The Hateful Eight Vs. True Grit(2010) (Ep. 0021)

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01/20/22 • 75 min

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The Western is one of the most fundamental building blocks of cinema. Heavily inspired by Westerns, Quentin Tarantino and The Coen Brothers are Mount Rushmore American filmmakers who channeled that inspiration into The Hateful Eight and True Grit(2010). The Movie Wars crew puts these modern interpretations of a beloved genre to the test.

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Film Summaries:

The Hateful Eight

While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John "The Hangman" Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) encounter another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) and a man who claims to be a sheriff. Hoping to find shelter from a blizzard, the group travels to a stagecoach stopover located on a mountain pass. Greeted there by four strangers, the eight travelers soon learn that they may not make it to their destination after all.

Rating: R
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Richard N. Gladstein, Stacey Sher, Shannon McIntosh
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 30, 2015 Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.1M
Runtime: 2h 48m
Distributor: Weinstein Co.

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hateful_eight)

True Grit(2010)

After an outlaw named Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) murders her father, feisty 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires Rooster Cogburn (Jeff Bridges), a boozy, trigger-happy lawman, to help her find Chaney and avenge her father. The bickering duo are not alone in their quest, for a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) is also tracking Chaney for reasons of his own. Together the unlikely trio ventures into hostile territory to dispense some Old West justice.

Rating: PG-13 (Int. Seq. of Western Violence|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama, Western
Original Language: English
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Producer: Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2010 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 7, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $171.0M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/true_grit_2010)

Film Summaries:

The Hateful Eight

Rating: R
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Richard N. Gladstein, Stacey Sher, Shannon McIntosh
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 30, 2015 Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.1M
Runtime: 2h 48m
Distributor: Weinstein Co.

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_hateful_eight)

True Grit(2010)

Rating: PG-13 (Int. Seq. of Western Violence|Disturbing Images)
Genre: Drama, Western
Original Language: English
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Producer: Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2010 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 7, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $171.0M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Distributor: Paramount Pictures

(Info courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/true_grit_2010)

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