The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-19

Languages:

English, Danish

Countries:

USA, Canada, UK

Runtime:

160 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (128112 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Dominik

Cast:

Writer:

Andrew Dominik (screenplay)

Ron Hansen (novel)

Fullplot:

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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