John Wayne

COEN BROTHERS REMAKING JOHN WAYNE OSCAR-WINNER "TRUE GRIT"

source: cinemaretro.com

The Coen Brothers are about to put up their Dukes by remaking John Wayne's 1969 Oscar winner. Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen are remaking the 1969 Western classic True Grit. John Wayne won an Oscar for playing the drunken, rascally Marshall Rooster Cogburn, who reluctantly assists a you...

Published Tue, Oct 27

TRIBUTE TO THE FILMS OF 1962 AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

source: cinemaretro.com

John Wayne on the set of John Ford's THe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Commencing this Friday, October 23, The Brooklyn Academy of Music will present a screening series to honor some of the great films released in 1962. The list is impressive and is culled from films chosen by the New York Film...

Published Wed, Oct 21

Natural Born Gunslinger - Tommy Lee Jones' Trips to the Wild West

source: blogs.amctv.com

Now, is this one really a Western? It certainly feels like one. Jones plays Sheriff Ed Bell, an old hat who finds himself completely out of his element when faced with a new, vicious breed of killers. Tones of The Wild Bunch abound, and as far as mythic Western landscapes go, No Country for Old M...

Published Fri, Oct 2

'POV' offers four short films worth watching

source: SouthCoastToday.com

A daylong salute to John Wayne movies includes the 1969 Western "True Grit" (10:15 pm, Eastern, TCM), providing the Duke's Oscar-winning role. ... and more »

Published Mon, Aug 17

Golden year

source: The Free Lance-Star

In February, John Wayne staked his claim to iconic cowboy status as the Ringo Kid in John Ford's classic Western "Stagecoach." And just four months after ...

Published Sun, Aug 16

'Hell's Revenge' didn't live up to its name on this Utah excursion

source: Jackson Sun

We wanted to see the landscapes where movie director John Ford filmed so many classic Westerns with actor John Wayne. Moab and Monument Valley to the south ...

Published Sun, Aug 16

Special screenings: Salt Lake City Film Festival, 'The Searchers ...

source: Salt Lake Tribune

The Searchers," John Ford's 1956 Western (filmed in Utah's Monument Valley) starring John Wayne as a returning Civil War veteran facing his own racism when ...

Published Fri, Aug 14

A Remarkable Life Ends

source: Washington Post

guardian.co.uk Clara Bow, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Muhammad Ali, John Wayne, Marlon Brando, John Ford, Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra and Spike Lee. ... On the Waterfront' writer Budd Schulberg, 95, diesHeraldNet all 497 news articles »

Published Fri, Aug 7