True Grit (1969 film) 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.
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,