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2 hrs ago | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Area girls seek chance to show True Grit'

Hoping they'd be discovered for a role in a Hollywood movie, about 200 girls converged in Lubbock to show they had "True Grit." An open call for casting Saturday at Lubbock's Homewood Suites attracted girls ages 12-16 who were hopeful they'd play the role of Mattie Ross in a remake of the 1969 film and novel, "True Grit." Among girls trying out for ...

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, Lubbock, TX, Lubbock Metro, Campbell, TX, Robert Duvall

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Redstone Rocket

Merrimack Hall continues Classic Sunday Film series with "The Searchers"

Merrimack Hall will continue its Classic Sunday Film series with the John Wayne epic classic "The Searchers." Directed by John Ford and released in 1956, "The Searchers"tells the saga of Ethan Edwards and his five-year quest through the dusty Arizona desert to avenge the death of his family and find his kidnapped niece,. The film has been called ...

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Related Topix: The Searchers, Pop/Rock, Western, Drama Movies

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Scotland on Sunday

Lassoed by the legend

The good, the bad and the ugly of the western film genre has left its mark on a new exhibition... WALK down Edinburgh's Market Street after dusk next month and you might just have a face to face encounter with John Wayne.

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Pop/Rock

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Film.com

What's the Big Deal?: The Searchers

Nov 03, 2009 "A rip-snorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come." So said New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther in his May 31, 1956, review of The Searchers .

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Related Topix: The Searchers, Pop/Rock, Western, Drama Movies, Publishing, New York Times, Action Movies, Stagecoach, Texas, Movies, Entertainment

Mineral Wells Insider

Library on the history 'warpath'

By Barbara Manson As travelers drive along Highway 180 from Weatherford to Mineral Wells, few realize they have entered the true west that is steeped in history and legend.

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Related Topix: Weatherford, TX, Mineral Wells, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Texas

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Age

Top ten horse movie moments.

So it is fitting, if not downright appropriate, to seize upon the equineosity of the season and turn our collective mind to the marvellous contribution horses have made to the cinematic arts.

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Stagecoach, The Searchers

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Fort Worth Weekly

Coen Brothers Hold True Grit Auditions at Billy Boba s

Paramount Pictures and the Academy Award-winning Coen brothers are remaking the John Wayne classic True Grit and will be holding auditions for the lead role of Mattie at Billy Boba s Texas on Sat., Nov.

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Related Topix: Media, Texas, Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: Big Jim McLain

Tonight I caught up with a new-to-me John Wayne movie, BIG JIM McLAIN. Wayne plays the title character, a HUAC investigator hunting Communists in Hawaii along with James Arness.

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Related Topix: James Arness, Nancy Olson

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Damon in talks for 'True Grit' remake

Matt Damon is in discussions to star in writer-director Ethan and Joel Coen's remake of "True Grit." He would take on the role Glen Campbell played in the 1969 original, a Texas Ranger tracking an outlaw along with a gruff U.S. marshal.

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, A Serious Man, Country, Glen Campbell, W., Entertainment

NewsBlaze

Coen Cowboy Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges is set to play John Wayne's iconic character in 'True Grit'. The 59-year-old actor will portray legendary cowboy Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn in the modern-day remake of the 1969 blockbuster, which is due to be made by renowned filmmakers the Coen brothers.

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Related Topix: Western, Drama Movies, Adventure, True Grit

Mon Oct 26, 2009

DVD Dungeon

Matt Damon and Josh Brolin Circle True Grit

An upcoming Joel and Ethan Coen remake of a 1969 John Wayne classic Western might have found its two lead actors.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Rooster Cogburn, Western

WFAA

launches new network on digital sub channel

Some of Hollywood's finest motion pictures from the treasured Metro Goldwyn Mayer library of over 4,100 timeless films have been blended with 10,000 hours of television's golden age to create THIS TV , a network devoted entirely to classic programming.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Roger Moore

North Texas e-News

Crow's-Feet Chronicles: You may kiss the bride

John Wayne was most likely smiling up there in the Milky Way when Lanny Joe and I got married last weekend in Ridgway, Colorado.

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Related Topix: Ridgway, CO

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Military history fascinates collector of old pistols

We're looking for some unusual collections -- stamps and salt shakers don't count.

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Related Topix: Joseph May, World News, Austria, Band of Brothers, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Nation

Charles Taylor: The Novels of Don Carpenter

"As far as Harry was concerned, Victor Ramdass Singh was just another Nervous Camera director, who worked tirelessly to make the audience realize at every moment that the picture was indeed being directed." This passage appears in Don Carpenter's 1975 novel The True Life Story of Jody McKeegan .

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Related Topix: Mill Valley, CA

Thu Oct 22, 2009

The Fence Post

Red Cliffs Lodge in Moab Utah

ENLARGE Red Cliffs Lodge, about 14 miles outside of Moab, Utah. Ray Guziak Head west on I-70 towards Utah.

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Related Topix: Moab, UT, Western, Rio Grande, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Fort Apache, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Stagecoach

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Boxoffice

Tuesday Video Event: The Ben Johnson Experience

One of the more pleasant perks of this gig is occasionally encountering a film you've heard about for ages but never seen, and then discovering that it lives up to its rep.

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Related Topix: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Western, Drama Movies, The Last Picture Show, Ben Johnson, Fort Apache, My Darling Clementine

Sat Oct 17, 2009

New York Times

Films of '62: When Eras Collided

"THE Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," John Ford 's great, autumnal western, dramatizes a moment of historical transition.

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Related Topix: Arts, Cinema, Western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Ford, KS, Drama Movies, The Searchers, Lee Marvin, Movies, Entertainment

Philly.com

Coen brothers' new flick hits close to home

For 25 years, the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have been making stylish, personal films.

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Related Topix: A Serious Man

Fri Oct 16, 2009

SFGate

CD: 'In Harm's Way' soundtrack

Jerry Goldsmith was a master of almost every Hollywood genre. Nominated for 18 Oscars , he scored "Alien," "Chinatown" and five "Star Trek" features.

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Related Topix: Kirk Douglas

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