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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
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Writers:
Charles Portis (suggested by the character "Rooster Cogburn" from the novel "True Grit")
Martha Hyer (written by)
Martha Hyer (written by)
Release Date:
November 1975 (USA)
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Tagline:
The man of "True Grit" is back and look who's got him!
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Marshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down the killers of her father. full summary | add synopsis
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The Good, The Bad And The Wtf: Sands of Not My Freakin' Dime
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Matt Damon and Josh Brolin Join Coen Brothers’ True Grit
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Better than True Grit
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | John Wayne | ... | Rooster Cogburn |
 | Katharine Hepburn | ... | Eula |
 | Anthony Zerbe | ... | Breed |
| Richard Jordan | ... | Hawk |
| John McIntire | ... | Judge Parker |
 | Paul Koslo | ... | Luke |
| Jack Colvin | ... | Red |
| Jon Lormer | ... | Rev. Goodnight |
| Richard Romancito | ... | Wolf |
 | Lane Smith | ... | Leroy |
| Warren Vanders | ... | Bagby |
| Jerry Gatlin | ... | Nose |
| Strother Martin | ... | McCoy |
| Tommy Lee | ... | Chen Lee |
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Also Known As:
Rooster Cogburn: A Man of True Grit (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
108 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG |
Iceland:12 |
West Germany:12 |
South Korea:15 |
UK:U (video rating) (1987) |
Argentina:Atp |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:U |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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"Martin Julien" allegedly covers the writing talents of producer Hal B. Wallis, his wife Martha Hyer, and some friends.
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Continuity: When Rooster and Eula are handing the bottle of whiskey back and forth, the level of whiskey in the bottle changes between shots.
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Eula Goodnight:
Just to whom do you think you are talking, Mr. Marshall?
Rooster Cogburn: You is to whom I think I am talking, Ma'am.
Eula Goodnight: It's true that you are larger than me... but only physically.
Rooster Cogburn: In this case, my dear lady, that is enough.
Eula Goodnight: Do you mean to tell me that you are prepared to use brute force?
Rooster Cogburn: That is exactly what I mean to tell you.
Eula Goodnight: [pause] Oh.
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Rooster Cogburn: You is to whom I think I am talking, Ma'am.
Eula Goodnight: It's true that you are larger than me... but only physically.
Rooster Cogburn: In this case, my dear lady, that is enough.
Eula Goodnight: Do you mean to tell me that you are prepared to use brute force?
Rooster Cogburn: That is exactly what I mean to tell you.
Eula Goodnight: [pause] Oh.
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Featured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
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Don't get me wrong, True Grit is a good western and worthy of its classic status, but I've always found John Wayne's first go round as Rooster Cogburn to be uneven, at times colorfully into character but just as often just playing John Wayne. He won his only Oscar for it of course, but he hadn't yet completely found ol' Rooster's voice.
In this sequel co starring Katharine Hepburn, the Duke has every aspect of Rooster down pat. The scenes he and Hepburn share, trading their philosophies and anecdotes while they come to know and admire (and platonically fall in love with) each other is the engine of this film. Forget the plot, it's passable enough but very much secondary, this story gets along strictly on the strength of the two lead characters and it's worth seeing again and again just to watch these two Hollywood legends banter and spar in their one and only movie together.
This was the first John Wayne film I ever saw in a movie theatre (I was 9 years old in 1975) and it made me a lifelong fan. This is easily one of his most entertaining adventures. Hepburn and Wayne together is even more fun than Bogart and Hepburn in The African Queen. A timeless treasure.