States and Movies

[DolfanBob]

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

[swake]

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?

[Townsend]

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)

As 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.

[BKDotCom]

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. 

[DolfanBob]

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.

[Townsend]

I thought Oklahoma's favorite movie was Twister.  

I agree.  COWS

[dbacksfan 2.0]

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.........

[Townsend]

The 24 Best Made-in-Oklahoma Movies

Per Holly Wall at This Land

http://thislandpress.com/roundups/the-25-best-made-in-oklahoma-movies/

[patric]

I agree.  COWS

Ill see your cows and raise you a trailer...

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Ill see your cows and raise you a trailer...

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.