True Grit 1969 🎥 Wayne won an Oscar for his performance in the film and reprised his character for the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn. There is a moment in "True Grit" when John Wayne and four or five bad guys confront each other across a mountain meadow. The situation is quite clear: Someone will have to back up or die. Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles: Orchestra (Spot) Director Henry Hathaway pulls his telephoto lens high up in the sky, and we see the meadow isolated there, dreaml