I grew up watching John Wayne Movies with my Grandfather who was a real Cowboy. We had a huge ranch and I had been riding horses since I was 6. I absolutely love this ending. When John Wayne jumps the fence on his horse and takes off his hat it's such a beautiful and powerful moment. I didn't see Mr. Wayne as an old, fat man. I saw him as an American Hero and a True Movie Icon. The man was a Legend and there will never be another John Wayne.
An emotional and touching end to a fantastic film. During this whole scene,one's mind is drawn back to everything that Mattie Ross has been through with Rooster Cogburn and the utterly unbreakable admiration, and indeed love,that she now feels for him. Film making at it's best,thank you for sharing.
It went both ways, too. Remember his great line as Mattie forded the river: "She reminds me of me." Or his offered wager to J. Noble Daggett, betting that she would recover. Daggett knew what Cogburn knew, and wouldn't take the bet.
Spoiler Alert: Great film! Not having ever read the book but have enjoyed the film a number of times, I wonder about this touching final scene. When Mattie tells Rooster that she would like for him to “rest” beside her, Rooster replies that place should be for her husband and family. As Rooster says that, we see Mattie frown and look down. The implication seems that Mattie knows that she is not ever going to get married or have a family, or perhaps knows she’s dying. It is apparent that for what they had both been through together, they found a love and respect for each other. Is Mattie’s mindset here made clearer in the book? If so, what is it please?
@@samsomers2716 If you have seen the remake, it is truer to the book. This scene does not occur in the book at all. Mattie is an unattractive girl, and knows it. She lost the arm in the book. That made it impossible for her ever to gain a husband although, given that she had property, I find that unrealistic. Many years later, she goes to see Rooster who is performing in a wild west show. Sadly, she gets there just after he has died.
@@odysseusrex5908 Thank you so much for the information that this particular scene is not in the book. So the screenplay took some liberty there. Well that's fine. It was a great ending to the movie. I did see the remake and it too is a fine movie but I like the original John Wayne version better. I had heard that the remake was truer to the book and that Mattie lost her arm in the book. Back in 1969 they obviously didn't have the digital photographic techniques to erase the actor's arm like they did 40 years later in the 2010 remake. You helped me understand the ending better and I do appreciate it!
I was so happy and proud when John Wayne won the Oscar for True Grit. He should of also won an Oscar for the Movie, ,"The Cowboys" which is my favorite John Wayne Movie. He was larger than life and he represented a Patriotic American with conservative values. Something America no longer has. When John Wayne died and I heard the news I couldn't stop crying. He represented everything that was good and noble in a man. My Grandfather always reminded me of John Wayne. My two Heroes.
Kim Darby and John Wayne were perfect in this scene. But the writing, directing and producing all came together in this scene. I like scenes like this one in movies. You seldom see these types of scenes in more modern movies. I remember seeing this first as a kid in the early 1970's. Everyone understands how powerful this scene is on film.
So true, John Wayne was Rooster Cogburn, this scene is one of the best in cinematic history, they both were saying I love you, without saying I love you
The first John Wayne movie I saw was at Parris Island, SC near the end of our recruit training. Our platoon had won four of the five ribbons for our platoon banner and as a reward, we were marched to the movie theater through a side door near the screen, and ordered to sit at attention. When the film began, there in bold lettering across the screen was the title: SANDS OF IWO JIMA. I've been a John Wayne fan ever since. My favorites keep varying as I see more of his movies, but I would say that The Quiet Man is the one I like best of all. It's just too hard to rate his other movies because so many of them have been so good and entertaining.
It may be a deviation from the source material but it really is a beautiful and far more emotionally satisfying conclusion to the story. One story I saw somewhere is that they had the entire scene filmed and were ready to call it a wrap. Overnight the location was covered in fresh snow and when Henry Hathaway saw that, he immediately called everyone back to re-film it, because it just added a whole new layer to the scene. One has to remember that as Wayne got older, any of his films could have been his last. It's interesting to imagine True Grit as Wayne's final film and this touching scene as his final farewell to his beloved audience. Of course like Rooster Cogburn, The Duke wasn't in a hurry to head off into the sunset just yet.....
You're right, he wasn't ready to head off into the sunset yet. His Masterpiece was The Shootist. Say what you will about John Wayne, he was one hell of an American, and spoke the American Spirit! That is who we are, that is what we are as Americans!
this was a classic, I think a lot folks should see this at least once. John Wayne was one hell of an actor. We need someone like him again, especially now!
How he only won 1 oscar is a mystery. Some of his films are still classics that has stood the test of time, The Quiet Man, The man who shot Liberty Vallance, She wore a yellow ribbon are just a few there are dozens more.
I think he won it for True Grit because Hollywood wanted to honor him and he was such a legend, True Grit was as a good a vehicle as any to honor him for. The thing about "John Wayne movies" - especially Westerns - is you knew exactly what you were getting when you went to see them. Nobody played John Wayne better than John Wayne. And John Wayne was the reason you went to see his movies - because that's who you wanted to watch be the good guy in movies - John Wayne.
@@DoubleDogDare54 Yes. You underestimate Wayne's talent at your own peril. He knew as much--maybe more--about screen acting than Cooper, Dietrich, Garbo and all primarily western stars combined. He went from a shrill-voiced, clumsy young presence on screen (his early talkies demonstrate this abundantly) to a graceful, strong winded force of nature in less than ten years time (re-watch Stagecoach when you can). He is an especially towering presence in the best of his later films: True Grit, The Cowboys and The Shootist. I still grieve his loss; no one could take his place.
I actually found the Mattie Ross character very irritating and unbelievable - but that was how Mattie Ross was in the original story. So, yes, Kim Darby did do an excellent job playing the part of a very irritating teenager ;-)
True Grit one of the best movie ever made,the acting is the best ever between the leading actors is just perfect done ABSOLUTELY ! love this movie ABSOLUTELY !
The best Western ending. Watched the Duke as a little boy on the old Saturday mornings. The Three Mequiteers, and his early 1930 movies where he did his own stunts. The Duke did some amazing feats on those horses. I still watch them as a 70 yr. old man.He had some great endings. The Horse Soldiers, Hondo, The Shootist.
Have to admit, this ending scene always, and as it does now, get me "thick in the throat." The music score transition was so perfectly timed (1:51). Old Hollywood. They really knew how to do this.
I have enjoyed watching every John Wayne movie I can find, and not just once. We need actors like John Wayne today, unless someone in his family steps forward, it may never happen, but it should. One of his children or grandchildren should rise in honor of John Wayne and his legacy.
Have been watching his films since I was a kid,never get bored of them,have seen true grit so many times just brilliant,great film acting and direction
The Best Scene in Movie History is John Wayne saying, Fill your hand you Son of a Bitch!, at the Ned Character. We he held the reins in his mouth and starting shooting with both hands that is the Most Iconic Bad Ass Scene in Cinema History. Only John Wayne could pull off a scene that difficult. It's absolutely amazing.
I was a John Wayne fan a very long time, and when Cancer struck him down was a sad thing, because in these times, there aer very few actors who can be his equil. I've seen most of his movies, and he loved making movies. It was his passion in life. Keep the videos coming.
That Stunt the Duke did his Self!! No CGI, Stunt man, Double or anything fake!! It was pure great ". Acting", or playing the Role as called for. FYI, we still need Americans, Like Him!! Wyoming, Robert,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👀👀👍👍🏈🏈😎😎🙏🙏🙏🙏
I LOVED / LOVE this film, so much I would have considered it an insult to have seen the remake by Jeff Bridges. I get all teary-eyed seeing the ending.
There will never be another DUKE. JOHN WAYNE just oozed , patriotism, confidence and everything a MAN should be. Broke millions of hearts when he died because a era of western films that will never be duplicated was OVER.
It’s seems like yesterday Duke was alive and bigger then life! I worked for his best friend Chick and they were making a movie on the Rogue river and Duke was having a hard time because of only having one lung but still was great! He’s buried on Chicks family plot next to Chicks son who died in a car crash! Sure miss you Duke!
Mike, a good friend of mine (we're now both in our 70's) has always been a huge fan of John Wayne, as am I. When he ended a conversation and was walking away he would stop, turn around and say, "God Bless John Wayne" and continue on his way.
Sir, you're correct. The John Wayne version is MUCH closer to the book - and the better, more moving film by far. I've just re-read it. He IS Rooster Cogburn, the same man in the book. The 1969 screenplay actually improves some of the book's dialogue and makes it much crisper. The Bridges version WAS a debacle. He sounded like he had rocks in his mouth - you could not even understand some of the important dialogue. All of the humor in the book has been taken out. It's just nihilistic, not true to the bravery and spirituality that runs throughout the entire book. Kim Darby was also much better as Mattie Ross and Glen Campbell had more style than Matt Damon on his worst day. The 1969 film is a classic, for a reason. Great cinematography. Great music. And one of the best, most iconic performances in film history by Mr. Wayne. Few endings to films are better than this.
I cruised Newport Harbor once in a yacht for a Christmas party. We passed John Wayne's yacht berthed there, and could see the Hospital where in his final days he could look out over the Bay, near the airport bearing his name. So many great movies and memories.
I love this scene. When she tells him she wants him by her side, she tells him he's her family, she loves him like a second, much different father then she grew up with. The gruff, violent man that laid it on the line to protect her, and avenge the murder of her father, who was a much more civil, domestic man. You can hear it in her banter with him about the loading of her gun, and jumping fences. In both movies she claimed him as her family and made certain he was buried near where she could visit, and where she would spend her eternity, this movie made it so much sweeter, as in their last conversation she got to tell him what she felt.
Its really him jumping that fence too, not a double. At the end of the movie, they freeze the picture while he is in mid air while they run the credits. Also in Fort apache, in the charge to save the covered wagon, he is leading the charge full tilt with his sword drawn, again no double really him. I think he should have won for the quiet man too.
The breathtaking locations added so much to this story. Same with Shane, which was filmed in the Tetons. These days the studios only care about where they can get a tax break. Plus they’d probably cast a British actor in Wayne’s role. I love this film.
Contrary to what some believe, the '69 version is pretty faithful to Charles Portis's novel almost slavishly so. Most of its dialogue is directly from the book (even though in the book much of it wasn't spoken dialogue). It follows Matty's journey almost point-by-point from the novel. In contrast, the Coens made major detours from Portis's story, cut scenes and characters, and added in their own inventions (the Bear Man). However, the '69 version did make a major departure from the book with this very Hollywood ending. The Duke is terrific in this scene, but it is far cry from the rather somber ending of the novel which the Coens kept.
I just finished Charles Portis' book "True Grit". This is one of the movie versions of that wonderful novel. I have seen both and frankly don't know how this version could be improved upon. Maybe it wasn't but the Coen Brother's version is just as good and the story told in all three is delightful. I am glad to be acquainted with all of them.
Powerful scene. The talk of their own burial lying side by side in their graves is an acknowledge ment they are past the point of living a normal life being buried next to a loved one. The harsh country it was made them stoic to living that kind of life.
Indeed, I was moved by that when I saw it as a kid, and even more so now. She is so earnest, and he tries to laugh it off, but there is some true, deep communication there ... and it's beautiful.
Great movie, great scene. Thanks for posting. So many emotions well up watching this and the later version with Jeff Bridges. Good on ya mate. I so liked Kim Darby and then Hailee Steinfeld as Maddie Ross.
There will never be another like him!! RIP Good Sir!!!
Let’s hope not, he was a massive racist.
The greatest fade-out in the history of pictures.
I think so that really is wayne on the horse. I love the scene .
Everything was just right about the scene...
I grew up watching John Wayne Movies with my Grandfather who was a real Cowboy. We had a huge ranch and I had been riding horses since I was 6. I absolutely love this ending. When John Wayne jumps the fence on his horse and takes off his hat it's such a beautiful and powerful moment. I didn't see Mr. Wayne as an old, fat man. I saw him as an American Hero and a True Movie Icon. The man was a Legend and there will never be another John Wayne.
A racist and sexist too, that liked to hit women.
Your grandfather reminds me of my grandfather. A true cowboy, loved his cutting horses. He had a big ranch/farm in Southwestern Nebraska.
An icon is something on your computer daniel.
JW deserved better then that.
Wrong, icon is synonymous with heroism… Don’t try and correct someone who is right 🤣
@@davidmg1925 You must be pretty young if you see 'icon' and immediately think of computers and not the broader sense of the word.
An emotional and touching end to a fantastic film. During this whole scene,one's mind is drawn back to everything that Mattie Ross has been through with Rooster Cogburn and the utterly unbreakable admiration, and indeed love,that she now feels for him. Film making at it's best,thank you for sharing.
It went both ways, too. Remember his great line as Mattie forded the river: "She reminds me of me." Or his offered wager to J. Noble Daggett, betting that she would recover. Daggett knew what Cogburn knew, and wouldn't take the bet.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Very true!! Blessings.
Spoiler Alert: Great film! Not having ever read the book but have enjoyed the film a number of times, I wonder about this touching final scene. When Mattie tells Rooster that she would like for him to “rest” beside her, Rooster replies that place should be for her husband and family. As Rooster says that, we see Mattie frown and look down. The implication seems that Mattie knows that she is not ever going to get married or have a family, or perhaps knows she’s dying. It is apparent that for what they had both been through together, they found a love and respect for each other. Is Mattie’s mindset here made clearer in the book? If so, what is it please?
@@samsomers2716 If you have seen the remake, it is truer to the book. This scene does not occur in the book at all. Mattie is an unattractive girl, and knows it. She lost the arm in the book. That made it impossible for her ever to gain a husband although, given that she had property, I find that unrealistic. Many years later, she goes to see Rooster who is performing in a wild west show. Sadly, she gets there just after he has died.
@@odysseusrex5908 Thank you so much for the information that this particular scene is not in the book. So the screenplay took some liberty there. Well that's fine. It was a great ending to the movie. I did see the remake and it too is a fine movie but I like the original John Wayne version better. I had heard that the remake was truer to the book and that Mattie lost her arm in the book. Back in 1969 they obviously didn't have the digital photographic techniques to erase the actor's arm like they did 40 years later in the 2010 remake. You helped me understand the ending better and I do appreciate it!
My all time favorite movie. I've long lost count how many times I've watched it.
It's the same with me.
Me too,most sunday afternoon,s at least twice a year,chips,beer and dip,rainy day fantastic
I was so happy and proud when John Wayne won the Oscar for True Grit. He should of also won an Oscar for the Movie, ,"The Cowboys" which is my favorite John Wayne Movie. He was larger than life and he represented a Patriotic American with conservative values. Something America no longer has. When John Wayne died and I heard the news I couldn't stop crying. He represented everything that was good and noble in a man. My Grandfather always reminded me of John Wayne. My two Heroes.
The cowboys doesn't get the credit it deserves, I don't know why it's a wonderful movie.
For Searchers also
Great actor to grow up with, loved his westerns and still do.
A very touching end to a great old film ,.. thanks Duke .
John Wayne, American. Says it all.
John Wayne is my hero 💕🙏🏻
John Wayne lives in the hearts of patriotic Americans everywhere .
Not just Americans mate. Not just Americans.
Not just Americans
I agree with you my friend I loved that man when I was a kid he made my life better just for watching his movie’s God Bless you John Wayne
En mexico también
@@BelloBudo007 Watching this movie makes you a patriotic American, even if for a short time.
Kim Darby and John Wayne were perfect in this scene. But the writing, directing and producing all came together in this scene. I like scenes like this one in movies. You seldom see these types of scenes in more modern movies. I remember seeing this first as a kid in the early 1970's. Everyone understands how powerful this scene is on film.
Tears to my eyes. This one scene alone is better than the entire Cohen brothers remake. My God what a performance.
AMEN!!!!
So true, John Wayne was Rooster Cogburn, this scene is one of the best in cinematic history, they both were saying I love you, without saying I love you
I think anyone that doesn't like the original movie is missing out on great storyline and acting.It's one of my favorite Danny W.
hardly
The Cohen Bros stole the heart from the movie
The first John Wayne movie I saw was at Parris Island, SC near the end of our recruit training. Our platoon had won four of the five ribbons for our platoon banner and as a reward, we were marched to the movie theater through a side door near the screen, and ordered to sit at attention. When the film began, there in bold lettering across the screen was the title: SANDS OF IWO JIMA. I've been a John Wayne fan ever since. My favorites keep varying as I see more of his movies, but I would say that The Quiet Man is the one I like best of all. It's just too hard to rate his other movies because so many of them have been so good and entertaining.
Kim Darby and John Wayne are perfect in this scene. Still brings tears to my eyes all these years later.
When a film icon recognizes he’s old and fat, but still does something that’s so bad ass that you keep,watching it over and over…
Watching it forever, such a timeless scene truly awesome
“Fill your hand you son of a bitch!”
"Now, sis..," What a great scene.
My dad's hero.. makes me cry every time
To my mind, this is the greatest scene of the film. Blessings and peace to all.
Cold Maddie's heart melted for that " One eyed fat man".
A wonderful story.
I love that scene! My first horse was a tall sorrel mare, no fancy bloodlines, but she had heart and she could jump just about anything.
It may be a deviation from the source material but it really is a beautiful and far more emotionally satisfying conclusion to the story.
One story I saw somewhere is that they had the entire scene filmed and were ready to call it a wrap. Overnight the location was covered in fresh snow and when Henry Hathaway saw that, he immediately called everyone back to re-film it, because it just added a whole new layer to the scene.
One has to remember that as Wayne got older, any of his films could have been his last. It's interesting to imagine True Grit as Wayne's final film and this touching scene as his final farewell to his beloved audience.
Of course like Rooster Cogburn, The Duke wasn't in a hurry to head off into the sunset just yet.....
I love this film but am glad he was around long enough to do the Shootist.
@@Hairyskinback That was a fitting end to him.
very true. i love his films. "Who Shot Liberty Valance” .”The Searchers” “True Grit” “McClintock” to name a few, Wayne’s politics not so much.
You're right, he wasn't ready to head off into the sunset yet. His Masterpiece was The Shootist. Say what you will about John Wayne, he was one hell of an American, and spoke the American Spirit! That is who we are, that is what we are as Americans!
@@bluetoad2001 There was absolutely NOTHING wrong with his "politics"
One of my favorite John Wayne Films and scenes
So everyone knows the truth, John Wayne actually did that jump. Say what you will about John Wayne, he was a true American.
“The Quiet Man” and “Donovan’s Reef” are 2 of my all time favorites.
@@chrisweidner4768 I'll second that!
Made good movies terrible politics
“Come see a fat old man sometime..” my new favorite farewell....
So much better than the remake...this one has heart!
this was a classic, I think a lot folks should see this at least once. John Wayne was one hell of an actor. We need someone like him again, especially now!
2nd THAT!
How he only won 1 oscar is a mystery. Some of his films are still classics that has stood the test of time, The Quiet Man, The man who shot Liberty Vallance, She wore a yellow ribbon are just a few there are dozens more.
I think he won it for True Grit because Hollywood wanted to honor him and he was such a legend, True Grit was as a good a vehicle as any to honor him for. The thing about "John Wayne movies" - especially Westerns - is you knew exactly what you were getting when you went to see them. Nobody played John Wayne better than John Wayne. And John Wayne was the reason you went to see his movies - because that's who you wanted to watch be the good guy in movies - John Wayne.
@@DoubleDogDare54 Yes. You underestimate Wayne's talent at your own peril. He knew as much--maybe more--about screen acting than Cooper, Dietrich, Garbo and all primarily western stars combined. He went from a shrill-voiced, clumsy young presence on screen (his early talkies demonstrate this abundantly) to a graceful, strong winded force of nature in less than ten years time (re-watch Stagecoach when you can). He is an especially towering presence in the best of his later films: True Grit, The Cowboys and The Shootist. I still grieve his loss; no one could take his place.
@@DoubleDogDare54 I was very impressed by the remake because they didn’t try to play it as John Wayne did….it was an excellent move on its own
He only won one Oscar because he was a conservative. If he'd been a left-wing Hollywood weasel, who knows how many?
it's a travesty
Darby was perfect for this role. Nobody could have done it better.
I actually found the Mattie Ross character very irritating and unbelievable - but that was how Mattie Ross was in the original story. So, yes, Kim Darby did do an excellent job playing the part of a very irritating teenager ;-)
I completely agree with you. Blessings.
Allegedly Wayne found her annoying and difficult to work with.
@@WorldWar2freak94
That's what I heard as well.
I disagree. She was terribly miscast. So was Campbell.
Love this scene makes me cry everytime
The line “hmmmm” was delivered perfectly
True Grit one of the best movie ever made,the acting is the best ever between the leading actors
is just perfect done ABSOLUTELY ! love this movie ABSOLUTELY !
I just love anything JOHN WAYNE!!! Still the greatest!!
I LOVE this ending to this movie. Amazing.
Great movie. One of Wayne's best.
I love both versions of this movie. This first version is closest to my heart.
The best Western ending. Watched the Duke as a little boy on the old Saturday mornings. The Three Mequiteers, and his early 1930 movies where he did his own stunts. The Duke did some amazing feats on those horses. I still watch them as a 70 yr. old man.He had some great endings. The Horse Soldiers, Hondo, The Shootist.
My favorite Wayne western ending is The Searchers.
Have to admit, this ending scene always, and as it does now, get me "thick in the throat." The music score transition was so perfectly timed (1:51). Old Hollywood. They really knew how to do this.
This always makes me tear the fuck up dang!!!! When he makes that jump it's epic. Come see a fat old man sometime!!!
And during the end credits, they show a frame of the jump and you see Wayne's face. I loved it
"Well come see a fat old man some time." I just about started crying
I have enjoyed watching every John Wayne movie I can find, and not just once. We need actors like John Wayne today, unless someone in his family steps forward, it may never happen, but it should. One of his children or grandchildren should rise in honor of John Wayne and his legacy.
Have been watching his films since I was a kid,never get bored of them,have seen true grit so many times just brilliant,great film acting and direction
We all gasped when we saw that jump in 1969!
The Best Scene in Movie History is John Wayne saying, Fill your hand you Son of a Bitch!, at the Ned Character. We he held the reins in his mouth and starting shooting with both hands that is the Most Iconic Bad Ass Scene in Cinema History. Only John Wayne could pull off a scene that difficult. It's absolutely amazing.
God Bless John Wayne
John Wayne really jumped that hors Think he wasn't the man? HE WAS.
My all time favorite actor damn shame we don't have any more like him
Never met John Wayne but met the horse at a barn in Fairfield, Maine in the late 80s early 90s.
I had my boys late in life. I have a feeling I will be using that line with them a lot. "Well, come see a fat old man some time."
I was a John Wayne fan a very long time, and when Cancer struck him down was a sad thing, because in these times, there aer very few actors who can be his equil. I've seen most of his movies, and he loved making movies. It was his passion in life. Keep the videos coming.
This is so true with him he is always in your hearts for every
Man he was dam good at his craft miss his talk,walk,carisma.
And he just got better and better.
A Fine ending to a Fine, FINE film.
God Bless The Duke!🙏🌋🏞
One of the Best endings of a Western ever!
Rooster dropped the “baby”, and just called her sis’. She proved to be mature beyond her years.
That Stunt the Duke did his Self!! No CGI, Stunt man, Double or anything fake!! It was pure great ". Acting", or playing the Role as called for. FYI, we still need Americans, Like Him!! Wyoming, Robert,🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👀👀👍👍🏈🏈😎😎🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wow. Always wondered but never knew.!
A very moving scene . . .
I LOVED / LOVE this film, so much I would have considered it an insult to have seen the remake by Jeff Bridges. I get all teary-eyed seeing the ending.
There will never be another DUKE. JOHN WAYNE just oozed , patriotism, confidence and everything a MAN should be. Broke millions of hearts when he died because a era of western films that will never be duplicated was OVER.
… he also oozed racism, sexism and homophobia. Patriotism… sigh.
It’s seems like yesterday Duke was alive and bigger then life! I worked for his best friend Chick and they were making a movie on the Rogue river and Duke was having a hard time because of only having one lung but still was great! He’s buried on Chicks family plot next to Chicks son who died in a car crash! Sure miss you Duke!
So many fun scenes from this movie.
Mike, a good friend of mine (we're now both in our 70's) has always been a huge fan of John Wayne, as am I. When he ended a conversation and was walking away he would stop, turn around and say, "God Bless John Wayne" and continue on his way.
Classic ending to a legendary film! Far superior to the Bridges debacle.
Bridges film was true to the book
If you insist on happy endings. The recent version gave much greater insight into the crooked timber of humanity
@@fred5399 Understood. I still prefer John Wayne's classic. No offense to Jeff Bridge's movie, and I’ll concede your facts.
Sir, you're correct. The John Wayne version is MUCH closer to the book - and the better, more moving film by far. I've just re-read it. He IS Rooster Cogburn, the same man in the book. The 1969 screenplay actually improves some of the book's dialogue and makes it much crisper. The Bridges version WAS a debacle. He sounded like he had rocks in his mouth - you could not even understand some of the important dialogue. All of the humor in the book has been taken out. It's just nihilistic, not true to the bravery and spirituality that runs throughout the entire book. Kim Darby was also much better as Mattie Ross and Glen Campbell had more style than Matt Damon on his worst day. The 1969 film is a classic, for a reason. Great cinematography. Great music. And one of the best, most iconic performances in film history by Mr. Wayne. Few endings to films are better than this.
@@matthewgallagher1761 "Few endings to films are better than this." None that I know of.
That scene sustained me up and down Mount Kilimanjaro ub 2001 - He was Rooster.
He should have won for The Searchers
AMEN TO THAT.
I cruised Newport Harbor once in a yacht for a Christmas party. We passed John Wayne's yacht berthed there, and could see the Hospital where in his final days he could look out over the Bay, near the airport bearing his name. So many great movies and memories.
He died in UCLA medical center in Westwood. My wife worked there at the time. The Newport Harbor thing is BS. Sorry.
America and the world miss that man!
One of the best scene's ever
The coolest scene was when someone else called him, "fat." And he charged them like the Light Brigade. "Fill your hand, you son of a. . . (turkey)!"
I just came to see him jump over a 4 rail fence in a western saddle without getting punched in the gut by the horn! Now THAT... Is a good rider.
A superb film. Remaking this classic was a sin.
This is my favorite John Wayne movie and possibly favorite movie of all. The only other one that comes close is "The Cowboys"
choked me up.
One of my favorite movies...and the Jeff bridges version as well
He was a great man, and when he died, the world became a much sadder place.
I love this scene. When she tells him she wants him by her side, she tells him he's her family, she loves him like a second, much different father then she grew up with. The gruff, violent man that laid it on the line to protect her, and avenge the murder of her father, who was a much more civil, domestic man. You can hear it in her banter with him about the loading of her gun, and jumping fences. In both movies she claimed him as her family and made certain he was buried near where she could visit, and where she would spend her eternity, this movie made it so much sweeter, as in their last conversation she got to tell him what she felt.
Brilliant just Brilliant
The take-away from that movie was that Rooster Cogburn was Mattie Ross and Mattie Ross was Rooster Cogburn. They both had the same heart and soul.
Its really him jumping that fence too, not a double. At the end of the movie, they freeze the picture while he is in mid air while they run the credits. Also in Fort apache, in the charge to save the covered wagon, he is leading the charge full tilt with his sword drawn, again no double really him. I think he should have won for the quiet man too.
in a neglected patch of weeds, yes that's where I will be.
The breathtaking locations added so much to this story. Same with Shane, which was filmed in the Tetons. These days the studios only care about where they can get a tax break. Plus they’d probably cast a British actor in Wayne’s role. I love this film.
Good film. Just got done watching the 2010 remake. Great movie as well.
Excellent scene great movie
The ultimate film
Great movie! Don’t make ‘em like this anymore !
They can't be made. Too much of what would have to be believed true has become, for many people, unbelievable. Worlds that are no more.
Film perfection.
Contrary to what some believe, the '69 version is pretty faithful to Charles Portis's novel almost slavishly so. Most of its dialogue is directly from the book (even though in the book much of it wasn't spoken dialogue). It follows Matty's journey almost point-by-point from the novel. In contrast, the Coens made major detours from Portis's story, cut scenes and characters, and added in their own inventions (the Bear Man). However, the '69 version did make a major departure from the book with this very Hollywood ending. The Duke is terrific in this scene, but it is far cry from the rather somber ending of the novel which the Coens kept.
There will never be another "Duke" Wayne.
Damn dust in the air, has my eyes watering.
Imagine an actor today telling his Director that he'll do his own stunt and being allowed to do it?
there's a few, but they are inadvertently, paying homage to The Duke...
I just finished Charles Portis' book "True Grit". This is one of the movie versions of that wonderful novel. I have seen both and frankly don't know how this version could be improved upon. Maybe it wasn't but the Coen Brother's version is just as good and the story told in all three is delightful. I am glad to be acquainted with all of them.
" Истинная Доблесть!" Роль за которую Джон Уэйн получил " Оскар"
God bless the soul of the Duke may he rest in peace.
Powerful scene. The talk of their own burial lying side by side in their graves is an acknowledge ment they are past the point of living a normal life being buried next to a loved one. The harsh country it was made them stoic to living that kind of life.
Indeed, I was moved by that when I saw it as a kid, and even more so now.
She is so earnest, and he tries to laugh it off, but there is some true, deep communication there ... and it's beautiful.
I know this is not the way the book ended. That said, this was the right way to end this story.
Was a great movie...
Great movie, great scene. Thanks for posting. So many emotions well up watching this and the later version with Jeff Bridges. Good on ya mate. I so liked Kim Darby and then Hailee Steinfeld as Maddie Ross.
The best.
Great movie 👍😁🇺🇸💪