Friday, May 18, 2007

Memorable John Wayne Quotes (Day 7)



"True Grit" (1969)

Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne) confronts the four armed outlaws led by a young Robert Duval across the field.

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Ned Pepper: "What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?"

Rooster Cogburn: "I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?"

Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.

Rooster Cogburn: "Fill your hands, you son of a bit*h."

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John Wayne then charges across the field on horseback with the reins of his horse in his mouth a revolver in one hand and a rifle in the other. A gunfight not to be missed. He has "True Grit"

Wayne won an Academy Award for Best Actor for this part. It could have been an award for his life work because while he deserved it for this movie he deserved it more for other movies. Barbara Streisand of all people presented him with the award at the Academy Awards. Of all the Academy Award to miss this is the only one I ever missed because I was in Army Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir Virginia.I read about it the next day in the Washington Post. There was a big picture on the front page of Wayne and Streisand.