darby was in a Star Trek episode ( Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 12: Miri [VHS ])Check the cast list and look it up on Wikipedia. Amazing!* John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn* Kim Darby as Mattie Ross* Glen Campbell as La Boeuf* Jeremy Slate as Emmett Quincy* Robert Duvall as Lucky Ned Pepper* Dennis Hopper as Moon* Strother Martin as Col. G. Stonehill* Jeff Corey as Tom Chaney* Donald Woods as Barlow* James Westerfield as Judge Parker

Obviously, everyone will have their favorite for the Oscar in this year 1969. As far as I am concerned Wayne will have deserved it. His performance was disarmingly natural. Of course, he will have refined this role throughout his immense career. And when the lead role is good, the entire rest of the cast is inspired by the lead. Kim Darby is magnificent and not only faces the great Duke, but also gives a convincing response to some professional actors such as Jeff Corey, Srother Martin or Elizabeth Harrower. Glenn Campbell does well too, and was not the first singer/performer to face Big John, if we think of Howard Hawks' Rio Bravo.For the excellent blu-ray of True Grit, I had the chance to find it in Steelbook version with bonuses in addition to the film. My childhood memory is now fulfilled. :-) And I'm hardly the only one to say this.

This is the first time we've seen a "steelbook" BluRay; we thought the whole idea was great. Instead of a typical plastic case, the movie arrives in something more "collectible" or interesting, a tin box, or steel box, some might say a "keepsake," emblazoned with the glossy material normally part of a typical DVD or BluRay package. Especially as there was no obvious added cost, we like it a lot! Probably would have paid more for this packaging, but we're certainly not going to tell the studios that!The film itself is terrific, filmed near Telluride, Colorado, the ski resort where we live and work -- mostly in Ridgway, partly in nearby Ouray, both of which are very special little towns near Telluride, easy day trip using Telluride as "base camp" to see them both and immerse yourselves in the genuine locations for an iconic film.John Wayne finally got an Oscar® for this film, and his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn, U.S. Marshal. The bad guys include a young Robert Duvall, and a young Dennis Hopper, both are terrific in the film, and add real interest for film buffs.The long views of the San Juan mountain range, mostly from Hastings Mesa above Telluride and Ridgway, are unforgettable, and easily attainable by travellers today, looks just the same, by visiting our area of Southwest Colorado.And I can't remember John Wayne in a more appealing role, although it's certainly worth seeing his performance, along with Ron Howard, and Lauren Bacall, in "The Shootist"; if you haven't seen that one, you should. Mighty fine, and I believe, John Wayne's last film.Kim Darby is on BluRay extras in interviews, great to see her after all these years; she plays the female lead, a young woman with plenty of her own "true grit" seeking justice for the senseless murder of her father.The great singing star Glen Campbell also has a leading role, on the trail of the murderer along with John Wayne and Kim Darby. Glen is interviewed too; very touching, particularly in light of recent diagnosis of Alzheimer's and the end of Glen Campbell's touring career. Panned by critics at the time, Glen is just fine as a Texas Ranger. But more important: his stunning singing on the title track, i.e., "True Grit" which is played over the opening credits. I confess, as a kid, I saw the movie more than once in theaters just to hear Glen sing the title song. (Not on albums at the time, we recently found it on a terrific CD purchased here on amazon, "The Essential Glen Campbell," check it out!) This was Glen in his prime; the version in the movie is slightly different than the one on the CD, but both are great. To me, as a kid, and a budding musician, hearing this was literally worth the price of admission in the movies. In his interview, Glen comments what a thrill it was to ride alongside the great John Wayne in a western. How many of us, when we were young, imagined just the same thing? For Glen, from Delight, Arkansas, a dream come true.The exterior of the general store in this film with period advertising in the custom of the day is now the interior wall of the True Grit Café, a popular restaurant and bar in Ridgway, CO, so movie fans will have fun "connecting the dots" and seeing this, and the town, and Ouray just a few miles up the road, in person sometime. Great fun for the whole family.Highly recommended. Hope you enjoy it as much as we have.

Love it!

Je suis très content de mon avoir acheté se bon western les meilleurs vous aver la meilleur tarification très diposnible

Sur mon lecteur cette version du DVD ne se bloque pas .

VHS nuevo, llegó muy rápido

コーエン兄弟の「トゥルー・グリット」を観てこちらの作品も気になったので購入。原作が同じだとはいえここまでそっくりとは思いませんでした。セリフまでほとんど同じ。多少ちがうところもありますが…眼帯が右と左で違うしマティの父親もはじめは生きていて人の良さを感じるから死んでしまったことで同情心も強くなります。マティも赤い服を着ていてお嬢さんっぽいし礼儀正しい。ラストもこちらのほうがよかったです。ラ・ビーフは死んでしまいますがマティも腕を失わずコグバーンも死なないから。時間的には本作のほうが19分長い。コーエン兄弟も「子供の頃に観たきり観ていない」といいジェフ・ブリッジスにも「ジョン・ウェインを観たり真似したりするな」と言ったらしいですがかなり似てますよね。「トゥルー・グリット」もよかったですがこちらの「勇気ある追跡」のほうがよかったです。1969年の作品でDVDだと画質もよくないんだろうなとも思いましたがきれいでした。山や森などもの自然も昔のほうがきれいですね。…ジョン・ウェインや他の俳優や映画スタッフの中にも核実験の行われたネバダの砂漠などで放射能を浴びたからガンになった人が多いらしいですね。ジョン・ウェインも胃がん。強い男も病には勝てない。残念です。

Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) seeks out a man with "True Grit" to detain the killer of her father. She eventuallty finds a drunken, one eyed US Marshall named Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne)and hires him to go into the Indian Territory after the killer. Glen Campbell as a Texas Ranger after the same baddy, for killing a "little" Texas Senator and his bird dog soon joins in the action. All three set off for the Territory after Tom Cheyney the murderer. The interaction between the 3 main players is superb - Wayne and Campbell argue over the reward offered in Texas whist Darby is far more interested in capturing or killing Cheyney in revenge for her father than for "some Texas bird dog"A high point of the film for me is when the trio find a couple of outlaws in a dugout and order them to cut up a turkey that Campbell has shot with his "Sharps Carbine" - too much gun as Rooster says . One of them is injured so Rooster offers help if the outlaw will tell them where they can find Cheyney. The other kills him to prevent him from talking, and Rooster then shoots his assailant. Leaning over the dying cowboy Rooster says "Your friend's done killed you, and I've done for him". The reply comes haltingly "He never done me wrong 'til he killed me" - Classic.Well don't just take my word that this is the best `cowboy` movie ever - be swayed by the panel who gave John Wayne his one and only Oscar for True Grit - truly his very best. (I had this on Video Tape - twice - I wore both tapes out playing them so often - now I have it on DVD.)