Love him or hate him, John Wayne is the iconic poster boy for American Westerns. His work with director John Ford yielded some of the genre’s cream-of-the-crop classics, including The Searchers and Stagecoach. And then, of course, there’s True Grit, the Henry Hathaway-directed film that earned Wayne a “yeehaw”-worthy best actor Oscar.
In honor of John Wayne’s would-be 100th birthday (had he not died of cancer in 1979), Paramount is releasing the True Grit: Special Collector’s Edition DVD on May 22. The film is about a fearless Marshall (Wayne) hired by a young girl (Kim Darby) to find out who murdered her father, and to avenge his death. Glen Campbell and Robert Duvall co-star.
The disk contains no special features, but the movie is restored and looking better than ever. Check out the cover art and accompanying photo below.
