For the first two-thirds of their careers, the producing/directing/writing team of Ethan and Joel Coen stuck to original screenplays. (More or less: “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” claims to be based on “The Odyssey,” but isn't. “Miller's Crossing” claims not to be based on “The Glass Key,” and is.) But three of their last five features came from outside source material — someone else's screenplay (“Intolerable Cruelty”), a novel (“No Country for Old Men,” their biggest hit), and an earlier film (“The Ladykillers,” which they rebuilt pretty much from the ground up). “True Grit,” their latest, is technically a remake, but in this case they've returned faithfully to Charles Portis' wonderful novel, essentially undoing the changes wrought by Hollywood in Henry Hathaway's 1969 version.
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This time around, Jeff Bridges takes on the role of Rooster Cogburn, the crotchety, drunken U.S. Marshal hired by ultra-plucky teenager Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) to capture Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the varmint who murdered her father. Mattie is a mere 14, but she is smart and determined way beyond her years, insisting on accompanying Cogburn as he hunts Chaney and his gang's boss, Ned Pepper (Barry Pepper). Also attaching himself to the expedition is green Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon).
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The original "Ladykillers," with Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers, may be a classic Ealing comedy, but it didn't come freighted with the kind of baggage “True Grit” carries. The 1969 version won John Wayne his only Best Actor Oscar; it was a perfect example of a star playing off 30 years of his own image, both spoofing and honoring it.
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