True Grit gave John Wayne his one and only Academy Award and, in his opinion, his role in the movie ended a 20-year career rut. John Wayne was arguably the greatest Western star of all time, and ...

John Wayne in a scene from the film ‘True Grit’, 1969. (Photo by Paramount/Getty Images) True Grit won Wayne an Oscar and the actor has spoken fondly about his time on set.

True Grit is one of John Wayne‘s most iconic movies he ever starred in. As a result, many of his fans continue to dive into the fun behind-the-scenes information that the film has to offer. The ...

JOHN WAYNE won his only Oscar for True Grit, ... Duke actively campaigned for the starring role in the 1969 movie, which saw him collaborate once again with director Henry Hathaway.

What moved Joel and Ethan Coen to adapt Charles Portis’s 1968 novel True Grit for the screen anew, 40-plus years after John Wayne made the one-eyed Marshall “Rooster” Cogburn his own? My ...

In an eternal quest for cinematic gems in the weekly TV listings, here's what I'll be watching (or at least recording) this week: John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in 1969's 'True Grit.' What: "True ...

In all its glory, nothing better represents the American Old West than the well-preserved Colorado ranch from John Wayne’s 1969 movie, “True Grit.” And now, for a whopping $… ...

It is a mistake to look at Joel and Ethan Coen’s remake of True Grit as a corrective to Henry Hathaway’s 1969 version, the movie for which John Wayne won his only Oscar.

I do not know the Coen brothers. I'm told they are big-time movie-directing/writing types and have done great work. I'm sure they have no idea why some ink-stained dude from middle America would ...

In "True Grit," the Coen brothers go mainstream - there's even a PG-13 rating - with hugely satisfying results. It's the best Western in years and one of the best movies of the year, a rousing adve… ...