True Grit (novel) 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
Universal Pictures producer at Paramount, moved over to Universal, where he produced several films, among them a lavish version of Maxwell Anderson's "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), and the equally lavish "Mary, Queen of Scots" (1971). Although neither could claim to be a big financial hit, both films received Academy Award nominations, and "Anne" was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Richard Burton), Best Actress (Geneviève Bujold), and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Quayle). Wallis retired from Universal after making the film "Rooster Cogburn" (1975), a sequel to "True Grit" (1969), which Wallis had produced at Paramount. "Rooster Cogburn" co-starred John Wayne,