The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 Western drama film. The film is directed by Andrew Dominik, with Brad Pitt portraying Jesse James and Casey Affleck as his eventual killer Robert Ford. Filming took place in Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg. Initially intended for a 2006 release, the film was postponed and re-edited for a September 21, 2007 release. An adaptation of Ron Hansen's 1983 novel of the same name, the fi...
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 Western drama film. The film is directed by Andrew Dominik, with Brad Pitt portraying Jesse James and Casey Affleck as his eventual killer Robert Ford. Filming took place in Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg. Initially intended for a 2006 release, the film was postponed and re-edited for a September 21, 2007 release. An adaptation of Ron Hansen's 1983 novel of the same name, the film dramatizes the relationship between James and Ford.
The film was adapted from Ron Hansen's 1983 novel The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Unlike the more action-oriented Jesse James movies of the past, Andrew Dominik's sophomore film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is presented as a psychoanalytical historical epic rather than a shoot-em-up western.
The movie details the outlaw's relinquishing psyche during the final months of his life as he finds himself succumbing to the paranoia of being...
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