New True Grit

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Viewed the new re-make movie of "True Grit". Interesting slant of the story.
The rifle Rooster (Jeff Bridges) used didn't look like the typical Winchester Model 92 that are seen in most westerns.
Anyone know what it was?
Jimmy
 
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Winchester Model 1873 rifle in 44-40. Same caliber as his Colt. Unlike John Wayne's 92 Winchester, Bridges was actually invented at the time of the story.
Oh. And in his pommel holsters he carried a pair of 1851 Colt navies.
 
I got the movie tuesday and sold it wednesday what a flop.I did like the big bore sharps I have always wanted one.
 
We really enjoyed the new movie, but if it is a 1873 Winchester why so much recoil/muzzle climb with the pistol calibers used in the 1873?

1876 or 1886 Winchester perhaps?
 
I kept "True Grit" with Jeff Bridges on the top of my Netflix queue for months waiting it's release. I got a copy from them on the day after the release. Damon did a much better job. The girl was good, but talked so fast it was hard to appreciate the vernacular of the day. Bridges was great. The Wayne movie was better on the whole. I've probably seen it 25 times since it was released in '69. I doubt I'll watch the new one again.
 
Wyatt Burp said:
Winchester Model 1873 rifle in 44-40. Same caliber as his Colt. Unlike John Wayne's 92 Winchester, Bridges was actually invented at the time of the story.
Oh. And in his pommel holsters he carried a pair of 1851 Colt navies.
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Which he referred to as "Colt sixes" (?)

If you haven't seen it, it's the John Wayne version almost word for word. They even made the Ned Pepper guy sound like Duvall.

It was worth renting on pay-per-view but I wouldn't buy it. The girl did a good job but just didn't do as well as the girl in the original.

BTW, the Bridges family is anti-gun until it comes to making money.
 
I liked it, as a completley new western. I don't compare it to the original and that way I have no expectations. Jeff did a good job.
 
I would love to see some new westerns coming out. I saw the New Grit and was disappointed. I figured the directors had some new twist to the movie but all I saw was some weird scene where there was a corpse hanging in a tree. What was that all about? Kim Darby did a better job as the little girl and even though John Wayne used a rifle that hadn't been invented yet, knew how to shoot it. Jeff looked a little awkward shooting.
 
Saw the old one and the new one. Politics aside (Damon, Bridges, etc. being anti-gun) the new movie seems more realistic to me. I never could warm-up to Campbell's amateurish acting. Damon is a real actor and it shows. Don't stone me, I do like the old "True Grit"!
 
Attempting to re-make a classic film is - well - like S&W trying to re-make the magnificent Pre 29 - it just seems to be an exercise in futility!
 
bgrafsr said:
I won't waste my time watching the "new" True Grit.:mad:
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That was my attitude. It got brought home by somebody else & I decided to give it a look.

It's not bad. Completely different movie. IMO it is possible to like both versions for what they are.
 
I love the new True Grit. I just bought a DVD copy for my son, and I'll pick up a Blu-Ray for myself.

Its hardly a flop - at last count its made about $250,000,000.

The Coen's have said they used the book as their source material, rather than remaking the John Wayne version. The two movies are similar where they are true to the book. The Coen's ending is straight from the novel.

I loved John Wayne in the original, but Glen Campbell and Kim Darby almost kill that film for me.

Jeff Bridges' Rooster is also much truer to the character that Charles Portis created - he's barely on the right side of the law, and has a very dark past.

I like both movies, but think the Bridges/Coen version is much more realistic and enjoyable.
 
"By God, Dude, that's a Colt's Dragoon!"

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Will Carry said:
I would love to see some new westerns coming out. I saw the New Grit and was disappointed. I figured the directors had some new twist to the movie but all I saw was some weird scene where there was a corpse hanging in a tree. What was that all about? Kim Darby did a better job as the little girl and even though John Wayne used a rifle that hadn't been invented yet, knew how to shoot it. Jeff looked a little awkward shooting.
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Try shooting a rifle right handed, using your left eye. It is a little awkward.
http://www.imfdb.org/w/images/2/2a/Tg-winchester-rooster.jpg

As for the question of whether it's a 73 or a 76, the brass elevator does not look long enough for a rifle-length shell. I believe it's a '73.
http://www.imfdb.org/w/images/b/b2/TG_02.jpg

Also, he called the guns in his pommel holsters his "Navy sixes", not his "Colt sixes".
 
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no the new one is way different from the book. in the book she follows rooster and writes him for years.then her brother frank moved to tenn with his family and sent her the billing of the wild west show.I have the book and the john wayne movie follows it very close except the end. also in the book the ranger dont split off from rooster.I have seen B westerns from the 50s that were far far better than the new grit movie.
 
I do admit that the new True Grit was more realistic. But! If you are going for realistic, then maybe it did not go far enough. They were two grand movies! I want more! I will pay good money to see more good westerns. There are two types of westerns. Both can be good entertainment. The realistic ones have Robert Duval in them.
My favoriye western of all times is "The Outlaw Josey Wales". John Wayne did not like those westerns, but I sure did.
 
Fishslayer said:
That was my attitude. It got brought home by somebody else & I decided to give it a look.

It's not bad. Completely different movie. IMO it is possible to like both versions for what they are.
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I agree. I like "The Duke" alot but I like this new version too.
 
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