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Name: The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Released: 2007-9-21
Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Schneider

The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

R
2h 40m
2007

77%

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International superstar Brad Pitt (Troy) stars as legendary outlaw Jesse James in this Western drama based on Ron Hansen's best-selling novel The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. A charismatic, superstitious and moody man, Jesse James (Pitt) presides over a rag tag gang of outlaws who fear his quick temper and even quicker shooting ability. Young Robert Ford (Casey Affleck - Ocean's Twelve) worships Jesse and joins the James Gang, only to become resentful of his hero. Intent on taking Jesse's place, the young upstart hatches a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. But after gunning Jesse James down, Robert Ford lives out the rest of his days tormented by the cold-blooded killing of his former mentor.

Director:

Andrew Dominik

Producer:

Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Ridley Scott, Jules Daly, David Valdes, Brad Grey, Tony Scott, Lisa Ellzey, Benjamin Waisbren

Writer:

Andrew Dominik

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Garret Dillahunt

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

77%

Critics Consensus: On the strength of its two lead performances Assassination is an expertly crafted period piece, and an insightful look at one of the enduring figures of American lore.

Reviews

Film Companion

Gayle Sequeira

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford plays out like an elegy to a fallen idol whose worshipper has decided it's time to dismantle the pedestal.

Not only one of the finest westerns ever made, even a decade-and-a-half on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a terrific example of the power of the art form itself.

Perhaps the least western Western ever made - and that's not a good sort of singularity.

Imperfect, beautiful, overloaded and redundant, it is one of those films that will still be remembered and analyzed in ten years. [Full Review in Spanish]

August 8, 2019

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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)

Mattie Lucas

An essential American Western that deserves to be ranked among the greats.

June 6, 2019

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