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    True Grit

    The patch is on the other eye and the boot is on the other foot on the Coen Brothers remake of True Grit. Jeff Bridges is Rooster Cogburn, the role that won John Wayne his only Oscar 40 years ago, and Bridges fills it boozy with panache...

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    By Joe Morgenstern • Dec 25, 2010 • 3m Listen

    The patch is on the other eye and the boot is on the other foot on the Coen Brothers remake of True Grit. Jeff Bridges is Rooster Cogburn, the role that won John Wayne his only Oscar 40 years ago, and Bridges fills it boozy with panache...

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