On this day in movie and book history - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

directed and written by Andrew Dominik and based on the novel by Ron Hansen,

was released in the United States on September 2, 2007.

Narrated by Hugh Ross.

Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Cast:

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Jeremy Renner, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider, Mary-Louise Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Garret Dillahunt, Ted Levine, James Carville, Alison Elliott, Michael Parks, Tom Aldredge, Pat Healy, Michael Copeman, Ron Hansen, Hugh Ross.

Recommended reading:

 

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

by Ron Hansen.
 
Published by Harper Perennial
First published 1983.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0061120197
ISBN-13: 978-0061120190
 
Description:
 

From critically acclaimed author Ron Hansen comes a breathtaking recreation of the American West – a riveting retelling of the life of its most famous outlaw, Jesse James, and his ignoble death at the hands of the “dirty little coward” who coveted James’s legend. It is a stunning portrait of two men – James, a charismatic, spiritual, larger-than-life badman whose bloody exploits captured the imagination and admiration of a nation hungry for antiheroes; and Robert Ford, a young upstart nobody torn between dedicated worship and murderous jealousy. Powerful, strange, and unforgettable, it is a story of America in all her rough, conflicted glory and the myths that made her.

On this day in movie history - Cold in July (2014)

 

Cold in July

directed by Jim Mickle,

written by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle,

based on the novel by Joe R. Lansdale,

was released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 18, 2014.

Music by Jeff Grace.

Cast:

Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw, Ken Holmes, Nick Damici, Brogan Hall, Rachel Zeiger-Haag, Lanny Flaherty, Kristin Griffith, Happy Anderson, Kris Eivers, Joseph Harrell, Joe Lanza, Soraya Butler, Wyatt Russell, Tim Lajcik, Brianda Agramonte, Gregory Russell Cook, Bill Sage, Bitsy (the dog), Anastasia Veronica Lee, Norman Aaronson, Lorenzo Beronilla, Joseph K. Bevilacqua, Ralph Cashen, Julie E. Davis, Heidi K. Eklund, Rosemary Howard, Zoe Hunter, Joseph Anthony Jerez, Emery Kalinov, Vivian Kalinov, Samantha Kelly, Linda Kutrubes, Maximilian Amadeus Meisner, Sophie Elise Meissner, Steven Patrick O'Connor, Lily Autumn Page, Kat Pasion, Heidi Philipsen, Wayne Pyle, Willoughby Pyle, Laurent Rejto, Casey Roberts, Dannielle Rose, Bettina Skye, Dorothea Swiac, Robert Burke Warren.

On this day in movie history - The Pledge (2001)

The Pledge

directed by Sean Penn,

written by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski,

based on the novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt,

was released in the United States on January 9, 2001.

Music by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Patricia Clarkson, Benicio del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Tom Noonan, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, Harry Dean Stanton, Dale Dickey, Costas Mandylor, Michael O'Keefe, Mickey Rourke, Lois Smith, Brittany Tiplady, Eileen Ryan.

On this day in movie history - Out of the Furnace (2013)

 

Out of the Furnace

directed by Scott Cooper,

written by Brad Ingelsby and Scott Cooper,

was released in the United States on December 6, 2013.

Music by Dickon Hinchliffe.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Dendrie Taylor, Carl Ciarfalio, Nancy Mosser, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, Bingo O’Malley, Tom Bower, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Wolfe, Charles David Richards, Forest Whitaker, John W. Kleer, Boyd Holbrook, Corey Rieger, Jack Erdie, Gordon Michaels, Jason Greear, Elias Lemon, Tommy Lafitte, Angela Kauffman, Tony Amen, Diedra Arthur-O’Ree, Matt Baker, Tiffany Bell.