in 2010, joel and ethan coen released another film adaptation of the novel, also entitled "true grit", with thirteen-year-old actress hailee steinfeld as mattie ross, veteran actor jeff bridges playing rooster cogburn, matt damon as laboeuf, barry pepper as lucky ned, and josh brolin as tom chaney. their version, focusing on mattie's point of view, follows the novel more closely than the 1969 film. the coen movie is shot in settings more typical of the novel. (the 1969 film was shot in the colorado rockies and the sierra nevada, while the 2010 film was shot in santa fe, new mexico as well as granger and austin, texas.)