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« 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
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2014, 12:44:32 pm »
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?
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2014, 12:48:26 pm »
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)

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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.
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« Reply #3 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.  Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2014, 03:47:57 pm »
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.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2014, 04:07:31 pm »
Quote from: BKDotCom on January 17, 2014, 03:37:09 pm

I thought Oklahoma's favorite movie was Twister.  Smiley


I agree.  COWS
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2014, 04:08:09 pm »
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.  Smiley


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQgjrrEeHA[/youtube]

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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2014, 04:10:14 pm »
The 24 Best Made-in-Oklahoma Movies

Per Holly Wall at This Land

http://thislandpress.com/roundups/the-25-best-made-in-oklahoma-movies/
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2014, 05:15:58 pm »
Quote from: Townsend on January 17, 2014, 04:07:31 pm
I agree.  COWS



Ill see your cows and raise you a trailer...
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2014, 06:26:50 pm »
Quote from: patric on January 17, 2014, 05:15:58 pm
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.
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