Here is the movie with a scene that happens today - June 8. I hope you enjoy it and watch it tonight.
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
In 1881 the James brothers
recruit a gang of petty thieves to assist them in robbing a train, which turns
out to have much less money than supposed. Frank James leaves for Baltimore.
Wood Hite and Dick Liddil go to Kentucky to see Hite’s father. While there
Liddil became involved with Hite’s step-mother, angering Hite. Bob stays with Jesse for a time then returns
to stay at his sister, Martha Bolton’s farm with his brother Charley, Wood Hite
and Dick Liddil. Dick tells Bob that he and Jim Cummins, another gang member
are plotting to capture Jesse for the large reward. Jesse goes to see Ed Miller, another gang member, who
unintentionally hints that Cummins is plotting against Jesse. Jesse kills Miller
then he and Dick Liddil go out to find Cummins and Jesse even beats up a young
cousin of Bob Ford’s to try and get info out of him. Liddil returns to the
Bolton’s farmhouse and gets into a confrontation with an angry Wood Hite in
which Hite ends up being killed by Bob Ford and his body is hidden in the
woods. Bob approaches the police and after suggesting Dick Liddil’s arrest
makes a deal with Missouri governor Crittenden in which he has ten days to kill
or capture Jesse. Charley Ford persuades Jesse to take Bob into the gang and
they start planning a crime spree. Bob
shoots and kills Jesse, for which he gets $10,000.00 [the equivalent of
$12.8 million today] The brothers for a time become celebrities, re-enacting
the death of Jesse on the New York stage. Bob later experiences regret and
writes letters of apology to Jesse’s widow that he never mails. On June 8, 1902
[2:29:55 to 2:32:06] Robert Ford is murdered in the saloon he owned by Ed
O’Kelly, who was later pardoned.
A low key, but effective movie.
More of a character study than and action film. Both Bob Ford and Jesse James
are examined to try and determine what makes them tick.
Encyclopedia of World Crime: Criminal Justice,
Criminology and Law Enforcement Vol. II by Jay Robert Nash (Crime
Books, Inc., Wilmette, Ill, 1990) at page1197 gives the date of the murder
Producer - Ridley Scott, Jules Daly, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner
and David Valdes
Director - Andrew Dominik
Screenplay - Andrew Dominik
Awards – The film was nominated for the Best Supporting
Actor(Affleck) and the Best
Cinematography Oscars at the 80th Academy Awards.
Narrator - Hugh Ross
Runtime - 2 hours 40
minutes
Released – September 21, 2007
Starring –
Brad Pitt as Jesse James
Casey Affleck as Robert "Bob" Ford
Sam Shepard as Frank James
Jeremy Renner as Wood Hite
Sam Rockwell as Charley Ford
Paul Schneider as
Dick Liddle
Garret Dillahunt as Ed Miller
Mary-Louise Parker as Zerelda "Zee" James
Zooey Deschanel as Dorothy Evans
Alison Elliott as Martha Bolton
Kailin See as Sarah Hite
Ted Levine as James Timberlake
James Carville as Governor Thomas T. Crittenden
Michael Parks as Henry Craig
Michael Copeman as Ed O'Kelley
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