Joel and Ethan Coen's True Grit is their second remake of a classic film. ... True Grit is also, arguably, the Coens' second Western, following 2007's No Country for Old Men—by general consensus, their finest work.

Is True Grit a remake of a John Wayne movie?

True Grit is a 1969 American Western film starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, Glen Campbell as La Boeuf and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts.

How many versions of True Grit are there?

The two versions of "True Grit" are like Athens, Greece, and Athens, Georgia: They've got the same name, but they're in totally different worlds. Yet for all their differences, both Westerns found plenty of fans and got plenty of Oscar attention.