Noted character actor Strother Martin portrays Shanghai McCoy in the film; he had appeared in True Grit as a different character (horse trader Colonel G. Stonehill). 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. After pursuing and catching up with the lawmen, Mattie is spanked for her perceived insolence by LaBoeuf until Cogburn draws his weapon on LaBoeuf. This, combined with a further disagreement regarding their differing opinions of William Quantrill, prompts Cogburn to end his arrangement with LaBoeuf; the latter leaves to pursues Chaney on his own. At a rural dugout, Cogburn and Mattie find two outlaws, Quincy and Moon, who surrender after Cogburn shoots and injures Moon. Initially, the outlaws deny any knowledge of Ned Pepper or Chaney, but Cogburn, using Moon's worsening injury as leverage, convinces Moon to cooperate. Quincy, enraged, stabs Moon and is himself shot and killed by Cogburn. A dying Moon informs Cogburn that Pepper and his gang will arrive at the dugout later that night for supplies.

Hathaway has a place noted in cinematic history for the amount of Westerns he directed during his career. However, without sounding unkind, Joel and Ethan Coen are objectively better filmmakers. The sequel is not based on any pre-existing material beyond the lead character. The script is credited to Martin Julien, a pen name for Martha Hyer, the wife of producer Hal B. Wallis. The 83rd Academy Awards (2011) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014 . Retrieved November 23, 2011. 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.True Grit Review". Total Film. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010 . Retrieved December 22, 2010. Without a doubt, the remake of True Grit bests the original True Grit is multiple areas. While John Wayne's portrayal of Rooster Cogburn is still so very memorable, the Coen Brothers' film remains the better of the two in almost every manner. The project was confirmed in March 2009. [7] Ahead of shooting, Ethan Coen said that the film would be a more faithful adaptation of the novel than the 1969 version. Roger Ebert gave the film one star out of four, and wrote: "the chemistry's there at times. But when it does work, it's largely because of the sheer acting craft of [Wayne and Hepburn]. The dialog they're given is so consciously arch, so filled with subtle little recognitions of who the two actors are, that we never care about the story and it never gets told. And without a narrative to help us along, we finally have to wonder why the movie was made." [8]

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Katharine Hepburn Rooster Cogburn Quotes

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. film character. True Grit author Charles Portis based his Rooster Cogburn character on some real-life folks in Fort Smith, Arkansas, including John Franklin Cogburn (below) and one-eyed Deputy Marshal Cal Whitson(shown above, standing in front of his grocery store, second from right). JOHN FRANKLIN COGBURN PHOTO COURTESY BRETT COGBURN; CAL WHITSON PHOTO courtesy TRUE WEST ARCHIVES.