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Plot:
Jesse James (BRAD PITT) was one of the country’s first
bona fide celebrities. There have been countless books written
and tales told about America's most famous outlaw - all of
them colorful and fascinating, all focused on his larger-than-life
public persona and daring exploits, and most of them bearing
only incidental reference to the truth.
To those he robbed and terrorized, and to the families of
those he admittedly killed, he may have been just a criminal,
but in the sensational newspaper articles and dime novels
chronicling the James Gang throughout the 1870s, Jesse was
the object of awe and admiration. He was a Robin Hood, they
suggested, targeting railroad owners and banks that exploited
poor farmers. He was a man with a tragic cause, a wronged
and wounded Confederate soldier striking back against the
Union that had ruined his life. Most importantly, to an increasingly
buttoneddown and citified population leading ordinary lives,
he was the last frontiersman - a symbol of freedom and the
American spirit, a charismatic rebel who flouted the law and
lived by his own rules ... by all accounts, a legend.
Foremost among his admirers was Robert Ford (CASEY AFFLECK),
an idealistic and ambitious young man who had devoted his
life to the hope of one day riding alongside his idol. He
could never have imagined that history would ultimately mark
him as the "the dirty little coward" who shot Jesse
in the back.
But who was Jesse James, really - behind the folklore and
the selling of newspapers? And who was Robert Ford, just nineteen
and a member of Jesse's inner circle, who was able to bring
down such a formidable figure when lawmen across ten states
had tried and failed? How did they come to be friends and
what happened between them in the days and hours leading up
to the gunshot that would end one man's life and become the
definition and sum total of another's?
No one will ever know the whole truth.
Based on the novel by Ron Hansen, "The Assassination
of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" delves into
the private lives of America's most notorious outlaw and his
unlikely assassin to offer a new perspective on a legend and
address the question of what really may have transpired in
the months before that infamous shooting.
The year is 1881 and Jesse is 34 years old. As he plans his
next great robbery, he continues to wage war on his enemies
who are trying to collect the reward money and the glory riding
on his capture. But the greatest threat to his life could
come from those he would trust the most.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co:
Virtual Studios
Scott Free (Prod.)
Plan B Entertainment
Release Date:
September 21, 2007
(NY, LA, Austin, Toronto)
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Author Ron Hansen (Book Info)
en.wikipedia.org
Misc Info - Tiff '07
www.tiff07.ca
Theater Info - Landmark Theaters
www.landmarktheaters.com
Theater Info - Angelika Film Center (NY, Dallas)
www.angelikafilmcenter.com
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