Just when it looked like “The Social Network” was going to hog the Oscar buzz until the end of year, along comes the Coen Brothers with the teaser for their upcoming “True Grit” and if the film even remotely resembles what this early footage promises, it looks like the directing duo will be another powerhouse to contend with.
To refresh your memory, the film stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld and follows a young girl (Steinfeld) who acquires the assistance of aging, drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn (Bridges) and young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Damon) to track down her father’s killer, Tom Chaney (Brolin), who has taken to a gang led by “Lucky” Ned Pepper (Pepper).
And everything in this teaser is ace. Right off the bat, we’re immediately impressed with Hailee Steinfeld whose narration and presence pretty much prove why she was hired in the first place. The cinematography by Roger Deakins is top notch as usual, and the music is downright haunting (the song in the trailer is “Where No One Stands Alone” by The Peasall Sisters). Tonally, it looks to fall in their direct matter-of-fact atmosphere in which the truly desperate and strange situations leave room for sardonic humor.
“True Grit” will hit theaters on Christmas Day. Watch the trailer after the jump or in HD over at Apple.
True Grit Teaser Trailer
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