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“Assassination of Jesse James” premiere

September 19, 2007
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“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” will definitely be a movie appreciated by the entire world.

The film is based on the novel by Ron Hansen and explores the dynamic between legendary Old West outlaw Jesse (Brad Pitt) and the young henchman (Casey Affleck) who would betray him. Opening in 1881, the glory days of the James Gang are well behind them. Jesse and his brother Frank (Sam Shepard) are forced to recruit young farmers to join them, and Bob Ford eagerly joins up, having obsessively followed Jesse’s exploits in dime novels.

The movie is presented by the famous Australian filmmaker Andrew Dominik, and the storyline seems closer to “I Shot Andy Warhol” than to Sam Fuller’s “I Shot Jesse James”: Ford is, essentially, a stalker, torn between emulating and worshipping his hero and then, when spurned, with destroying that hero. Echoes of everything from “The Talented Mr. Ripley” to “All About Eve” appear throughout the film, both of which are certainly unusual reference points for a Western.


The main character Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were at the premiere of the movie on Tuesday night.

Brad looked like a so perfect man in a black suit and Angelina stayed classic in a black slip dress.