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Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: R
Release Date: Oct 5, 2007
Running Time: 160 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: Andrew Dominik
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An action western surrounding the private life and public exploits of America's most notorious outlaw, Jesse James. As the charismatic and unpredictable outlaw plans his next great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are trying to collect the reward money--and the glory--that is riding on his capture. However, the greatest threat to Jesse's life may ultimately come from those he trusts the most.
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rating  PETER TRAVERS - October 4, 2007
For a movie that has sat on a shelf for two years gathering bad buzz, this quiet wow of a Western sneaks up as one hell of a satisfying surprise. Artfully exciting and compulsively watchable even at a butt-numbing 152 minutes, the film makes good on the promise New Zealand writer-director Andrew Dominik showed with Chopper in 2000. Brad Pitt totally nails it as Jesse James. He just picked up the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival, and damn if he doesn't deserve it. Pitt is built to… Continued
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The influence of Terrence Malick can be felt in every drawn-out scene in this agonizingly slow and pretentious revisionist Western, despite superb performances by Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.

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Unlike American Outlaws, which sought to add to the legend of Jesse James, director Andrew Dominik's meandering mediation on fame and notoriety is more concerned with hero worship turned fatal. Based on Ron Hansen's book, Jesse James introduces us to an ailing and paranoid outlaw (Pitt) who's ready to… Continued

cast + crew
Andrew Dominik
Director
Brad Pitt
Jesse James
Casey Affleck
Robert Ford
Sam Shepard
Frank James
Mary-Louise Parker
Zee James
Jeremy Renner
Wood Hite
Paul Schneider
Dick Liddil
Sam Rockwell
Charley Ford
Zooey Deschanel
Dorothy Evans
Pat Healy
Wilbur Ford
Ted Levine
Sheriff James Timberlake
Andrew Dominik
Screenplay
Ron Hansen
Source Material
Brad Pitt
Producer
Brad Grey
Executive Producer
Tony Scott
Executive Producer
Ridley Scott
Producer
Jules Daly
Producer
Benjamin Waisbren
Executive Producer
Dede Gardner
Producer
Lisa Ellzey
Executive Producer
Ron Hansen
Associate Producer
David Valdes
Producer

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