Rooster: The Life And Times Of The Real Rooster Cogburn: The Life and Time of the Real Rooster Cogburn, the Man Who Inspired True Grit

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Joel and Ethan Coen find comedy in the story—a particular strength of theirs—and use it to craft the tale around their vision, all while allowing the performances of Bridges, Damon, and Steinfeld to flourish. It's partly a question of point-of-view. The book is entirely in the voice of the 14-year-old girl. That sort of tips the feeling of it over a certain way. I think [the book is] much funnier than the movie was so I think, unfortunately, they lost a lot of humor in both the situations and in her voice. It also ends differently than the movie did. You see the main character – the little girl – 25 years later when she's an adult. Another way in which it's a little bit different from the movie – and maybe this is just because of the time the movie was made – is that it's a lot tougher and more violent than the movie reflects. Which is part of what's interesting about it. [8] Reuben Cogburn was born on July 15, 1825. Cogburn was a veteran of the American Civil War who served under Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill, where Cogburn lost his eye. He was married first to an Illinois woman who left him to return to her first husband after bearing Cogburn a single, extremely clumsy son, Horace, (of whom Cogburn says in, "He never liked me anyway"). Cogburn is described as a "fearless, one-eyed United States Marshal who never knew a dry day in his life." He was "the toughest marshal" working the Indian Territory on behalf of Judge Isaac Parker, [1] the real-life judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (having criminal jurisdiction in the Indian Territory, as the bailiff repeatedly announces in both films). When Cogburn goes to court in "Rooster Cogburn," it shows that Cogburn shot a total of 64 men in eight years, killing 60 (by the film's end, it was 70 shots, and 66 killed), all of whom he claimed to have killed in self-defense, in the line of duty, or fleeing justice.

Rex Reed of the New York Observer criticized the film's pacing, referring to plot points as "mere distractions ... to divert attention from the fact that nothing is going on elsewhere". Reed considers Damon "hopelessly miscast" and finds Bridges' performance mumbly, lumbering, and self-indulgent. [29] Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a B+: "Truer than the John Wayne showpiece and less gritty than the book, this True Grit is just tasty enough to leave movie lovers hungry for a missing spice." [30] True Grit is a 1968 novel by Charles Portis that was first published as a 1968 serial in The Saturday Evening Post. [1] The novel is told from the perspective of a woman named Mattie Ross, who recounts the time when she was 14 and sought retribution for the murder of her father by a scoundrel, Tom Chaney. It is considered by some critics to be "one of the great American novels." [2] [3] True Grit is included in the Library of America of Portis' Collected Works. [4] It was nominated for eight British Academy Film Awards: Best Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Bridges), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Steinfeld), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design. Roger Deakins won the award for Best Cinematography. In the film, Cogburn has been stripped of his badge due to his drunken nature, but is given a chance to redeem himself by recovering a shipment of explosives for a U.S. Army troop and capturing the thieves who stole them. Meanwhile, those same outlaws have killed Rev. George Goodnight, whose spinster daughter, played by Hepburn, teams with Cogburn seeking justice for her father's murder — a similar motivation to True Grit's Mattie Ross, who sought revenge for the murder of her father. Mattie Ross: I want Tom Chaney to hang for killing my father. It's little to me how many dogs and senators he killed in Texas.

4. Mattie Ross Was Originally Supposed To Be Played By Wayne’s Daughter

Having been raised in a home where my mother is overly infatuated with John Wayne, I knew the Marshall Rooster Cogburn pretty well. I was also one of the many eager to rush into theaters to see the remake in 2010. As a fan of the character in the movies, I was only slightly sad that the real Rooster wasn't a Marshall, but I can't say that I didn't enjoy the real Rooster. True Grit Film– casting Call". Truegritcasting.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2010 . Retrieved February 16, 2010. Rooster Cogburn: We both know that the Lord brands lyin' a sin. Do you think He'll still smile on you after the whoppers you told in there?

Fleming, Michael (March 22, 2009). "Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit' ". Variety . Retrieved February 16, 2010. Ebert, Roger (1 January 1975). "Rooster Cogburn (Review)". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 20 March 2014.Cogburn is able to hold the remaining members of Hawk's gang at bay with the Gatling gun, but just past the narrows are some rapids. Cogburn, Eula, and Wolf make it through safely, though the Gatling gun is lost. When they hear the gang's horses up ahead, the trio dumps several boxes of nitro overboard to float ahead of the raft. Eula and Wolf delay Hawk by saying Cogburn is injured and pretending to surrender, and Cogburn shoots the floating boxes, blowing up the last four outlaws. Ward, Alyson (December 21, 2010). "Chance led Ruth Morris to 'True Grit,' but her role isn't a new one". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I also see the book as giving a good view of the so called mountain people or “hillibillies” of the Appalachians and Ozarks. Forget the stereotypes that you have seen about people from these areas. These are people who live in close-knit families and communities. The do not trust outsiders until the outsider proves himself worthy of trust, and that may not come about for a generation or two. As Brett Cogburn points out these were hardworking people who saw no problem in bending the law a little to help their families to get by. If it took selling a little moonshine to raise some hard coinage the so be it and no outsider was going to stop them. The only person really hurt in this story was the one that can be considered a turncoat. They were and are clannish people and may fight amongst themselves but they will come together if one is threatened by an outsider. Rooster Cogburn". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020 . Retrieved July 9, 2022.

Bridges added many layers to the performance that Wayne's image wouldn't have allowed for—such as the comedic tone he brought to the group, plus the character's heavy drinking. The court was scared into inaction when a large number of the Cogburns showed up armed to the teeth at the Montgomery County Courthouse, as Deputy Dave Rusk related in the August 3, 1888, edition of the Fort Smith Elevator. I ain't had a drink since breakfast, and the only time I wear this coat's in your courtroom. Was always good enough when you needed what was in it!' Broadcast Film Critics Awards Nominees". Archived from the original on October 4, 2011 . Retrieved January 25, 2011.Mark Deming (2013). "Rooster Cogburn (1975)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013 . Retrieved March 21, 2014.

It's one of the rare cases where the remake arguably outshines its predecessor, with the 2010 version by the Coen Brothers garnering multiple Academy Award nominations across the board.The screenplay was written by actress Martha Hyer, the producer Hal B. Wallis's spouse, under the nom de guerre Martin Julien. Director Stuart Millar, an old Hollywood producer, had directed just one film, 'When Legends Die,' from the classic novel by Hal Borland, before helming 'Rooster Cogburn'. Horse and rat pets were used during the filming of this movie. The horse, as well as rat pets, were trained perfectly so as to film them. This was fun to read! I haven't read a bio in a long time, and I haven't read anything strictly historical in a long time either, so this was nice and refreshing. Now, this wasn't a high scholarly piece of work or research, but I'm sure it was fun for the author to research his family history and to discover such colorful characters. Related: 22 Famous Movie Directors and Their Cinematic Styles, Explained The Cinematography, Compared