True Grit - then and now

I watched the 1969 John Wayne True Grit this evening. It’s a good movie in a lot of ways. It’s fun to see some actors in small parts who have become “big”. Dennis Hopper has a one-scene part as a bad guy who gets killed. Robert Duvall has a bigger part as one of the main bad guys and, of course, also gets killed. Glen Campbell is the second male lead.

I remember when we first saw the movie, we laughed at the scenery. It's gorgeous, but there are no aspens in NW Arkansas and NE Oklahoma. Tonight I noticed the snow-capped mountains as part of the scenery. You're not likely to find those in the Ozarks, either. Oh, well - it was a different time in 1969 with movie-making.


An internet friend looked up the filming locations of the original movie, and said that some of it was shot in California on the Eastern slope of the high Sierra's. (Bishop, Mammoth), but most of it was shot in Colorado, around Montrose, Gunnison, area. (Suspicions confirmed.)

They’re saying that this new movie is more like the book and that the book is terrific.
We've gotten the book now (John's reading it), and will be seeing the new movie.

In the new version, there is Jeff Bridges (John Wayne), Matt Damon (Glen Campbell), Josh Brolin (one of the villains) - great cast. It’ll be fun to compare.
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