Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) March 19, 2008

Based on the acclaimed novel by Ron Hansen, this mesmerizing new film by Andrew Dominik weaves the final years of legendary outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) into a powerful vision of crime, celebrity, and the many faces of betrayal. In the 1870s, Jesse James was one of America's first superstars, celebrated in newspapers and dime novels as a "Modern-day Robin Hood." The young and naive Robert Ford (Casey Affleck) idolizes James. However, when he finally gets to meet his hero, he discovers a complex man: proud and stubborn but also paranoid that he will be betrayed by those closest to him. Ford soon finds himself irresistably drawn into a web of circumstance that led to him becoming the infamous "coward" who shot "America's Hero" in the back.