True Grit (1969)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.3/10   

Réalisateur:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Charles Portis (novel)
Marguerite Roberts (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 juin 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Aventure | Western | Drame

Accroche:

The strangest trio ever to track a killer.

Plot:

A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer in Indian territory.

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Marshal | Texas Ranger | U.S. Marshal | Oklahoma

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A definitive adventure!!

Ensemble

John Wayne	...	Marshall Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
Glen Campbell	...	La Boeuf
Kim Darby	...	Mattie Ross
Jeremy Slate	...	Emmett Quincy
Robert Duvall	...	Ned Pepper
Dennis Hopper	...	Moon
Alfred Ryder	...	Mr. Goudy (Defense attorney)
Strother Martin	...	Colonel G. Stonehill
Jeff Corey	...	Tom Chaney
Ron Soble	...	Capt. Boots Finch
John Fiedler	...	Lawyer Daggett
James Westerfield	...	Judge Parker
John Doucette	...	Sheriff
Donald Woods	...	Barlow
Edith Atwater	...	Mrs. Floyd
Carlos Rivas	...	Dirty Bob
Isabel Boniface	...	Mrs. Bagby
H.W. Gim	...	Chen Lee
John Pickard	...	Frank Ross
Elizabeth Harrower	...	Mrs. Ross
Ken Renard	...	Yarnell Poindexter
Jay Ripley	...	Harold Parmalee
Kenneth Becker	...	Farrell Parmalee
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
General Sterling Price	...	Ginger Cat
Wilford Brimley	...	(uncredited)
Myron Healey	...	Deputy at prisoner unloading (uncredited)
James McEachin	...	Judge Parker's bailiff (uncredited)
Dennis McMullen	...	Bailiff (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Red (ferryman) (uncredited)
Robin Morse	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Stuart Randall	...	McAlester (uncredited)
Connie Sawyer	...	Talkative woman at hanging (uncredited)
Jay Silverheels	...	Condemned man at hanging (uncredited)
Dean Smith	...	(uncredited)
Vince St. Cyr	...	Gaspargoo (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson	...	The hangman (uncredited)
Hank Worden	...	R. Ryan (undertaker, Fort Smith, Arkansas) (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Henry Hathaway

Scénaristes
Charles Portis		(novel)
Marguerite Roberts		(screenplay)

Produit par
Paul Nathan	....	associate producer
Hal B. Wallis	....	producer
Joseph H. Hazen	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Elmer Bernstein

Image
Lucien Ballard		(director of photography)

Création des décors
Walter H. Tyler		(as Walter Tyler)

Décorateur de plateau
John Burton
Ray Moyer

Création des costumes
Dorothy Jeakins

Maquillage
Carol Meikle	....	hair stylist
Jack Wilson	....	makeup supervisor

Directeur de production
Frank Beetson	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
William W. Gray	....	assistant director

Art Department
Adam John Backauskas	....	property maker (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Roy Meadows	....	sound recordist
Elden Ruberg	....	sound recordist

Cascadeur
Jim Burk	....	stunts (uncredited)
Polly Burson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Combs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Davis	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Quentin Dickey	....	stunts (uncredited)
Louie Elias	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Gerber	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Harris	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Monty Jordan	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Neil Summers	....	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Luster Bayless	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Warren Low	....	supervising editor

Divers
Gary Gillingham	....	production accountant (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	....	head wrangler: Mexico (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount-Films (1969) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Les Films Paramount (1970) (France) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1972) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• TV3 (1989) (Finland) (TV)
• CIC Video (1996) (Germany) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1997) (Japan) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2000) (France) (DVD) (The John Wayne Collection)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2000) (Japan) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2000) (Canada) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Finnkino (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2002) (Italy) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2003) (Finland) (TV) (TV2)
• Paramount Home Video (2004) (Canada) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2004) (Finland) (TV) (TV2)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD) (The John Wayne Collection)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (France) (DVD) (Collection: Mes Meilleures Scéances/Eddy Mitchell)
• Paramount Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• CIC Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• Esselte Video (????) (Finland) (VHS)
• Paramount Films de España (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Paramount Films of Italy Inc. (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain) (????) (Spain) (DVD)

Other Companies

• National Park Service, The  thanks (as U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service)
• U.S. Forest Service  thanks (as U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Cent dollars pour un shérif (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]

Durée:

128 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | USA:G (edited for re-rating) | USA:M (original rating) | Australia:M (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 (2002) (DVD) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1969) (theatrical) | Australia:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Bishop, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Anecdotes:

Mia Farrow, among other well-known actresses, was approached to play Mattie, but she turned it down. Robert Mitchum had told her that Henry Hathaway was impossible to work with. She later said it was one of the biggest professional mistakes of her career.

Goofs:

Continuity: When LaBoeuf and Rooster are discussing the venture at Chen Lee's, Mattie repeatedly changes position between shots.

Guillemet:

Mattie Ross: They say he has grit. I wanted a man with grit.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Getting Into Heaven (1970)

Soundtrack:

True Grit

A definitive adventure!!

What is a Western? The genre conjures up images of gun totting cowboys, reckless outlaws and fierce encounters in countryside saloons. True, this was the setting that prevailed during the 19th century American West.

A few directors in the past have tried to present the West in a more refined way, giving importance to the settings and the characterization. Among them is Henry Hathaway's True Grit, an emotionally charged Western about a fearless; one-eyed Marshall named Rooster Cogburn.

The film very stylishly brings to fore the Western countryside, from the scenario at a public hanging to the courtroom drama. In the latter we see some tense and heated exchange of words between the prosecuting lawyer and the Marshall.

The intriguing plot unfolds itself very nicely on the silver screen. The story is simple. Tom Cheney, a cowboy, kills his employer. Maddie (Kim Darby), the headstrong daughter of the employer, vows to take revenge and get Cheney hanged for the murder of her father. For the mission she enlists the support of one Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne). Now this Rooster is the meanest Marshall in the entire territory. Having lost one of his eyes in the war, he is totally fearless in disposition, talks brazenly and has an unconventional sense of humor. Despite his hardened exterior, he is warm and benevolent at heart. This is evident in the conversations between him and Maddie.

The third angle to the mission comes in the form of Sgt Lebeof (Glen Campbell), an enthusiastic Texas Ranger, who is after Cheney for his own motive of collecting ransom money. At first instance, Maddie has reservations about Lebeof. He comes across as an ill mannered, uncivilized guy to her. Convinced that Maddie will not make him a party to the pursuit of Cheney, Lebeof, secretively, unknowing from her, teams up with Rooster. He takes Rooster into confidence and through him manages an entry into the chase for Cheney.

The character of Lebeof is an interesting study. He comes across as an inexperienced person who has a knack for saying something silly all the times. He is rebuked many times for such uttering by both Maddie and Rooster.

Rooster had his own reasons for going after Cheney. It so happened that this Cheney was an accomplice of ‘Lucky' Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall) and Rooster had some unfinished business with Ned. He recently had shot Ned in the lower lip during a confrontation but Ned had escaped. Now this chase provided Rooster with another shot at Ned.

The chase is beautifully picturized. Especially the final confrontation between Ned's gang and Rooster. The action sequence in this scene must be seen to be believed.

The reverberating and sweet music score by Elmer Bernstein forms an integral part of the plot. Glen Campbell has rendered the opening title song in his trademark voice. True Grit is a treat to watch for its believable depiction of the life and times of the West. Henry Hathaway, a specialist director of the crime, western and thriller genre has masterfully directed this flick. Re-uniting with Wayne after Sons of Katie Elder (1965), he has managed to extract the very best from his leading man. John Wayne has essayed the role of his lifetime. It is impossible to imagine anybody but him in the lead role as a tough, uncouth and drunken Marshall. Interestingly, Wayne won his only Oscar for this role in 1970.