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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) 7.5
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Reviews: 399 user | 272 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader. Director:Andrew Dominik |
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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. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Beyond the myth lies America's greatest betrayal.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some strong violence and brief sexual references | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
19 October 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Assassination of Jesse James See more »Filming Locations:
Fort Edmonton Park - Fox Drive and Whitemud Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$147,812 (USA) (21 September 2007)Gross:
$3,904,982 (USA) (25 January 2008)Company Credits
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Narrator: He was growing into middle age, and was living then in a bungalow on Woodland Avenue. He installed himself in a rocking chair and smoked a cigar down in the evenings as his wife wiped her pink hands on an apron and reported happily on their two children. His children knew his legs, the sting of his mustache against their cheeks. They didn't know how their father made his living, or why they so often moved. They didn't even know their father's name. He was listed in the city ...
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Jeremy Renner was originally considered for the role of Robert Ford, but he was ultimately thought to be too old for the character. The director in turn offered him the role of Wood Hite, which Renner accepted. See more »Goofs
In two different instances in the film, Jesse James dime novels are depicted as part of Robert Ford's personal Jesse James collection he keeps in a box under the bed at his sisters' farm. It is assumed in the film that these instances occurred in 1879 or early 1880's. However, these novels, and specifically the one shown on top of the collection, were not created until 1901. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: He was growing into middle age, and was living then in a bungalow on Woodland Avenue. He installed himself in a rocking chair and smoked a cigar down in the evenings as his wife wiped her pink hands on an apron and reported happily on their two children. His children knew his legs, the sting of his mustache against their cheeks. They didn't know how their father made his living, or why they so often moved. They didn't even know their father's name. He was listed in the city ...
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