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Principal photography occurred near Santa Fe, New Mexico with sections filmed across Texas and in Ridgeway, Colorado.

True Grit is a 1968 serialized novel by American author Charles Portis. The screenplay was written by American film-making brothers Ethan and Joel Coen, who also directed the movie. It is the second adaptation of Portis' novel, the first also titled Der Marshal (1969).

1878, with an epilogue set in 1903.

A "poke" was a term used primarily in the southern United States and meant a sack or a bag. The term "pig in a poke" refers to buying something sight unseen, where the buyer would be buying a concealed item in a bag that he had been told was a pig but without seeing it. Sometimes a cheat would sell a cat in place of a pig. When opened, the purchaser, having bought a "pig in a poke," would "let the cat out of the bag"—i.e., revealing the truth. Linguists think the term "poke" can be traced back to 14th century English. Mattie carried her father's gun in a flour sack purchased from Mrs. Morgan, the innkeeper.

Cowboy lore has it that snakes won't cross a rope.

"The Wicked Flee" by Carter Burwell.

"God's Gonna Cut You Down" by Johnny Cash. An earlier trailer used the song "Where No One Stands Alone" by the Peasall Sisters.