Author Charles Portis, whose best-selling western novel True Grit was twice adapted into Oscar-contending movies starring John Wayne and Jeff Bridges, has died at age 86. Portis’ brother, Jonathan ...
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72 Years Later, the Greatest Western Book Adaptation in History Is Still Untouchable
F rom True Grit to No Country for Old Men, novel adaptations have given the Western some of its greatest films, exploring the ...
Always a John Wayne fan, I became a bigger one after watching "True Grit" and associating it with the region in which I was raised. Set in the 1880s, Charles Portis' 1968 novel describes 14-year-old ...
Author Charles Portis died recently at 86. Whether his name means anything to you is proof one way or another as to whether Portis really was America’s “greatest unknown novelist,” as he was so often ...
With copies of “True Grit” still arriving, the staff at the Judy McDonald Public Library is planning a busy fall with its “One Book, One City” campaign. Book discussions, readings, exhibits and a film ...
The novel featuring Fort Smith that has twice been adapted for film was the topic of a presentation Sunday. Cody Faber, park ranger at the Fort Smith National Historic Site, was the guest speaker for ...
True Grit is one of John Wayne‘s most memorable roles. The Western star played a tough U.S. Marshal, alongside costars Glen Campbell and Kim Darby. The movie’s story seems so realistic that many have ...
Roger Ebert was most known for his work as a film critic. However, he made friends with a handful of industry insiders over the years. In 1969, he interviewed Wayne during the last leg of the Western ...
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