True Grit

True Grit1969

Director: Henry Hathaway
Stars: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 129 minutes

True Grit is a 2010 American Western film written and directed by the Coen brothers. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne. This version stars Hailee Stein… more »



Mattie:
I'm here to take you back to Fort Smith and hang you!

Chaney:
And I think I will not go. Now how do you like that?

Mattie:
Well, there's a posse of officers up the hill who'll force you to go!

Chaney:
How many officers?

Mattie:
I'd say right around fifty — and they mean business! So you just walk up that hill right in front of me.

Chaney:
I believe I'll oblige those officers to come after me.

Mattie:
If you refuse to go with me, I'll have to shoot you.

Chaney:
Is that so? Well, you better cock your piece. [Mattie pulls back the lever on the revolver to load it. She doesn't pull it all the way.] All the way back, until it locks!

Mattie:
[c*cks revolver properly] I know how to do it. Now you mean to say that you won't go with me on your own free will?

Chaney:
You just got it the other way around, now you will follow me!

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