Coen brothers 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
Rooster Cogburn (film) she was proud to be his friend. Old Cogburn rears back in his saddle saying "She got the last word in anyway!" The screenplay was written by actress Martha Hyer, the wife of producer Hal B. Wallis, under the pen name "Martin Julien". Director Stuart Millar, a longtime Hollywood producer, had directed only one film, "When Legends Die" based on the classic novel by Hal Borland, prior to helming "Rooster Cogburn". Although "True Grit" was released by Paramount Pictures, Wallis made a deal with Universal Pictures to finance this film. The film was shot in Oregon in autumn 1974, in