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Grittier - By Jeffrey Chen It wouldn't be wrong to call the Coen Brothers' new film True Grit a remake of the 1969 John Wayne starrer, but sometimes the word "remake" just doesn't apply well. The original Western directed by Henry Hathaway is unmistakably a Wayne vehicle. This meant taking the source... MORE >>
Gritty Business - By Betty Jo Tucker “I’ll avenge my father,”
teenage Mattie vowed.
And in face of danger
she never cowed.
She wanted a gunman
to help her find
the dastardly killer
she had in mind.
Marshal Cogburn,
reluctant and wary,... MORE >>
Authentic and Worthy - By Cody Roy Joel and Ethan Coen directed True Grit, which they adapted themselves from the novel by Charles Portis. And just as in No Country for Old Men, a contemporary Western of sorts, the Coen brothers totally immerse themselves and their cast into this period piece. Every... MORE >>
