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True Grit

2010
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7.3/10

Release Date

22/12/2010

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes
95%
🎬 Internet Movie Database
76%
Ⓜ️ Metacritic
80%

Justice always comes calling.

In 1878, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, to collect the body of her father, who was murdered by Tom Chaney, one of his farmhands. Mattie wants justice and asks the local sheriff about the killer. He tells her that Chaney has fled with the gang of "Lucky" Ned Pepper into Indian Territory, where the sheriff has no authority. Mattie refuses to give up and learns how to hire a federal marshal who can pursue the criminal across the border. The film is directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and stars Hailee Steinfeld as the determined young heroine, alongside Jeff Bridges.

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Facts about True Grit

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone
Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 7 years old
Spain releaseFebruary 11, 2011
Worldwide premiereDecember 14, 2010
Runtime1 h 48 min
Original languageEnglish
Original titleTrue Grit
CountryUnited States
Production companiesScott Rudin Productions, Mike Zoss Productions, Skydance Media
Budget$38.0M
Worldwide box office$252.3M
Box office in the U.S.$171.2M
Return on Investmentx6.6 Box office hit
Based onTrue Grit by Charles Portis
RemakeA new version of another movie

More ratings

3.9/5Letterboxd75/100Trakt7.8/10Metacritic (público)3.5/4Roger Ebert

Awards for True Grit

10Oscar nominations
38total awards
170total nominations
Oscars 10 nom.

Awards won

  • —National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Nominations

  • 2011Academy Award for Best Picture
  • 2011Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
  • 2011Academy Award for Best Actor
  • 2011Academy Award for Best Director
  • 2011Academy Award for Best Cinematography
  • 2011Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
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  • 2011Academy Award for Best Costume Design
  • 2011Academy Award for Best Production Design
  • 2011Academy Award for Best Sound
  • —Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

True Grit Cast

Josh Brolin
Josh BrolinTom Chaney
Dakin Matthews
Dakin MatthewsCol. Stonehill
Jarlath Conroy
Jarlath ConroyUndertaker
Paul Rae
Paul RaeEmmett Quincy
Roy Lee Jones
Roy Lee JonesYarnell
Ed Corbin
Ed CorbinBear Man
Leon Russom
Leon RussomSheriff
Bruce Green
Bruce GreenHarold Parmalee
Candyce Hinkle
Candyce HinkleBoarding House Landlady
Peter Leung
Peter LeungMr. Lee
Don Pirl
Don PirlCole Younger
Joe Stevens
Joe StevensCross-examining Lawyer
David Lipman
David LipmanFirst Lawyer
Jake Walker
Jake WalkerJudge Parker
Orlando Storm Smart
Orlando Storm SmartStableboy
Ty Mitchell
Ty MitchellFerryman
Nicholas Sadler
Nicholas SadlerRepentant Condemned Man
Scott Sowers
Scott SowersUnrepentant Condemned Man
Jonathan Joss
Jonathan JossCondemned Indian
Maggie A. Goodman
Maggie A. GoodmanWoman at Hanging
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon SandersonIndian Youth at Bagby's
Ruben Nakai Campana
Ruben Nakai CampanaIndian Youth at Bagby's
Vivian Kalinov
Vivian KalinovFrontier Woman (uncredited)

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Cast of True Grit by the numbers

44average cast age in years
47years of age gap between the leads
16%women in the cast
25%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Hailee Steinfeld, age 14 at release. The oldest: Dakin Matthews, at 70.

Cast ages at release

Cast heights

Cast nationalities

United States 4Canada 1Ireland 1

Crew

  • AddressEthan Coen, Joel Coen
  • WritingJoel Coen, Ethan Coen
  • Original novelCharles Portis
  • MusicCarter Burwell
  • PhotographyRoger Deakins
  • EditingJoel Coen, Ethan Coen
  • Production designJess Gonchor
  • Costume designMary Zophres
  • CastingEllen Chenoweth
  • Visual effectsVincent Cirelli
  • ProductionEthan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Trivia about True Grit

Hailee Steinfeld, who was thirteen years old at the time, was chosen from 15,000 applicants to play Mattie Ross in the film.
For the film's final stretch, the Coens cast a one-armed stunt double and chose Ruth Morris, a twenty-nine-year-old social worker who was born without her left forearm.
The scene in which Mattie haggles over the coffin and spends the night among corpses to avoid paying for the boardinghouse does not exist in Charles Portis's novel.
With 87.1 million dollars in its second weekend, the film surpassed No Country for Old Men and became the Coen brothers' highest-grossing movie.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish)

What it's about True Grit

bounty hunterbased on novel or bookfather murderloss of loved onetexas rangerarkansasalcoholismremakebetrayaleye patchsomber

Main theme: revenge, Texas Ranger Division

What True Grit is called in other countries

It was released in 35 countries, each in its own language.

  • SpainValor de ley
  • GermanyTrue Grit – Vergeltung
  • ItalyIl Grinta
  • MexicoTemple de Acero
  • BrazilBravura Indômita
  • PortugalIndomável
  • Japanトゥルー・グリット
  • South Korea더 브레이브
  • China真实的勇气
  • RussiaЖелезная хватка
  • ArgentinaTemple de acero
  • ChileTemple de Acero
See the remaining 23 countries
  • BulgariaНепреклонните
  • CanadaLe Vrai Courage
  • CroatiaČovjek zvan hrabrost
  • CzechiaOpravdová kuráž
  • EstoniaTõeline visadus
  • FinlandKova kuin kivi
  • GreeceΑληθινό Θράσος
  • Hong Kong離奇復仇事件
  • HungaryA félszemű
  • Israelאומץ אמיתי
  • LatviaĪstenā drošsirdība
  • LithuaniaTikras išbandymas
  • NorwayTrue Grit - Et ekte mannfolk
  • PolandPrawdziwe męstwo
  • RomaniaAdevăratul curaj
  • SerbiaЧовек звани храброст
  • SlovakiaSkutočná guráž
  • SloveniaPravi pogum
  • Taiwan真實的勇氣
  • Thailandยอดคนจริง
  • Turkeyİz Peşinde
  • UkraineЗалізна хватка
  • VietnamThật Cương Nghị

Where it was filmed True Grit

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Source: Wikidata. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Quotes by True Grit

  • You go for a man hard enough and fast enough, he don't have time to think about how many's with him; he thinks about himself, and how he might get clear of that wrath that's about to set down on him.
  • And "futile," Marshal Cogburn, "pursuit would be futile"? It's not spelled "f-u-d-e-l."
  • I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world as it is, is vexing enough.
  • Unrepentant condemned man: Well, I killed the wrong man is the which of why I'm here. Had I killed the man I meant to, I don't believe I'd have been convicted. I see men out there in that crowd that's worse than me. [to executioner] Okay.
  • [LaBoeuf has been talking about malum prohibitum and malum in se] I'm struck that LaBoeuf has been shot, trampled, and nearly severed his tongue, and not only does he not cease to talk but he spills the banks of English.
  • I would not pay three hundred and twenty-five dollars for winged Pegasus!

Source: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA)

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Soundtrack from True Grit

Original music by Carter Burwell

True Grit (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
SoundtrackTrue Grit (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)Carter Burwell · 2010 · 21 songs

Songs

  1. 1
    The Wicked Flee
    2:34
  2. 2
    LaBoeuf Takes Leave
    2:57
  3. 3
    Little Blackie
    1:05
  4. 4
    River Crossing
    1:22
  5. 5
    The Hanging Man
    1:56
  6. 6
    Talk About Suffering
    1:32
  7. 7
    Your Headstrong Ways
    0:30
  8. 8
    A Great Adventure
    0:55
  9. 9
    We Don't Need Him Do We?
    0:49
  10. 10
    Father's Gun
    1:20

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