True Grit (2010)
Drama, Western.
True Grit is a American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. It is an adaptation of Charles Portis’ 1968 novel of the same name, and stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper.
The father of 14-year old Mattie Ross (Steinfeld) is murdered by hired hand Tom Chaney (Brolin) while on a trip to Fort Smith, Arkansas to purchase horses. While collecting her father’s body, Mattie asks the local sheriff about the search for Chaney. He tells her that Chaney has, likely, fled with “Lucky” Ned Pepper (Pepper) and his gang into Indian Territory, where the sheriff has no authority, so she inquires about hiring a Deputy U.S. Marshal. The sheriff gives three recommendations, and Mattie chooses the “meanest” of the three, Rooster Cogburn (Bridges). Cogburn initially rebuffs her offer, disbelieving both her grit and her wealth, but she raises the money by aggressively horse-trading with Colonel Stonehill…
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Charles Portis (novel)
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Elizabeth Marvel, Bruce Green
►Cast:
| 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 (as Ed Lee Corbin) |
| 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 (as Orlando Smart) |
| 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 Campaña | ► | Indian Youth at Bagby’s |
| Andy Andersen | ► | Horseman |
| Mary Anzalone | ► | Traveling Lady |
| Gopal Bidari | ► | Ethnic Jury Member |
| Joseph Blackstone | ► | Citizen |
| Brian Brown | ► | Coke Hays |
| Alan Stands Alone Bryant | ► | Indian #6 in Wild West Show |
| Wendy Crouse | ► | Town Lady |
| Craig Denham | ► | Wild West Show Worker |
| Ted Ferguson | ► | Hanging Witness |
| Scott Flick | ► | Clement Parmalee |
| Martina Griffin | ► | Wild West Show Indian |
| Beau Harris | ► | Smoker |
| Anjelica Hymel | ► | Girl on Horse |
| Samantha Inoue Harte | ► | Horserider |
| Benny James | ► | Dead Body |
| Erik Allen Johnson | ► | Hanging Witness |
| Cody Jones | ► | Indian in Wild West Show |
| Vivian Kalinov | ► | Frontier Woman |
| R.C. Keene | ► | Spectator at hanging |
| Scott Mason | ► | Boarder |
| John Michael Measells | ► | Wild West Hand |
| Joe Nelson | ► | Hanging Witness |
| Kaiya Pelletier | ► | Ft. Smith Girl / Memphis Girl |
| Nic Quardero | ► | Hanging Witness |
| Cameron Rostami | ► | Pedro |
| J.K. Simmons | ► | J. Noble Daggett (voice) |
| Dianne Sullivan | ► | Woman at hanging |