True Grit (2010 film) True Grit (2010 film) True Grit is a 2010 American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executively produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously filmed in 1969 starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper. Feisty 14 year-old farm girl Mattie Ross (Steinfeld) hires Cogburn, a boozy, trigger-happy lawman (Bridges) after an outlaw
Rooster Cogburn (character) the years. His gravestone shows his full name to be Reuben Cogburn, a fact which he gave freely in the 2010 version of the film (and in the 1975 sequel to the original movie before that). Rooster Cogburn (character) Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1968 Charles Portis novel, "True Grit". The novel was adapted into a 1969 film, ""True Grit", and from that a 1975 sequel entitled ""Rooster Cogburn" was also produced. The character was also featured in a made-for-television sequel, entitled "", made in 1978. The Coen brothers released a new