True Grit (1969 film) Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey and Strother Martin. The title song, sung by Campbell, was also Oscar-nominated. "True Grit" was adapted again in 2010, starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Hailee Steinfeld. Frank Ross is murdered by his hired hand, Tom Chaney. Ross's young daughter, Mattie, travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn to bring Chaney in, raising his fee by shrewdly horse trading with Colonel Stonehill. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has "true grit." She gives him a payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with outlaw
True Grit (2010 film) million. "True Grit" was the only mainstream movie of the 2010 holiday season to exceed the revenue expectations of its producers. Based on that performance, "The Los Angeles Times" predicted that the film would likely become the second-highest grossing western of all time when inflation is discounted, exceeded only by "Dances with Wolves". On Thursday, December 23, 2010, it opened to behind "Little Fockers" and "Tron: Legacy". On Friday, December 24, 2010, it went up to behind "Little Fockers". On Friday, December 31, 2010, it went up to and then on January 1, 2011, it went back to until January