"Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey and Strother Martin. The title song, sung by Campbell, was also Oscar-nominated. ""True Grit"" was adapted again in 2010, starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Hailee Steinfeld. Frank Ross is murdered by his hired hand, Tom Chaney. Ross's young daughter, Mattie, travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben ""Rooster"" J. Cogburn to bring Chaney in, raising his fee by shrewdly horse trading with Colonel Stonehill. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has ""true grit."" She gives him a payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with outlaw"
"John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. ""Rooster"" Cogburn, along with Robert Duvall and Strother Martin. Six years later, in 1975, Wayne reprised his Academy Award-winning role as the tough hard drinking one-eyed lawman in the sequel film ""Rooster Cogburn"" with co-star Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan, Anthony Zerbe, Strother Martin and John McIntire. In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen wrote and directed another film adaption of the same name, which starred Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross, Matt Damon as LaBoeuf and Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn. In November 2010, The Overlook Press published a movie tie-in edition of the second"
"currently holds a 50% ""Rotten"" rating based on 8 critics, with four being positive and four being negative. The film grossed $17,594,566 at the box office, earning $4.5 million in North American rentals. It was the 25th highest-grossing film of 1975. Rooster Cogburn (film) Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 American western adventure film directed by Stuart Millar and starring John Wayne (in his penultimate film), reprising his role as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. ""Rooster"" Cogburn, and Katharine Hepburn. Written by Martha Hyer, based on the U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn character created by Charles McColl Portis in his 1968 western novel"
"1978 TV sequel starred Warren Oates in the featured role. The 2010 film stars Jeff Bridges as Cogburn. John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Cogburn in the 1969 film. On January 24, 2011, Jeff Bridges was nominated for the same award for his portrayal of Cogburn. 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 he lost his eye. He was married first to an Illinois woman who left him to return to her first husband"
"of the same name by Charles Portis. Filming was done in Texas and New Mexico. Hailee Steinfeld stars as Mattie Ross along with Jeff Bridges as Marshal Rooster Cogburn. Matt Damon and Josh Brolin also appear in the movie. ""True Grit"" was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Ethan Coen wrote the one-act comedy ""Talking Cure"", which was produced on Broadway in 2011 as part of ""Relatively Speaking"", an anthology of three one-act plays by Coen, Elaine May, and Woody Allen. ""Inside Llewyn Davis"" (2013) is a treatise on the 1960s folk music scene in New York City's"
"for his performance as Rooster Cogburn in ""True Grit"", one of the top box office hits of 1969. ""True Grit"" was released on June 11, 1969, earning USD$14.25 million at the box office. A second film version, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, debuted in December 2010. Portis published several short pieces in ""The Atlantic Monthly"", including the memoir ""Combinations of Jacksons"" and the story ""I Don't Talk Service No More"". As of 2010, Portis lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. Novels Nonfiction Short fiction, articles, etc. Charles Portis Charles McColl Portis (born December 28, 1933) is an American"
"film ""Tideland"", his second with the director (the first being 1991's ""The Fisher King""). He shaved his trademark mane of hair to play the role of Obadiah Stane in the 2008 Marvel comic book adaptation ""Iron Man"". In July 2008, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, he appeared in a teaser for """", shot as concept footage for director Joseph Kosinski; this developed into a full 3D feature release in 2010. Bridges is one of the youngest actors ever to be nominated for an Academy Award (1972, age 22, Best Supporting Actor, ""The Last Picture Show""), and one of the"
"Academy Award for Best Song and the Golden Globe. A film sequel, ""Rooster Cogburn"", was made in 1975, with Wayne reprising his role and Katharine Hepburn as an elderly spinster, Eula Goodnight, who teams up with him. The plot has been described as a rehash of the original ""True Grit"" with elements of the Bogart-Hepburn film ""The African Queen"". A further made-for-television sequel titled """" appeared in 1978, starring Warren Oates as Rooster Cogburn and Lisa Pelikan as Mattie Ross and featuring subsequent adventures of the valiant pair. In 2010, Joel and Ethan Coen directed another adaptation of the novel."
"he has a restaurant, his wife Nola leaves him because of his degenerate friends, and has a clumsy son named Horace), calling it ""about the best scene I ever did."" Garry Wills notes in his book, ""John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity"", that Wayne's performance as Rooster Cogburn bears close resemblance to the way Wallace Beery portrayed similar characters in the 1930s and 1940s, an inspired if surprising choice on Wayne's part. Wills comments that it's difficult for one actor to imitate another for the entire length of a movie and that the Beery mannerisms temporarily recede during the"
"Their adaptation focuses more on Mattie's point of view, as in the novel, and is more faithful to its Oklahoma setting. Hailee Steinfeld portrays Mattie Ross, Jeff Bridges plays Rooster Cogburn, and the cast also includes Matt Damon as La Boeuf and Josh Brolin as Tom Chaney. True Grit (1969 film) True Grit is a 1969 American western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross and John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts."
"True Grit: A Further Adventure True Grit: A Further Adventure is a 1978 American made-for-television western film directed by Richard T. Heffron. It is a sequel to ""True Grit"" (1969) and ""Rooster Cogburn (1975). While John Wayne portrays Rooster Cogburn in the first two films, Warren Oates takes over the role in this 1978 television version. Lisa Pelikan portrays Mattie Ross, played in the first film by Kim Darby. The supporting cast features Lee Meriwether and Parley Baer. The further adventures of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn are told here. He battles criminals and injustice in his own unorthodox way. Meanwhile,"
"he must also contend with the ever tough-as-nails Mattie Ross, a teenage girl on reforming him. List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company True Grit: A Further Adventure True Grit: A Further Adventure is a 1978 American made-for-television western film directed by Richard T. Heffron. It is a sequel to ""True Grit"" (1969) and ""Rooster Cogburn (1975). While John Wayne portrays Rooster Cogburn in the first two films, Warren Oates takes over the role in this 1978 television version. Lisa Pelikan portrays Mattie Ross, played in the first film by Kim Darby. The supporting cast features Lee Meriwether"
"""If ""Starman"" doesn't make a major difference in Jeff Bridges' career, Mr. Bridges is operating in the wrong galaxy."" Jeff Bridges was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, making Starman the only film by John Carpenter to receive an Academy Award nomination. Bridges was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Drama and was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Actor. Karen Allen also received a nod for Best Actress from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. The film itself was nominated Best Science Fiction Film. Jack Nitzsche received a Golden"
"the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. The following year, he starred in the psychological thriller film ""Nocturnal Animals"", alongside Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal. His performance as a detective investigating the violent incident garnered him critical acclaim, and was nominated for his second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played Col. Richard Strickland in Guillermo del Toro's romantic fantasy film ""The Shape of Water"". The film had its world premiere at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. In 2018, he played the lead"
"social subtext."" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of ""B–"" on an A+ to F scale. Bad Times at the El Royale Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir thriller film written, produced and directed by Drew Goddard. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, Nick Offerman and Chris Hemsworth. Set in 1969, the plot follows seven strangers each hiding dark"
"We don't want to take anyone else's."" The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 7, 2011. True Grit (2010 film) True Grit is a 2010 American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executively produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. ""Rooster"" Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry"
"York Film Critics Circle and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle for his performance in ""Brokeback Mountain"", in which he plays Wyoming ranch hand Ennis Del Mar, who has a love affair with aspiring rodeo rider Jack Twist, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. He also received a nomination for Golden Globe Best Actor in a Drama and a nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor for this performance, making him, at age 26, the ninth-youngest nominee for a Best Actor Oscar. In ""The New York Times"" review of the film, critic Stephen Holden writes: ""Both Mr. Ledger and Mr. Gyllenhaal make"
"Ebert called it ""a lovely little comedy, a movie to feel fond of"" and that Bridges ""brings a nice complexity to the role"". It was named one of the National Board of Review's for 1975. Arkin won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hearts of the West Hearts of the West, released in Europe as Hollywood Cowboy, is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, and starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner, and Alan Arkin. Set in the 1930s, the story revolves around a wannabe Western writer who finds himself cast as"
"The American Film Institute selected it as one of its ten Movies of the Year, and it was nominated for numerous awards, including four Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Bridges), Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. It also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Bridges and Best Screenplay. In West Texas, divorced father Toby Howard (Chris Pine) and his ex-con brother Tanner (Ben Foster) carry out early morning robberies of two branches of the Texas Midlands Bank. Though the robberies are well-planned, Tanner's wild nature leads him"
"about playing the part of Rooster Cogburn, but as production got closer, Wayne got jumpy—he didn't have a handle on how to play Rooster Cogburn. He was, of course, nervous because the part was out of his comfort zone and hadn't been specifically tailored to his screen character by one of his in-house screenwriters. Henry Hathaway, who directed the film, was able to calm Wayne's doubts, most notably concerning the eye patch which was made of gauze allowing Wayne to see. John Wayne thought the picture had been edited too tightly by Hathaway. Nevertheless, in May 1969, a few weeks"
"killed after the first of the Rooster Cogburn film, as then it would have been 70 shot and 66 killed). He killed 23 in four years and 60 by eight, all of whom he claimed to have killed in self-defense, in the line of duty, or fleeing justice. In the 1969 film, Cogburn helped a headstrong 14-year-old girl, named Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), along with Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Glen Campbell), to track down Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey), the man who drunkenly killed her father. In the sequel, he teamed up with elderly spinster Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn) and an Indian"
"Beast"" (6th), ""Cape Fear"" (10th), ""The Prince of Tides"" (18th), ""JFK"" (21st), ""Boyz n the Hood"" (22nd), ""Thelma and Louise"" (27th), ""The Fisher King"" (30th), and ""Bugsy"" (32nd) were nominated for Best Picture, directing, acting, or screenwriting. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were ""Terminator 2: Judgment Day"" (1st), ""Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"" (2nd), ""Hook"" (5th), ""The Addams Family"" (7th), ""Backdraft"" (12th), and ""Star Trek VI: the Undiscovery Country"" (13th). Several days before the ceremony, LGBT activist groups such as Queer Nation and Out in Film announced plans to stage a protest outside the Dorothy"
"training there for the Mr. Universe competition. Schwarzenegger won a Golden Globe for ""Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture"" for his portrayal of Joe Santo: technically, it was not his debut role, since he had played Hercules (as ""Arnold Strong"") in the 1969 film ""Hercules in New York"", a gangster's henchman in Robert Altman's 1973 film ""The Long Goodbye"" and a masseur in the 1974 television film ""Happy Anniversary and Goodbye"". Craig Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a young Southern man born of a wealthy family, but left lonely and idle after his parents died in a plane crash. He"
"Actor Awards for co-stars James Wilby and Hugh Grant. This was followed in 1990 by ""Mr. and Mrs. Bridge"", which was adapted by Jhabvala from the novels by Evan S. Connell. This film received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress (Joanne Woodward), as well as Best Actress and Best Screenplay from the New York Film Critics Circle. In 1992 Ivory directed another film adapted from Forster, ""Howards End"". The film was nominated for nine Academy awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won three: Best Actress (Emma Thompson), Best Screenplay – Adaptation (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala), and Best Art Direction/Set"
"Jeff Bridges Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series ""Sea Hunt"" (1958–60) with his father Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau Bridges. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2009 film ""Crazy Heart"" and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in six other films. Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949, in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and actress and writer Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). His older"
"the ""Time Out Film Guide"", Geoff Andrew called the film a ""sensitive but rather dull adaption of Russell Banks' novel [...] the narrative's too unfocused and low-key really to engage the heart or mind."" James Coburn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. Nick Nolte was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a"
"(Sylvester Stallone), Worst Actress (Brigitte Nielsen), Worst Supporting Actor and Worst New Star (both for Brian Thompson) and Worst Screenplay. Director Nicolas Winding Refn is a huge fan of ""Cobra"". In Refn's cult movie ""Drive"" the main character has a toothpick in his mouth in some scenes; this is Refn's homage to the opening scene where Stallone has a matchstick in his mouth. Main star of the movie Ryan Gosling also said in interview that he is a fan of Stallone and ""Cobra"" which is why he ""borrowed"" his character's toothpick habit from Cobra. ""Cobra"" debuted at No.1 at the"
"or that Astaire ""has to act with human beings [that cannot match] his freedom, lightness, and happiness"". As of August 24, 2017, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film had a score of 100% ""fresh"" approval rating based on 37 reviews with an average rating of 8.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""A glamorous and enthralling depression-era diversion, ""Top Hat"" is nearly flawless, with acrobatics by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that make the hardest physical stunts seem light as air."" The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as Art Direction"
"Screenplay. In 1983, the film won the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association. Writing in 2011, John Patterson called it ""note-perfect"" and a ""masterpiece"", praising all three of the lead performances, while acknowledging it required multiple viewings to perceive its strengths. Cutter's Way Cutter's Way (also known as ""Cutter and Bone"") is a 1981 thriller directed by Ivan Passer. The film stars Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn. The screenplay was by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin, based on the novel ""Cutter and Bone"" by Newton Thornburg. One rainy night in Santa Barbara, California, Richard Bone's (Bridges) car"
"Steve Coogan as Roderick and Jim Broadbent as G. P., the story follows three friends who live in a riverbank. After being swept away from their homes by a storm, they embark on an adventure to find their home and save it from the danger of the Fat Cats' factory. The series was filmed at Cothy Butts near Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight. At the end of filming in 1973, the animals were released into the wild at this site. The rats, hamsters and cavies died not long after release, but the Mongolian Gerbils survived for at least three"
"when a few false endings lead to a choice that's not the best one for ""Crazy Heart"", but the generosity of Bridges' performance puts us in a forgiving mood."" Jeff Bridges' performance earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as Best Actor prizes from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Broadcast Film Critics Association, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the Independent Spirit Awards. Bridges also received nominations from the Chicago Film Critics Association, London Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society and the Satellite Awards. Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress"
"Rotten Tomatoes based on 11 reviews. Grace Kelly won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress while the film was nominated for two Oscars: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Gardner) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Kelly). The film was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Mogambo Mogambo is a 1953 American Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly and featuring Donald Sinden. The film was adapted by John Lee Mahin from the"
"head."" James Christopher of ""The Times"" observed, ""What's strange about the film is that it's pitched like a play. There are no obvious ructions yet it bristles with small riddles and puzzling inconsistencies . . . The chemistry is absurd and tragic. Bridges is the obvious pull; Basinger is a one-note trauma. The story is curiously spellbinding, and fabulously ambivalent about their sins."" Jeff Bridges was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male but lost to Paul Giamatti for ""Sideways"". Tod Williams was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay but lost to Alexander Payne"