The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

People in the saloon sing "A Bird in a Gilded Cage.

" The scene takes place in 1892; the song was written in 1900.

Towards the end of the film, Robert Ford shoots, then throws the gun on the floor.

The gun disappears when Robert Ford leaves.

When Robert Ford is working in the general store, a bicycle leans against the wall.

It's supposed a Highwheel, Ordinary, or Pennyfarthing bike.

However, it's a contemporary model, intended for use by circus and parade riders, and only superficially similar to a period bike.

When the gang leaves Martha's farm for Kentucky, Dick Liddil carries a pair of saddle bags.

The pattern on the bags the US Army M1885 Pattern, which first appeared 5 years later.

When Bob shoots Wood, the bullet rips through Wood's head.

As Wood falls, there is no bullet hole on the wall, or a single drop of blood.

When Bob sends a telegram announcing that he has killed Jesse James, he goes into an American Telegraph Company office and uses an American Telegraph blank.

American Telegraph merged with Western Union in 1866.

The blank correctly identifies E.

Sanford as American Telegraph's president, but the date (1882) is fake.

Furthermore, American Telegraph's lines ran along the Eastern seaboard, from New York to New Orleans.

Joseph, Missouri, was in the territory of Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Company, which later merged with Western Union.

In every scene where Jesse smokes a cigar, the length of the cigar as well as the size of the ash at the foot of the cigar varies tremendously across shots.

Such variation cannot be accounted for by normal burning off of the cigar as one smokes it.

Toward the end of the movie, a closeup shot of Casey Affleck's face reveals a noticeable hole from an earring piercing.

When the photographer photographs Jessie James's corpse, he replaces the lens cap on the camera and then thanks everyone for standing still.

He then removes the film holder from the back of the camera and doesn't insert a dark slide to protect the sheet of film.

Either the film would have gotten ruined, or if the dark-slide wasn't removed before taking the photo, no image would have been recorded.

When Jesse is shot by Robert Ford, his wife is laying over him screaming and crying.

The whole while Jesse's eyes are closed, at one point they cut to Robert, and cut back, Jesse's eyes are clearly wide open.

They cut back and away once more and his eyes are closed again.

(Possibly deliberate choice by filmmakers, to indicate Ford's state of mind.

) As the gang members wait during the day, to rob the train at Blue Cut during the night, one gang member recites a poem of Catullus ("My love says she would marry only me.

"); the words he recites are from a translation published in 1970, "CatullusThe Complete Poems for American Readers", by Reney Myers and Robert J.

Ormsby.

In the scene where Dick Liddil awakens and goes downstairs to investigate a noise he takes a revolver from under his pillow and cocks it.

A second later as he goes down the steps by candle light the pistol is clearly not cocked.

At the end of the film, we see Robert Ford in his saloon / dance hall, "Ford's Exchange", which is an actual brick-and-mortar building.

Later, when he is shot soon after by Edward O'Kelley, again in his own establishment, it is suddenly a tent saloon.

This is because Ford's dance hall had been burned down in a town fire, three days prior to his shooting.

In real life, Ford created this temporary location to operate out of while waiting to rebuild the dance hall seen earlier.

When speaking about the planned robbery of Wells Bank, Jesse states to Bob that Platte City is 30 south of Kansas City.

It's actually 30 miles NORTH of Kansas City.

During the scene early in the movie where Jesse's gang are sitting around in the woods talking, the shotgun one of the men is holding spontaneously disappears and reappears between a shot.

Also, during the same sequence he is seen holding it in at least two different ways between shots.

SPOILERS.It is extremely hard to find a movie that succeeds on every level, where each character,costume, quote, scene, soundtrack plays huge role in creating perfectly balanced plot and directing.

It's unbelievable that a film starring the likes of Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Mary-Louise Parker and Sam Rockwell didn't have a bigger audience when it was released over a year ago. The cast alone should, in theory, bring people to see it, but on top of that the movie itself is great.

There's a lot of great things about this movie and the characters are played pretty much flawlessly. Great acting.

This is a wonderfully & artfully developed rendition of the relationship between Jesse James & his most consistent fan, Robet Ford. I don't know how accurate this is, but it was excellent.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a movie with a title that is much too long but fitting. Considered one of the most accurate portrays of the event that I knew nothing about before watching the film, this movie is a slow burn.

I saw the film a little while ago, so some of my memories are foggy. What I do remember is that the movie was interesting enough that I started doing research on the internet after watching the film.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of those works of art that betray their plot details in their own title. It's a tricky thing to pull off, but in this instance it is an integral element in viewing the film.

Wasn't 2007 a great year for movies? Zodiac, There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, how about this lesser celebrated classic?

First of all, I can understand some people not liking this movie. It's pace and style is not just for everybody but having said that, I personally absolutely loved it!