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Not-So-True True Grit

by | Nov 8, 2011 | Inside History

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Four riders surrounded the Texas Ranger, LaBoeuf (Matt Damon). Suddenly, the horseman on the Ranger’s left threw a lasso over his shoulders and quickly pulled the Ranger to the frozen ground, dragging him on his face and belly. All hell broke loose as Marshal “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) started firing his Winchester at the riders from his concealed position. This classic scene in Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2010 production of True Grit is one played over and over again in Westerns


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