Description:

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.

Directed By:

Andrew Dominik

Written By:

Andrew Dominik (screenplay), Ron Hansen (novel)

Genres:

Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western

Release Date:

19 October 2007 (USA)

Language:

English , Danish

Runtime:

160 min

Origin/Country:

USA | Canada | UK

Shooting Location:

Fort Edmonton Park - Fox Drive and Whitemud Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada