The Assassination Of Jesse James
Western
Warner Bros.  (10/10/2007) 159 mins R

7.7 (38,090 votes)
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He’s the nation’s most notorious criminal, hunted by the law in 10 states. He’s also the land’s greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. Robert Ford? No one knows him. Not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He’ll befriend Jesse, ride with his gang. And if that doesn’t bring Ford fame, he’ll find a deadlier way.

Friendship becomes rivalry and the quest for fame becomes obsession in this virile epic produced in part by Ridley Scott and featuring gripping portrayals by Brad Pitt (winner of the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award) as Jesse and Casey Affleck as the youth drawn closer to his goal and farther from his own humanity....

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Cast and Crew
Sam Shepard  ......  Frank James
Sam Rockwell  ......  Charley Ford
Mary-Louise Parker  ......  Zee James
Casey Affleck  ......  Robert Ford
Zooey Deschanel  ...... 
Brad Pitt  ......  Jesse James
Director  .....  Andrew Dominik
Producer  .....  Ridley Scott; Dede Gardner; Jules Daly; Lisa Ellzey
Writer  .....  Andrew Dominik; Ron Hansen
Notes
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The song "A Bird in a Gilded Cage", being sung during saloon scene dated 1892, was not written until 1900. (more)

Trivia:
According to Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt had it put in his contract that the name of the movie was not to be changed. (more)

Filming Locations:
Alberta, Canada (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...
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 19 nominations (more)