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True Grit 'has an edge of craziness'

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True Grit, a new film by the Coen brothers, is a reworking of the story that got John Wayne his only Oscar in 1969.

David Thomson, film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film explains the appeal of the Western to contemporary filmmakers.


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