Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [HD] DVD

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Brad Pitt stars as legendary Wild West outlaw Jesse James in Chopper director Andrew Dominik's cinematic rendering of the events that would eventually bring about the death of the man rumored be the "fastest gun in the West." An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw. When Robert and his brother Charlie sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status. Casey Affleck stars as Robert Ford and Sam Shepard co-stars as Frank James -- Jesse's devoted sibling and partner in crime. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast Brad Pitt as Jesse James Casey Affleck as Robert Ford Sam Shepard as Frank James Mary-Louise Parker as Zee James Paul Schneider as Dick Liddil Jeremy Renner as Wood Hite Zooey Deschanel as Dorothy Evans Sam Rockwell as Charley Ford Garret Dillahunt as Ed Miller Brooklyn Proulx as Mary James Dustin Bollinger as Tim James Joel McNichol as Express Manager James DeFelice as Baggagemaster J.C. Roberts as Engineer Darrell Orydzuk as Ukranian Train Passenger Jonathan Erich Drachenberg as Young Train Passenger Torben S. Hansen as Danish Train Passenger Alison Elliott as Martha Bolton Lauren Calvert as Ida Kailin See as Sarah Hite Tom Aldredge as Major George Hite Jesse Frechette as Albert Ford Pat Healy as Wilbur Ford Michael Parks as Henry Craig Ted Levine as Sheriff Timberlake Joel Duncan as Deputy James Carville as Governor Crittenden Stephanie Wahlstrom as Store Customer Adam Arlukiewicz as Newsboy Ian Ferrier as Photographer Michael Rogers as Onlooker at Jesse's Death Calvin Bliid as Small Boy at Jesse's Death Sarah Lind as Bob's Girlfriend Nick Cave as Bowery Saloon Singer Matthew Walker as Bowery Saloonkeeper Michael Copeman as Edward O'Kelly Laryssa Yanchak as Ella Mae Waterson Hugh Ross as Narrator

Crew Martin Gendron - Art Director Troy Sizemore - Art Director Ron Hansen - Associate Producer Markus Wade - Boom Operator Mali Finn - Casting Deb Green - Casting Jackie Lind - Casting Matt Dunkley - Conductor Pat Norris - Costume Designer Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing - Costume Designer Scott Andrew Robertson - First Assistant Director Andrew Dominik - Director Dylan Tichenor - Editor Curtiss Clayton - Editor Brad Grey - Executive Producer Lisa Ellzey - Executive Producer Benjamin Waisbren - Executive Producer Cheryl Bainum - Executive Producer Tony Scott - Executive Producer Chris Harrison - Hair Styles Sarah Jane Cundell - Location Manager Robert Hilton - Location Manager Rino Pace - Location Manager Nick Cave - Composer (Music Score) Warren Ellis - Composer (Music Score) Rochelle L. Pomerleau - Makeup Jean A. Black - Makeup Christien Tinsley - Makeup Special Effects Roger Deakins - Camera Operator Roger Deakins - Cinematographer Dede Gardner - Producer Brad Pitt - Producer David Valdes - Producer Jules Daly - Producer Ridley Scott - Producer Marilyn Humphreys - Set Designer Michael Madden - Set Designer Terry Gunvordahl - Set Designer Ricardo Alms - Set Designer Gordon White - Set Designer Brad Milburn - Set Designer Grant Van Der Slagt - Set Designer Rejean Labrie - Set Designer Hayden S. Scott - Special Effects Jason Paradis - Special Effects Amanda Paller - Special Effects Leslie Shatz - Sound/Sound Designer Bruce Carwardine - Sound/Sound Designer Richard King - Sound/Sound Designer Christopher Aud - Sound/Sound Designer Tom Glass - Stunts Corry Glass - Stunts Jim Finkbeiner - Stunts Chad Cosgrave - Stunts Alex Green - Stunts Brett Edge - Stunts Lyle Edge - Stunts Shane Pollitt - Stunts Dennis Hambling - Stunts Jason Glass - Stunts Guy Bews - Stunts Kyle Thomson - Stunts Greg Schlosser - Stunts Rick Skene - Stunts John Scott - Stunts Dave Hospes - Stunts Randy Hambling - Stunts Terrance Leigh - Stunts Michael Langlois - Stunts Tom W. Eirikson - Stunts Jacqueline Loewen - Stunts Jim Randle - Stunts Jesse Thomson - Stunts Joe A. Dodds - Stunts Blake Schlosser - Stunts Sean Skene - Stunts Jordon Dodds - Stunts Jodi Terhoch - Stunts Ross Wideman - Stunts Dale Gibson - Stunts Reg Glass - Stunts Kristy Glass - Stunts Wacey Finkbeiner - Stunts Colt Cosgrave - Stunts Brent Woolsey - Stunts Coordinator Billy Burton - Stunts Coordinator James Paradis - Special Effects Supervisor David Valdes - Unit Production Manager Brian Parker - Unit Production Manager Andrew Dominik - Screenwriter Michael W. Mitchell - Sound Effects Editor Michael Babcock - Sound Effects Editor Bruce Flewelling - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Holly Fortier - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Dave McBean - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Larry O'Connor - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Catherine V. Sutherland - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Troy Dorchester - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Jordan Dodds - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Justin Blades - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Lloyd Jacobson - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Tom Lloyd - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Greg Holem - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Wade Pearson - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Lyle Edge - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Jesse Thomson - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Colt Cosgrave - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Allison Red Crow - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Hatch FX - Matte Artist Deak Ferrand - Matte Artist Dominic Daigle - Matte Artist Lee Anne Muldoon - Publicist Peter McNulty - Associate Editor Andy Harris - First Assistant Camera John Scott - Head Animal Trainer Ross Wideman - Head Animal Trainer Rick Schmidt - Key Grip Jonathan Karp - Music Editor William Kaplan - Music Editor Gerard McCann - Music Producer Gerard McCann - Musical Performer Luke Cave - Musical Performer Martyn Casey - Musical Performer David Dresher - Post Production Supervisor Jill Christensen - Production Coordinator Nicole Florian - Production Coordinator Dean Goodine - Properties Master Ron Bartlett - Re-Recording Mixer Doug Hemphill - Re-Recording Mixer Nancy McDonald - Script Supervisor Karen Sowiak - Second Assistant Director Maurice Routly - Special Effects Coordinator Damon Moreau - Steadicam Operator Kimberley French - Still Photographer Richard King - Supervising Sound Editor Sophie Leclerc - Visual Effects Producer Devora Brown - Costume/Wardrobe Diane Routly - Costume/Wardrobe Heather Moore - Costume/Wardrobe Nancy B. Jones - Costume/Wardrobe Mary Hyde-Kerr - Costume/Wardrobe Kimberly Harris - ADR Editor John P. Fasal - ADR Mixer Kimberley Zaharko - Assistant Art Director Jackie Bagley - Assistant Art Director Lizzie McGovern - Assistant Costumer Designer Mike Gould - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Eric Rebalkin - Assistant Location Manager Stuart Becker - Assistant Location Manager Jay St. Louis - Assistant Location Manager Scott Layton - Assistant Production Coordinator Shelly Goldsack - Assistant Properties Johnny Jones - Assistant Properties Jacob Riehle - Assistant Sound Editor Chris B. Speers - Best Boy Grip Liz Shoai - Casting Assistant Lauren Bass - Casting Associate Martin Keough - Chief Lighting Technician Olaf Dux - Construction Coordinator Alfred Arndt - Construction Coordinator Kelly Fraser - Costumes Supervisor Travis McConnell - DGA Intern Jesse Cooper - DGA Intern Hugo Weng - Dialogue Editor Michael Magill - Dialogue Editor Allen Hartz - Dialogue Editor Bruce Hamme - Dolly Grip Louise Mackiewicz - Extra Casting Janet Powers - Extra Casting Charles Crossin - Extra Casting Raluca Sheridan - First Assistant Accountant Caro Rothel - First Assistant Accountant Hugh Ross - First Assistant Editor Robin Harlan - Foley Artist Sarah Monat - Foley Artist Mark Pappas - Foley Editor Jonathon Klein - Foley Editor Michael Dressel - Foley Editor Richard "Jesse" Irwin - Greensman Shannon Ross Watson - Greensman James Weeks - Greensman Donny Dolan - Greensman Deborah Day - Greensman Iloe Flewelling - Key Hairstylist Dorothy Precious - Production Accountant Tom Johnson - Scenic Artist Erika Zonderland - Scenic Artist David Belcourt - Scenic Artist George Griffiths - Scenic Artist David Lourie - Second Assistant Camera Susan Strembitsky - Second Assistant Camera Christopher Smith - Set Dresser Laura Cuthill-Luft - Set Dresser Jay Benoliel - Set Dresser Jack Lowen - Set Dresser Amber Humphries - Set Dresser Marlis Wilson - Set Dresser Stacey Gooch - Set Dresser Al Berg - Storyboard Artist Dean Robinson - Transportation Captain Coleman Robinson - Transportation Coordinator Chris Hollywood - Visual Effects CIS Hollywood - Visual Effects Janice Blackie-Goodine - Set Decorator Ron Hansen - Book Author Terry Haggar - Color Timing Filmworks Catering - Craft Service/Catering Avaline Adshead - Craft Service/Catering Cathy Barillaro - Craft Service/Catering James C. Kennedy - Craft Service/Catering Randy K. Singer - Foley Mixer Christopher Flick - Foley Supervisor Mo Henry - Negative Cutter Lisa Jemus - Third Assistant Director Daniel J. Quesenl - Video Assist Rob Doak - Video Assist Craig Humphries - Graphic Design James Leake - Title Design Wendy Dobson - Art Department Coordinator Deanne Rohde - Art Department Coordinator Alex Hepburn - Assistant Editor John Paul Horstmann - Assistant Editor Marie Gaerlan - Assistant Editor Gail Kennedy - Department Head Makeup Linda Yeaney - First Assistant Sound Editor Andrew Bock - First Assistant Sound Editor Eyad Zahara - Assistant to the Director Evan Godfrey - Assistant to the Director Emily Currie - Producer's Assistant Doborah Heslop - Producer's Assistant Yoleine Dumarsais - Producer's Assistant Kelly Williams - Producer's Assistant Sean Blackie - Assistant Set Decorator

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Director Andrew Dominik adopts a style throughout his new psychological western The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford that he believes will give the film the weight and seriousness of an epic. The movie runs a stately 160 minutes not because there is too much action or too many sequences, but because conversations are edited so that protracted silences occur between every line of dialogue. For the first 30 minutes, as the members of the gang are introduced while they plan and execute a train robbery, Dominik is at his best. The deliberate tone and slow pace make this a unique and rewarding sequence, but the next 90 minutes of the film eats away that interest. Casey Affleck embodies the creepy stalker elements of Robert Ford with great skill, but his boyish face keeps him from ever being truly threatening -- perfect casting considering what the director does with the character. Ford's obsession with Jesse James (played as alternately psychotic or brooding by Brad Pitt) manages to be complete, without being in any way sexual. He's a boy trying to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. His performance, in fact each performance throughout, is solid, but they are undermined by the film's pace. The editing style, which is obviously purposeful, hampers the film's protracted middle because while the film suggests many reasons why Ford kills Jesse, it never seems to take a stand on the issue. Jealousy, fear, duty, and a desire for celebrity are all presented as possibilities, but often these different motivations seem to conflict directly with each other. Over dinner with the Ford family, James humiliates the 20-year-old Robert, and one would think that his actions from then on stem from a desire for revenge, but even after the embarrassment, Ford is seen sniffing James' bedding. A film can be open-ended and open to interpretation, yet still present an explanation as to why everyone was interested in the material to begin with. The movie plays like the director wanted to make the film in order to figure out his own feeling about Robert, but never came to any resolution. The final 20 minutes, after Ford shoots Jesse and must live with the consequences, bring the proceedings back to life. As Robert revels in his notoriety, the viewer can draw so many parallels with what went on before that one can start to see that the material might have supported the stately rhythm. As it is, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a failure, but the combination of ideas, however unformed, and the style make it a genuine attempt at something new -- which makes the film more interesting than most failures. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
 

Casey Affleck: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: Detroit Film Critics Society, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: Golden Satellite Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: National Board of Review, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Casey Affleck: National Society of Film Critics, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Casey Affleck: San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Casey Affleck: Screen Actors Guild, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: Southeastern Film Critics Circle, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Casey Affleck: Toronto Film Critics Association, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Casey Affleck: Utah Film Critics, Best Actor (nominated) Nick Cave: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Original Score (nominated) Roger Deakins: American Society of Cinematographers, Best Cinematography (nominated) Roger Deakins: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Cinematography (winner) Roger Deakins: Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat, Best Cinematography (winner) Roger Deakins: Florida Film Critics, Best Cinematography (winner) Roger Deakins: St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat, Best Cinematography (winner) Warren Ellis: Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Original Score (nominated)

Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat, Best Picture (nominated) Las Vegas Film Critics Association, Best Picture (nominated) London Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated) San Francisco Film Critics Circle, Best Picture (winner) Southeastern Film Critics Circle, Best Picture (nominated) Toronto International Film Festival, Film Presented (nominated) Utah Film Critics, Best Picture (nominated) Venice International Film Festival, In Competition (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Side A: Making-of documentary The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1: 2.40:1 MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 160 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 1. Prologue Portrait [3:25] 2. Appetite For Greater Things [6:12] 3. Call Me Gregarious [3:14] 4. Petty Thieves and Rubes [3:56] 5. Blue Cut Robbery [5:05] 6. No More Shenanigans [4:00] 7. Cigars and Lies [2:29] 8. Names of Enemies [5:17] 9. Sent Home [3:14] 10. Threats and Mysteries [5:58] 11. My Daddy's Wife [6:02] 12. Jesse Stops By [6:33] 13. Where's Jim? [7:22] 14. Shootin' Scrape [5:50] 15. Snow Grave [2:23] 16. Overlapping Stories [6:23] 17. Acting Testy [3:56] 18. Catch-Up With Miller [1:00] 19. No Peace When He's Around [4:37] 20. Craig Rifles Ball [2:55] 21. Cup of Iniquity [4:15] 22. Other Side of the Ice [2:22] 23. You've Been Chosen [3:34] 24. Just a Human Being [4:43] 25. Creep Up From Behind [3:29] 26. By Way of Apology [4:56] 27. Imagining Himself [5:58] 28. April 3rd, 1882 [3:28] 29. News Report [3:36] 30. Assassination [2:48] 31. Final Shots [5:43] 32. Stage Portrayal [2:00] 33. Charley's Final Curtain [4:03] 34. I'm Robert Ford [1:24] 35. No Applause [3:45] 36. No Eulogies [3:50] 37. End Credits [2:15]