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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
· Movie
· 160 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1198
- IMDb #1037
- Google retired #1197
- Rotten Tomatoes #2004
- Metacritic #1097
- Letterboxd #544
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2321
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2118
- Metacritic Critics #1643
- Metacritic Audience #409
- Kinopoisk #2156
- AlloCiné #1453
- Trakt #2092
Every rating
68–90
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 68, highest is Google on 90.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The story focuses on the final months of the infamous outlaw Jesse James. It is told through the eyes of Robert Ford, a young man who idolizes James and eventually joins his gang. Ford's hero worship slowly curdles into jealousy and resentment, leading him to plot the death of the man he once admired, in the hopes of achieving his own fame.
Details
- Director
- Andrew Dominik
- Writer
- Andrew Dominik
- Based on
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
- Released
- 20 September 2007
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Danish
- Runtime
- 160 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $14.7M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 28 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (39) →
Awards & nominations
See all 46 →1 major award won · 18 wins from 46 nominations across 27 ceremonies
| Venice Film Festival 2007 | Volpi Cup for Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2007 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
| Venice Film Festival 2007 | Golden Lion | Andrew Dominik | Nominee |
| American Society of Cinematographers 2007 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominee |
| Broadcast Film Critics 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Venice Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Volpi Cup for Best Actor | Brad Pitt | Winner |
| Golden Lion | Andrew Dominik | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Winner |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Score | Nick Cave Warren Ellis | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Drama Poster | Winner | |
| Best Voice Over | Winner |
International Cinephile Society
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Winner |
Satellite Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Winner |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Patricia Norris Martin Gendron Troy Sizemore | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominee |
| Best Score | Nick Cave | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Nick Cave Warren Ellis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
Italian Online Movie Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Winner | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Brad Pitt | Nominee |
National Board of Review
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Winner |
| Top Ten Films of the Year | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
Houston Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Winner |
Western Writers of America
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Western Drama | Andrew Dominik | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society
3 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominee |
| Best Score | Nick Cave Warren Ellis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
London Film Critics
2 nominations
| Actor of the Year | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
| Film of the Year | Nominee |
Utah Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
| Top Ten Films of the Year | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Roger Deakins | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film - English Language | Andrew Dominik | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film | Gerard McCann William B. Kaplan Jonathan Karp | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Casey Affleck | Nominee |