True Grit Filming Locations (2010)

True Grit Filming Locations: True Grit film follows a stubborn teenager Mattie Ross who enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father’s murderer Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. Cogburn.

True Grit film stars Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn along with Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Domhnall Gleeson, Bruce Green, Ed Lee Corbin, Roy Lee Jones.

When and Where was True Grit filmed?

The film’s filming took place primarily in the USA. The filming of True Grit film started on 22 March 2010 and was completed on 27 April 2010. In the below article, we will see the different locations where True Grit film was filmed and True Grit Filming Locations in different parts of the USA.

True Grit Filming Locations

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Granger City Hall

Address: 214 E Davilla St, Granger, TX 76530, United States

When the town in Texas of Granger was transformed into Fort Smith, Arkansas, for Paramount’s film True Grit. The location was chosen because of the empty lots in and around the brick buildings and the rail terminal, which is seen authentic western location set. The scenes set in Fort Smith, Arkansas were particularly filmed in this small city.

Old Blanco County Courthouse

Address: 300 Main St, Blanco, TX 78606, United States

Old Blanco County Courthouse is in Blanco and was designed by architect Frederick Ernst Ruffini in the Second Empire style. The scenes in the film where Rooster testifies in court were filmed at the Old Blanco Courthouse in Blanco. The cast and crew filmed in the building and it perfectly matched the time period in which the film was set in.

Austin Club

Address: 110 E 9th St, Austin, TX 78701, United States

The Austin Club was built in 1878 and was a perfect location that suited the set up on film. All modern details were removed from the location such as light poles and road stripes on the street, while horses and buggies were added for filming. The club was also used as a location to film the scenes of the movie on Austin’s Ninth Street.

Texas Capitol

Address: 1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, United States

The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the American state of Texas in downtown Austin. In the film when adult Mattie arrives in Memphis in the epilogue to the film the train station she walks through is filmed in the interior of the Texas State Capitol Building.

First National Bank Building

Address: 201 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA 52801, United States

The First National Bank Building is a historic building in the United States. Bartlett is five miles north of Granger and was used as the location where the undertakers, where Mattie views her murdered father’s body and also spends her first night in town along with the dead bodies, was filmed specifically inside the old First National Bank Building on East Clark Street at Evie Street.

In addition to the above locations, the facilities at Austin Studios, located at 1901 E. 51st Street, were used for filming, and the College of Santa Fe – Garson Studios facilities at 1600 Saint Michaels Drive in Santa Fe, New Mexico were also used by the filming unit for the filming of True Grit.

True Grit Official Trailer

True Grit was officially released on December 22, 2010, in the United States and the film was opened at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2011. (External Link: IMDb)