True Grit Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Punishment Comes One Way Or Another

Amy Renner

Last modified: Mar. 13, 2011

True Grit

Release Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Theaters

Director: Joel Coen • Ethan Coen

Starring: Jeff Bridges • Matt Damon • Josh Brolin • Hailee Steinfeld • Barry Pepper

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 50 m

4.1 / 5

83% WILL SEE 17% WON'T SEE

Coming Soon On Amazon

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: 14-year-old Mattie Ross's (Hailee Steinfeld) father has been shot in cold blood by the coward Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), and she is determined to bring him to justice. Enlisting the help of a trigger-happy, drunken U.S. Marshal, Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), she sets out with him -- over his objections -- to hunt down Chaney. Her father's blood demands that she pursue the criminal into Indian territory and find him before a Texas Ranger named LeBoeuf (Matt Damon) catches him and brings him back to Texas for the murder of another man.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in True Grit.

Jeff Bridges
... Marshal Reuben J. Cogburn

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Matt Damon
... La Boeuf

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Josh Brolin
... Tom Chaney

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Hailee Steinfeld
... Mattie Ross

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Barry Pepper
... 'Lucky' Ned Pepper

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Crew Behind the Film

The True Grit behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Joel Coen last directed The Tragedy of MacBeth and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The film's writer Joel Coen last wrote The Tragedy of MacBeth and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Director: Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Screenwriters: Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
Producers: Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Scott Rudin

Studios: Paramount Pictures
Production Company: Scott Rudin Productions; Skydance Media

Production Details

What we know about the True Grit movie production.

Key Facts

Remake of the 1969 film.

Production Updates for True Grit

Nov 2010

Completed

Changed True Grit movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Aug 2010

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Oct 2009

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Mar 2009

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images
Runtime: 1 hr, 50 m
Tagline: Punishment Comes One Way Or Another
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Watch official True Grit movie trailers and clips.

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

True Grit was released in nationwide movie theaters on Wednesday, December 22, 2010. in around 3,000 theaters There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Little Fockers, Country Strong and Somewhere.