FS, Broken Arrow (11/18/2009 12:00:53 PM)

... anything like broke-butt mountain?

terryf, (11/18/2009 12:09:18 PM)

tell ya one thing when these guys make a movie i will not miss it. two of the best film makers of our time imo

GretaSue, Broken Arrow (11/18/2009 12:11:39 PM)

Take money out of the DHS fund and dump into a movie that can't possibly be redone.... John Wayne is the only person who could do that movie, I for one hate remakes...find something new..

Dr. Strangelove, Tulsa (11/18/2009 12:12:13 PM)

I'm for it unless I have to be against it.

Petey, 918 (11/18/2009 12:13:09 PM)

I hope Oklahoma moves quickly to allow the extra rebates. This would be a nice boost for our economy.

Loophole, (11/18/2009 12:13:25 PM)

So how will they find a lead like John Wayne?

r0rschach, (11/18/2009 12:23:53 PM)

Kurt Russell is going to play Rooster

Ric, Broken Arrow (11/18/2009 12:24:05 PM)

Wow, how cool is that?

Buffaloe, (11/18/2009 12:26:33 PM)

Where they going to find thin people to play in movie? Oklahoma is not eh 2nd fattest state in union ..just released. Hard to make a move if everyone looks like Burl Ives.

mongo76, (11/18/2009 12:34:31 PM)

Mongo will be in campfire scene.
Mongo like beans!

Thunder196, Tulsa (11/18/2009 12:35:48 PM)

Leave True Grit alone.

Sceadugenga, (11/18/2009 12:39:23 PM)

True Grit is a great movie. The only thing I don't like about it is when they show distant snow capped mountains and call it Indian Territory. It would be nice to see a version of it with Eastern Oklahoma landscape.

r0rschach, (11/18/2009 12:44:59 PM)

you mean you've never seen that mountain range outside of Ft Smith? hahaha

BettyRubble918, Tulsa (11/18/2009 12:49:17 PM)

Not alot of testosterone in Hollyweird these days. I can't imagine who they might cast as Rooster.

RomeosTune, Tulsa (11/18/2009 12:49:34 PM)

Stupid. There is and never will be another John Wayne. It's like someone trying to re-release a Beatles album. It might sound and look okay but it's not going to sell.

FS, Broken Arrow (11/18/2009 12:57:23 PM)

Buffaloe, (11/18/2009 12:26:33 PM)
Where they going to find thin people to play in movie? Oklahoma is not eh 2nd fattest state in union ..just released. Hard to make a move if everyone looks like Burl Ives.
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Give us all guitars and we can sing "Cum By Ya".

Hijinx, (11/18/2009 12:57:35 PM)

The Duke is irreplaceable. Not many tough guys left these days. How about Micky Rourke? At least he is grizzled up enough.

jas6199, (11/18/2009 1:01:10 PM)

The only actors in hollywood with the testosterone left to make this movie are Eastwood, (doubt he'd ever do a John Wayne remake plus he is up there in age) Mel Gibson (can't see him at all as Rooster), Tommy Lee Jones (same issue as Eastwood although he does tend to do any movie for money, but doubt it), Christian Bale (too young), or if you want to take a total left turn complete l80 away from the original movie (would probably be a smart move) you could cast Dennis Haysbert, he definitely has the testosterone for this role. But I doubt they will get any big name star for this role, none of them will want to touch it...

Nim, Jenks (11/18/2009 1:14:52 PM)

If Mickey Rourke had died after Angel Heart, he would have been remembered as James Dean or Marlon Brando. Instead of dying, he lived and ticked everybody off by fighting with producers, showing up late to sets, not learning his lines, and burning every bridge in sight.

Despite a career based initially in the action-adventure genre, Mel Gibson is a classically trained and fairly versatile actor. Throughout his career, he has been a burn out, a desolate loner, a crackpot with a death wish, an inciter of rebellion, a mutineer, and a disfigured freak. He has also played these roles in films.

James Young, Tulsa, Austin, Temecula (11/18/2009 1:20:37 PM)

BettyRubble918 writes: {Not alot of testosterone in Hollyweird these days. I can't imagine who they might cast as Rooster. }

Hollywood admires talent and results more than anything else. If an actor can convince an audience that he is somebody or something other than his own persona, he gets hired. Think Dustin Hoffman portraying a male actor portraying a middle-aged woman in Mrs. Doubtfire. If a director can get actors to leave their persona and their fears behind to become the role, he gets hired. Think of my own mentor, Sydney Pollack, and “Out of Africa,” “Tootsie,” and “The Way We Were.” If an editor can provide meaning and clarity to a scene, focusing audience attention to the important, he gets hired.

With great talent often comes some personal baggage – homosexuality, poor relationships, schizophrenia, for example; think James Dean – but the talent will always supersede the baggage.

BR918, you attempted to insult an industry about which you know only trivial and false talking points. Your best option was to have remained silent and merely thought to be ignorant.

Steelman, End of the Trail (11/18/2009 1:23:37 PM)

From what I've read about this project, the plot is going to be closer to that of the book. In the original movie, the story is told more from Rooster Cogburn's point of view, no doubt due to the Duke's association. However, the original Charles Portis novel was told from Mattie Ross' point of view. Rooster Cogburn is the dominant supporting character, of course, but the story is Mattie's.

That said, I doubt this Rooster Cogburn role will need anyone remotely like John Wayne (not that there is anyone like him) to make this movie successful. Robert Duvall would be an interesting choice, especially since he played Rooster's young nemesis Lucky Ned Pepper in the original.

I, too, wish they would film in OK, especially since this is where much of the story occurs.

This film will likely suffer from comparisons to the original movie instead of to the book.

nunyerbisness, Tulsa (11/18/2009 1:24:35 PM)

Here's a thought how about hiring somebody we have never seen before to play the title role?

Rebates? Yeah so much for the Hollywood Elite Liberal tag.

BettyRubble918, Tulsa (11/18/2009 1:45:47 PM)

Mr. Young- You seem to forget we're still in America with a "C" for the time being where people have a right to their opinion.

Maybe if Steelman's perspective is what gets produced, a less than masculine actor w/b appropriate.

James Young, Tulsa, Austin, Temecula (11/18/2009 2:26:07 PM)

BettyRubble918 writes: { Mr. Young- You seem to forget we're still in America with a "C" for the time being where people have a right to their opinion.}

To the contrary, I strongly support people having and expressing their opinions. My opinion is that it is appropriate to ridicule those whose opinions are unsupported by facts or adhere too closely to strong but incorrect stereotypes. In short, I will defend your right to express your opinion as long as I can point out why it is a poor opinion.

{Maybe if Steelman's perspective is what gets produced, a less than masculine actor w/b appropriate. }

Perhaps. I’ll leave that to the casting director and the screenwriters.

Sidebar: I have told this story here before. One of our set designers was scouting locations near Kiowa, OK, when he was stopped by Kiowa PD for “following too close.” He was told that the fine would be $XX but for a “voluntary donation” of $100, they could keep it off his driving record. He opted for that. Now, aside from the speciousness of the stop, which is the latest scam. the only way for Kiowa to keep it off his record was to not report it to the State, which is illegal. Kiowa got their money, a measly couple of hundred bucks, but they lost a multimillion dollar location shoot.

BettyRubble918, Tulsa (11/18/2009 2:38:17 PM)

You do ridicule quite proficiently and make the case for that same attitude to be mirrored in the filmmakers' version of the Rooster Cogburn character.

I hope not, as I've enjoyed several of the Coens' projects.

However, it seems like these days, it's very chic to mock such American treasures as the "Duke" or anyone who embodies the good things about our great nation.