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As infamous and unpredictable Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next big robbery, he faces betrayal from... (Learn more)

Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard (View All)

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford picture
Brad Pitt stars as Jesse James in The Assassination of Jesse James. (Photo: Warner Brothers)
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Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard

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.

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Quick Facts

US Release Date

9/21/07

MPAA Rating

Rated R for some strong violence and brief sexual references

Running Time

160 mins.

Locations

  • Alberta, Canada

Language

  • English

Box Office Total

$3,904,982

Awards

  • Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2007 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Florida Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion award at the 2007 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 San Francisco Film Critics Circle [Fes Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 Golden Satellite Award [Festival/Award Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 Utah Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2007 San Francisco Film Critics Circle [Fes Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat Awards.
  • Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2007 Utah Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
  • Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2007 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.

Distributor

  • Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
  • Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
  • Warner Brothers

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