Can anyone tell me why Oklahoma is associated with the movie "True Grit" on this list?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541055/Map-reveals-U-S-states-beloved-iconic-movie.html
Quote from: DolfanBob on January 17, 2014, 12:36:27 PM
Can anyone tell me why Oklahoma is associated with the movie "True Grit" on this list?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541055/Map-reveals-U-S-states-beloved-iconic-movie.html
Because most of the movie/book is set in what is Oklahoma today?
Quote from: DolfanBob on January 17, 2014, 12:36:27 PM
Can anyone tell me why Oklahoma is associated with the movie "True Grit" on this list?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541055/Map-reveals-U-S-states-beloved-iconic-movie.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(novel) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(novel))
QuoteAs Mattie's tale begins, Chaney is employed on the Ross's family farm in west central Arkansas, near the town of Dardanelle in Yell County. Chaney is not adept as a farmhand, and Mattie has only scorn for him, referring to him as "trash", and noting that her kind-hearted father, Frank, only hired him out of pity. One day, Frank Ross and Chaney go to Fort Smith to buy some horses. Ross takes $250 with him to pay for the horses, along with two gold pieces he always carried. He ends up spending only $100 on the horses. When Ross tries to intervene in a barroom confrontation involving Chaney, Chaney kills him, robs the body of the remaining $150 and two gold pieces, and flees into Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) on his horse.
I associate True Grit more with Arkansas simply because they refer to so many specific AR towns and people.
I'm not sure they ever refer to Oklahoma.. it's not even a state yet.
I thought Oklahoma's favorite movie was Twister. :)
I would have thought more along the lines of "The Outsiders" "Rumble Fish" or "Tex" but those are more Tulsa related than the whole State.
Quote from: BKDotCom on January 17, 2014, 03:37:09 PM
I thought Oklahoma's favorite movie was Twister. :)
I agree. COWS
(http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/littlegraypixel/cows_zps27451955.jpg)
Quote from: BKDotCom on January 17, 2014, 03:37:09 PM
I associate True Grit more with Arkansas simply because they refer to so many specific AR towns and people.
I'm not sure they ever refer to Oklahoma.. it's not even a state yet.
I thought Oklahoma's favorite movie was Twister. :)
Yes and they like to sneak up unannounced at night at drive in theaters.........
The 24 Best Made-in-Oklahoma Movies
Per Holly Wall at This Land
http://thislandpress.com/roundups/the-25-best-made-in-oklahoma-movies/ (http://thislandpress.com/roundups/the-25-best-made-in-oklahoma-movies/)
Quote from: Townsend on January 17, 2014, 04:07:31 PM
I agree. COWS
(http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/littlegraypixel/cows_zps27451955.jpg)
Ill see your cows and raise you a trailer...
(http://fathom_media.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/tornado-semis_original.jpg)
Quote from: patric on January 17, 2014, 05:15:58 PM
Ill see your cows and raise you a trailer...
(http://fathom_media.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/tornado-semis_original.jpg)
Okay, a pair of trailers in a real one, beats all of the fake ones in Twister. 18 years later people still ask me how realistic is the movie.