The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007  R, 160 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Western
Director: Andrew Dominik
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mary-Louise Parker, Brooklynn Proulx, Dustin Bollinger, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Jeremy Renner, Sam Shepard, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Schneider, Joel McNichol, James Defelice
It's 1881 and famous bank/train robber Jesse James (Brad Pitt), at age 34, has had a turnover of gang members from retirement or having been killed. Even brother Frank (Sam Shepard) retired after the gang's last heist. Jesse even has a "day" job as a respected businessman using the name of Thomas Howard and has a trophy wife, Zee (Mary-Louise Parker), and two children. But the restless Jesse is putting together a new gang made up of second-rate gangsters, which includes young Bob (Casey Affleck) who has collected Jesse James clippings and stories since he was a small boy and idolized Jesse. Another problem that Jesse has is that there is a large bounty on him, dead or alive. As time passes, Bob becomes jealous of Jesse and with the reward he could receive, he decides to kill Jesse, which he does. An interesting study of the two men that is based on Ron Hansen's historical novel of the same name. The film received two Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Affleck).
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Race Against Time 2000  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Eric Roberts, Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, Diane Venora, Sarah Wynter, Cas Anvar, Daniel Magder, Joel McNichol
Suicide is legal in the year 2008, and selling one's body for organ parts is a big business. James Gabriel (Eric Roberts) has large bills resulting from his son's illness, and so he signs a contract. When the son dies, he decides to run rather than submit to the conditions of the contract. The race is on as the evil medical establishment tries to track him down.
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| 1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
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