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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Andrew Dominik

3.5
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Directed by: 
Andrew Dominik
Story by: 
Ron Hansen
Screenplay by: 
Andrew Dominik
Produced by: 
Ridley Scott
Jules Daly
Brad Pitt
Dede Gardner
David Valdes
Murray Ord
Jordy Randall
Tom Cox
Release year: 
2007
Country: 
United States of America
Canada
Runtime: 
160min
Genre: 
Crime Fiction
History
Western
Biographical film
Drama
Music by: 
Warren Ellis
Nick Cave
Locations: 
Alberta
Soundtrack: 
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Subjects: 
Jesse James
Tagline: 
Beyond the myth lies America's greatest betrayal.
Plot: 
The last months of Jesse James's life, from meeting Robert Ford, a 19-year-old who idolizes Jesse, to the day Ford shoots him. Jesse's a wanted man, living under a pseudonym, carrying out a train robbery, disappearing to Kentucky, and reappearing to plan a bank holdup with Robert and Robert's brother as his team. The rest of the gang is dead, arrested, or gone from Missouri. Whenever Jesse's around, there's tension: he's murderous, quixotic, depressed, and cautious. Ford wants to be somebody and wants the reward. On April 3, 1882, things come to a head: Jesse is 34, Robert 20. Ford becomes famous, reenacting the shooting on stage, facing down the label "coward," shot dead in 1892.
Cast: 
Brad Pitt
as
Jesse James
Casey Affleck
as
Robert Ford
Mary-Louise Parker
as
Zee James
Sam Shepard
as
Frank James
Sam Rockwell
as
Charlie Ford
Brooklynn Proulx
as
Mary James
Dustin Bollinger
as
Jesse E. James
Jeremy Renner
as
Wood Hite
Zooey Deschanel
as
Dorothy Evans
Paul Schneider
as
Dick Liddil
Garret Dillahunt
as
Ed Miller
James Carville
as
Thomas T. Crittenden
Jesse Frechette
as
Albert Ford
Pat Healy
as
Wilbur Ford
Kailin See
as
Sarah Hite
Lauren Calvert
as
Ida
Michael Parks
as
Henry Craig
Alison Elliott
as
Martha Bolton
Ted Levine
as
James Timberlake
Tom Aldredge
as
George Burns
Joel McNichol
as
Express Messenger
James Defelice
as
Baggagemaster
J.C. Roberts
as
Engineer
Michael Copeman
as
Edward O'Kelly
Darrell Orydzuk
as
Ukranian Train Passenger
Jonathan Erich Drachenberg
as
Young Train Passenger
Torben Hansen
as
Danish Train Passenger
Joel Duncan
as
Deputy
Stephanie Wahlstrom
as
Store Customer
Adam Arlukiewicz
as
Newsboy
Ian Ferrier
as
Photographer
Michael Rogers
as
Onlooker at Jesse's Death
Calvin Bliid
as
Small Boy at Jesse's Death
Sarah Lind
as
Bob's Girlfriend
Nick Cave
as
Bowery Saloon Singer
Matthew Walker
as
Bowery Saloonkeeper
Laryssa Yanchak
as
Ella Mae Waterson
Hugh Ross
Kalyn Bomback
as
Theatre goer
Doug Christian
as
Tavern Patron
Sara Fowlow
as
Girl of Sixteen
Barb Mitchell
as
Upscale Guest
Sarah Murphy-Dyson
as
Girl Playing Zee
Myles Peterman
as
Train Boy
Myrna Vallance
as
Caroline Wheeler Jackson

Reviews

Review by HALfie

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3.5

It's not just a story of guns and train robberies but rather a film about the psychological relationship between the most famous outlaw and his assassin; the use of a revealing narrator and a good photography compell the viewer’s attention on this central aspect till the final scene where the assassin is not necessary a ruthless killer to the spectator's eye. The main character and the villain are involved in a strange atmosphere where final ending (already known) is not so important such as the developing of the drama and the evolving of their mood. Overall quite good.

"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow."
To Have and Have Not, 1944