Robert Ford

...the scapegoat for the public's love/hate relationship with James. Killing Jesse James makes him famous as a coward in public and makes James a legend in the folklore. Although this movie is deemed a Western, it is really a history...

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The film is considered as one of the most historically accurate portrayals of Jesse James and Robert Ford, even by James' descendants, who found both performances more realistic and true to history than the dozens that came before them. In...

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...and Charley Ford would deny the existence of any such deal. Eventually Ford did stand trial for Hite's murder and was found guilty, though he was later pardoned. In the 2007 movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

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...the Coward Robert Ford After Robert Ford (Casey Affleck, in an Oscar-nominated role) joins the most notorious gang in the West, he grows tired of the charismatic Jesse James (Brad Pitt) and begins to resent his fame. But by hatching a scheme...

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...of the film, based on Ron Hansen's novel of the same title. While James has more fame than he wants, Ford, played by Casey Affleck, dreams of filling his hero's shoes one day. A social misfit who is constantly teased and bullied, he...

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...James by the Coward Robert Ford and Gone Baby Gone. In The Assassination of Jesse James, Affleck plays Robert Ford, the man who both admires - and eventually kills - the legendary outlaw. The part earned Affleck an Oscar nomination for best...

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...gorgeous tale (adapted from Ron Hansen's novel) explores the myth surrounding outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) and the worshipful young Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), who joined the James Gang in its waning days and finally shot Jesse in 1882,...

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...than most. Same goes for Affleck's portrait of Robert Ford, a boyish, stammering sidewinder who joins up with the outlaw hero Jesse James in the title-says-it-all "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. " Affleck, with...

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...robbery of their careers at the nearby ridge called Blue Cut. It is this depiction of Ford's encounter with Jesse James in the fall of 1881 which sets off the rest of the film. Introduction, Blue Cut Train Robbery (September 5, 1881)

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