Friday Western: TRUE GRIT & TOMBSTONE
18.00 = CINEMA CAFÉ OPENS
19.00 = TRUE GRIT directed by Henry Hathaway, 1969, 128 minutes
In a gritty quest for vengeance, a determined young girl enlists the grizzled Rooster Cogburn, a legendary U.S. Marshal, to track down her father’s killer. Together, they navigate perilous terrain, testing the limits of bravery and justice in the Old West. …After decades as a top box-office draw, John Wayne received a Best Actor Oscar for his performance here as Rooster. Expect frequent peril and suspense, gunfights and bloody deaths in the mold of all the best classic westerns.
21.45 = TOMBSTONE (1993)(130 min) directed by George P. Cosmatos and Kevin Jarre, 1993, 130 Minutes
This is the epic story of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and the famous Shootout at the O.K. Corral, but it is much, much more. Wyatt, retired from the dangerous and stressful career as a lawman, was to settle in Tombstone with his brothers and their families, to an enterprising venture into the hotel and gaming business. But things don’t go as planned and fate has a way of catching up …