This Town Is Big Enough for 'True Grit'

A free screening of the 1976 film True Grit, starring John Wayne and Kim Darby, is being held at the newly renovated on Thursday evening. It's all part of the annual program established by the four years ago.

"Each year the city selects one book as a centerpiece for promoting reading in our community," said Mayor Harry Schwarz. "This year we are featuring True Grit, a western novel by author Charles Portis."

The book was chosen to highlight Agoura Hills' “western feel," said Zack Miller, Recreatioin Manager. "In addition, many old western movies were filmed in our area, so we felt it was appropriate to highlight this selection," he said.

The city continues to make an effort to promote arts and culture with the formation of our Cultural Arts Council, said Miller.

According to Miller, the evening should prove to be an enlightening  and entertaining experience for the entire community.

Beginning at 5 p.m., there will be a small reception featuring artwork from a few local artists, including Bob Engel, Mimi Wirth and Craig Morton. At approximately 5:45, there will be a short discussion about the film and a Q&A session with Kim Darby, the actress that portrayed Maddie Ross in the original film. The film's screening will begin at 6:15 p.m.

"We are honored to have Ms. Darby at the film's showing at the newly refurbished, state of the art Regency Theatre," said Schwarz. "She will talk about her experience working on the film. It will be a very exciting evening."