On Location with True Grit -- Film Locations in Ouray County Colorado

True Grit was filmed in Ouray County, Colorado in the late 1960s and John Wayne won his only Academy Award in 1970 for his performance of Rooster Cogburn.  John Wayne also won a Golden Globe for this performance.

In this film, John Wayne hams it up as a one-eyed, broken-down marshal in this 1969 adaptation of Charles Portis's bestselling novel. Kim Darby plays the formal-speaking adolescent who goes to Wayne for help tracking down her father's killer, and singer Glen Campbell straps on his guns to join the quest. Directed by old lion Henry Hathaway (Rawhide), this is largely a showcase for Wayne (who finally won an Oscar), but it is also a decent Western with a particularly stirring final act. --Tom Keogh

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We offer a 2 night packaged tour of the significant set locations so that real True Grit Fans can see where the magic happened that fateful year during filming.

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To book your tour, please call us at 800-327-5080 and we will assemble a tour for you.