{"id":10806,"date":"2011-02-11T02:44:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T02:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=10806"},"modified":"2011-02-11T02:44:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T02:44:43","slug":"uk-cinema-releases-friday-11th-february-2011-true-grit-never-let-me-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/02\/11\/uk-cinema-releases-friday-11th-february-2011-true-grit-never-let-me-go\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Cinema Releases: Friday 11th February 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NATIONAL RELEASES<\/strong><\/p>\n

True Grit<\/a><\/strong> (Paramount):\u00a0This beautifully crafted Western from the Coen Brothers is a much richer adaptation of\u00a0the Charles Portis novel<\/a> than\u00a0the 1969 film version<\/a>.\u00a0It begins in Arkansas during the 1870s with a young girl named Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld<\/a>) hiring grizzled US Marshal Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to track down her father\u2019s killer (Josh Brolin).<\/p>\n

A Texas Ranger named Le Beouf (Matt Damon), who is also after Chaney, joins them as they head out into\u00a0Indian Territory<\/a> (present day Oklahoma) and, despite their differences in age and temperament, gradually form a close bond.\u00a0Although regarded by some as a remake of the film that\u00a0finally won John Wayne his first Oscar<\/a>, this is actually more faithful to the original novel, preserving the point of view of Mattie and its distinctive depiction of the Wild West.<\/p>\n