he was sorry about his cold-bloodedness, his dispassion, his inability to express what he now believed was the case- that he truly regretted killing Jesse, that he missed the man as much as anybody and wished his murder hadn't been necessary. Even as he circulated his saloon he knew that the smiles disappeared when he passed by. He received so many menacing letters that he could read them without any reaction except curiosity.
He kept to his apartment all day, flipping over playing cards, looking at his destiny in every King and Jack. Edward O'Kelly came up from Bachelor at one P.M. on the 8th. He had no grand scheme. No strategy. No agreement with higher authorities. Nothing but a vague longing for glory, and a generalized wish for revenge against Robert Ford. Edward O'Kelly would be ordered to serve a life sentence in the Colorado Penitentiary for second degree murder.
Over seven thousand signatures would eventually be gathered in a petition asking for O'Kelly's release, and in 1902, Governor James B. Ullman would pardon the mant here would be no eulogies for Bob, no photographs of his body would be sold in sundries stores, no people would crowd the streets in the rain to see his funeral cortege, no biographies would be written about him, no children named after him, no one would ever pay twenty-five cents to stand in the rooms he grew up in.
@thom9434 the latter. i think it means that he took his last breath before he could repent and express any one of his many regrets that had manifested over the years following his assassination of jesse.
For anyone wanting more, the book is a fantastic read and is where most of the script and heartbreaking narration comes from. I can only imagine that the 4 hour unreleased directors cut is the rest of the book set to Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' magnificent score (which was shamefully robbed of an Oscar by a stupid technicality)
Know this Bob.......you did the world a great service regardless of your motives. I'm sure the murdered victims of Jesse James would agree. Your actions without a doubt saved lives. R.I.P.
An underrated masterpiece. How it didn't win every award is beyond me. The photography, the score, the acting... amazing. It's long, bloated and tedious and it challenges you as a viewer but you are rewarded when you sit there at the end feeling utterly depleted - in the best possible sense of the word. In years to come, this will be looked back on as the one that slipped through. The true master works never really win awards anyway.
People must have really been something in those days. Its true that Ford shot Jesse James in the back. What this leaves out is that Jesse was a murdering, robbing, cuthroat. He killed somewhere between 17 and 20 men. His elimination was a public service. Ford may not be a big hero, but he didn't deserve the hatred and criticism he got. It seems like all people cared about back than was whether you had any "guts". I think this movie is accurate and Ford was badly treated.
There were no words. They're clearly saying that he died before he could say anything. You quoted it yourself. "The light going out of his eyes BEFORE he could find the right words."
For those interested, you can google the script and find it scribd. I tried to link it but only got an error message.
Acutally fascinating reading, because so many details, narrators comments and dialogues where cut out in the released version. I would love to see a directors cut
Jesse had very few choices some have missed the point. A teen in western Missouri as the Kansas Red Legs came across to rape and pillage? Fighting during the war the way he had seen his neighbors and family treated. No rules just retribution. The war ends and the Federal government wants all of the Raiders to pay? Did the Kansas Red Legs pay? Few choices left to them. They were heroes to those around them because they refused to put up with the mislain guilt the government was dealing.
If you became one of the most hated men in 19th-century America for committing an act of betrayal (that you really didn't even want to do), you would probably be pretty depressed too.
You live by the gun, you die by it! This has got to be the most sadiest ending in a western I have ever seen. Love the soundtrack, it fits perfectly in the movie.
This movie is just....amazing, in all aspects, Brad is terrific (i think it's his best performance ever) and Cassey (Loved him on Ocean's saga) is just huge.
The whole movie is a western but with few shots, straight to the key thing of the entire experience: the drama. The sorrow and pain of the West, those hard times and bad times, when you needed to kill to not be killed.
We're all victims of fate, and this movie is just about this matter. Wonderful film.
bobby was only 20, a kid....who believed if he killed jesse james he'd be a hero, when he became a criminal he learnt of the real hardships of being one, alot of criminals back then i bet were depressed....whats sad is the bob had this view of outlaws as good guys, obviously it aint...alot of people say jesse james was cool, when he was just another criminal terrorzing innocent people
Edward O' Kelly came up Bachelor on the 8th, he had no grand scheme, no strategy, no agreement with higher authorities, nothing beyond a vague longing for glory, and a generalized wish for revenge against Robert Ford. Edward O'Kelly would be ordered to receive a life sentence in the Colorado Penitentiary for second degree murder.
First time I heard that speech I knew what was to come but still felt really sorry for Robert Ford for his fate, and the music really helped affect the scene
In my humble opinion this is one of the best endings in the history of movies. Powerful, compelling, overwhelming, it just keeps building and building, the music drives the narrative then it fades with Robert Ford dying. Amazing, simply amazing...
Another bright spark...yes obviously its referring to Robert Ford, but they're comparing him to Jesse James implying Jesse James*did* have children named after him and I am agreeing saying that yes, I indeed have a nephew named after...? Jesse James. Not that difficult to follow is it?
Everyone is missing the point they call him a coward not only for shooting him in the back but lying to Jesse, posing as he was his friend while plotting to turn him in, that is a coward act. Robert and Jesse are both respected in my eyes just 2 different paths and both sad endings
Jessie wanted true friendship from Bob, and accepted death when he realized he could never have it.. In essence when Bob pulled the trigger, he not only killed Jessie, but a piece of himself, the only piece that was real, sealing his own fate to live the same vacant life as Jessie. A curse of sorts to be something the world views you to be, other then just a man with nothing.
@allgreek2me2004 who was honest? Jesse? Doubtful. An "honest criminal" is a contradiction in terms. The whole movie... every frame... is about dishonesty... the lies jesse told, the lies robert believed... how people mispercieved him so much that an idiot ignoramus like edward o'kelley could MURDER HIM FOR NO REAL REASON... and be completely pardoned... even though jesse james was a worthless, greedy, psychotic, murderer. Is it really "honest" to be unapologetic about being a murderer?
Well, I guess I didn't mean "honest" in the sense that you or I would perceive honesty. The fact is, Jesse was a scumbag, through and through. And yet, his scumbaggery led him to being famous. And his fame lead to his assassin's murder, a murder which was pardoned. Really, What I was saying is that Jessie was a scumbag and didn't have much problem showing it, while Robert was a scumbag who believed himself to be a hero.
@allgreek2me2004 not according to the film. Robert Ford was a boy with stars in his eyes. He believed the lies of dime store novels... he believed the fantasies of his bullied youth, that placed him as an equal to wood hite and stupid, stupid, charley. as he began to learn the truth of jesse... as he was disillusioned, and forced to act... first by jesse's history, and wood's wrecklessness... at the end, Ford believed nothing. he was totally lost. or did you miss that?
Casey Afflek has so much unused potential. I really wish that studios took him more seriously. His performance here is absolutely heartbreaking without at all being cliche. I mean, he goes so far as to portray an iconic villain in history as being a very vulnerable, almost understandable human being. You can't help but sympathize with the man by the film's conclusion.
The ending is indeed very moving, and Casey Affleck was outstanding. Missourian Brad Pitt playing Missouri's most infamous son, Jesse James, was also very effective.
I hate to seem obnoxious by doing this, but I made a Robert Ford-dedicated video from this film, and am trying to bump up the views on it to get it going... If anyone is interested, just go to my page and you'll find it. I thank you in advance.
Anyway, I love this movie so much. And this is one of the best three and a half minutes of my life, every time I watch it...
Does anyone think it's odd how the narrator says "vague" around 1:30?
I watched this for the first time about a week ago and put it off about quarter the way through as i didn't think it was too great. I decided to watch the rest the next day and totally fell in love with it. I've watched the film about 3-4 times & the ending (from the conversation with Dorothy Evans) about 20+ times.
Such a sad story and Casey Affleck is great as Robert Ford.
The ending of this film is absolutely heartbreaking; Robert Ford has to be the most fantastically tragic character ever portrayed in a western. There is no romance, no lesson in his passing. His fear, his vain ambition, and his self-deprication and reflection make him entirely believable and human. Sad. No other word for it. It's just a sad story.
I found this in the 5 dollar bin at wall-mart and looked up to see Avatar and From Paris With Love selling for five times that in blue-ray. It makes me sorry for the future of film when such beautiful stories go hardly noticed while big- budget films with cookie cutter story lines make billions.
I honestly just got my copy from Wal-mart, same price, same cheap bin. And I too was mortified to find it there. Every time I see this film, I can't BELIEVE it got so little recognition, especially at the awards. Did you see all the crap True Grit was up for this year? And Jesse James is fifteen times more astounding, in all aspects...
Although Bob will only be known for his cowardly acts, I feel as if he died an honorable death here. Instead of chickening out, he put himself beyond his ego and accepted his death without fear, like Jesse did.
I've watched this scene so much, I know it word for word. I especially like the "oh, well it was a matter of time" look on Bob's face before the credits start rolling.
@OleSouthernGentleman You're right. The way I understand it Warner Brothers wanted to cut the length, turn it into more of a shootem-up action film but the filmakers said no so as a result WB limited the marketing, released it in only a few select venues thinking people would not like this version. That kind of explains the low revenue numbers in the theatre. The dvd numbers have got to be huge.
People need to seperate the myth from the legend. I saw a documentary on this guy on PBS and he was a terrorist. A very, very ruthless, maniacal (oh did i mention racist also) psychopathic killer. But hey hollywood can make anyone likeable.
@daveibukun Well after what the North did, not just in Missouri but the entire South, it's easy to understand why. How do you think 14 yr olds at the time learned how to be psychpathic killing terrorists? Are you saying the Civil War was a myth? There were alot of people back then wondering how a forced Union could be a true Union. Keep in mind he wasn't the only one, he was just smarter, better and lasted alot longer.
@mhanley2375 Nah, had they emptied their guns on each other and JJ died, it would've been just another day in Missouri. But what people really wanted was to see him on trial, and hung, not murdered in his house. When they found out the law was too chicken to get near him and Ford cut a deal with the Governor for pay and a pardon it pissed them off. They realized the law was no better than the outlaw. Hence the label traitor and coward.
@Kotlettbengt Jesse James was seen as a Robin Hood type character, even thought he was not. Rumour spread fast in those days though, and such rumour was often taken as fact. Everyone loved Jesse because they thought he was a hero who robbed trains to give to the poor, when in fact there's no evidence that suggests it was for anything other than his own gain.
@TehCream What are you talking about? People supported JJ because he and others were still fighting back against the North, like a freedom fighter, not robin hood. Southern sympathizers still held a grudge againt the Feds for invading the south and they backed JJ and others like him for trying to disrupt growth of the new Union. No one at the time ever thought he was giving to the poor, they new what his motivation was.
@Kotlettbengt After the war when he and his gang started robbing banks and trains, southern sympathizers supported him for continuing to fight against the North and growth of what they felt was a forced Union. That's the hero part. But as the years(15) went on, people settled down, their thirst for southern revenge subsided and the people started getting tired of his actics, viewed him as an outlaw. Funny part is JJ never actually changed, the people did, so his perception did as well.
Sad ending to a beautiful movie. Throughout the film Bob Ford really does come off as a coward, and you end up hating him, but then by the time this scene comes around you can't help but feel sorry for him.
BEST ENDING EVER!!! Really. I was so overwhelmed by the power of the narrative, the actings, the soundtrack, the cinematography, etc. Everything works on a perfect way to punch you in the brain and in the heart.
One of the best movies of the decade. And one of the best, if not the best, westerns ever. This and Unforgiven. Wish this was given the credit its' due.
The shot gun would ignite and Ella May would scream....fucking powerful movie and amazing ending. This is by far one of the most underated films in cinema history. I wish the narrator was in every movie. The music score almost brings me to tears every I watch this movie.
He kept to his apartment all day, flipping over playing cards, looking at his destiny in every King and Jack.
JohntheGuerrilla 3 weeks ago
Jim Cummins disliked this ...
obirch23 4 weeks ago
He was just a man who did what he thought he had to do when his back was agaist the wall.
MrBastilleDay 4 weeks ago
I always imagine that the 'right words' entail Bob saying sorry for having killed Jesse and how much he regrets it
Paddy1591 1 month ago
@Paddy1591 My thoughts exactly.
MrBastilleDay 4 weeks ago
One of the most underrated films ever made. thumbs up if you agree!
outerlimits007 1 month ago 7
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sozyol 1 week ago
1 viewer must have been the coward Robert Ford.
ElephantRage 1 month ago
@ElephantRage wrong comment on the wrong video. Not everyone is a hero. The one dislike is from dick liddle because his dick was little.
MrShadeviperx 1 month ago
If this hadnt been released in 2007 with no country and there will be blood it would have won oscars for sure
landondonovanify 2 months ago 5
@landondonovanify The main problem was that the studios didn't really push it and with the academy who knows what would happen.
Seargent363 2 weeks ago
legend.
ElephantRage 2 months ago
He was ashamed of his persiflage, his boasting, his pretensions of courage and ruthlessness;
yonloke 2 months ago
he was sorry about his cold-bloodedness, his dispassion, his inability to express what he now believed was the case- that he truly regretted killing Jesse, that he missed the man as much as anybody and wished his murder hadn't been necessary. Even as he circulated his saloon he knew that the smiles disappeared when he passed by. He received so many menacing letters that he could read them without any reaction except curiosity.
yonloke 2 months ago
He kept to his apartment all day, flipping over playing cards, looking at his destiny in every King and Jack. Edward O'Kelly came up from Bachelor at one P.M. on the 8th. He had no grand scheme. No strategy. No agreement with higher authorities. Nothing but a vague longing for glory, and a generalized wish for revenge against Robert Ford. Edward O'Kelly would be ordered to serve a life sentence in the Colorado Penitentiary for second degree murder.
yonloke 2 months ago
Over seven thousand signatures would eventually be gathered in a petition asking for O'Kelly's release, and in 1902, Governor James B. Ullman would pardon the mant here would be no eulogies for Bob, no photographs of his body would be sold in sundries stores, no people would crowd the streets in the rain to see his funeral cortege, no biographies would be written about him, no children named after him, no one would ever pay twenty-five cents to stand in the rooms he grew up in.
yonloke 2 months ago
"This clip may contatain spoilers" it's the entire ending scene pretty safe bet.
MUSICALGUNNUT45 2 months ago
Ironic thing is, Robert Ford will me remembered because of this film.
AngryDeepground 2 months ago
funny because this whole movie is about robert ford LOL how ironic the idea that nobody cared
StevenEscolar 3 months ago
What were his "Right words?" Or did he die before he could say anything?
thom9434 3 months ago
@thom9434 the latter. i think it means that he took his last breath before he could repent and express any one of his many regrets that had manifested over the years following his assassination of jesse.
RottenAppleSeeds 3 months ago
@thom9434
i would like to think they chose not to show his words, because nobody heard them. sums up the message.
lonk42 2 months ago
his finals words were "thank you"
sinelsuelo23 3 months ago
starting at 2:00 I see the overuse of "would". Does this mean that Bob didn't die in reality?
Fugitive292 3 months ago
@Fugitive292 He did.
sukkahiki666 3 months ago
@Fugitive292 No, he's saying "would" as in this would happen after Ford gets killed. It's just to do with tense.
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This movie is very powerful.
fiji310 3 months ago
For anyone wanting more, the book is a fantastic read and is where most of the script and heartbreaking narration comes from. I can only imagine that the 4 hour unreleased directors cut is the rest of the book set to Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' magnificent score (which was shamefully robbed of an Oscar by a stupid technicality)
Inflagrantedelitco 3 months ago
@Inflagrantedelitco i totally agree that nick cave was robbed.
RottenAppleSeeds 3 months ago
Mr T you have lost it, try to sleep it off.
MrMilan0milan 3 months ago
Know this Bob.......you did the world a great service regardless of your motives. I'm sure the murdered victims of Jesse James would agree. Your actions without a doubt saved lives. R.I.P.
MrTpierce 4 months ago
An underrated masterpiece. How it didn't win every award is beyond me. The photography, the score, the acting... amazing. It's long, bloated and tedious and it challenges you as a viewer but you are rewarded when you sit there at the end feeling utterly depleted - in the best possible sense of the word. In years to come, this will be looked back on as the one that slipped through. The true master works never really win awards anyway.
shippa7 4 months ago
God,I LOVE this narration by Hugh Ross.
SardaukarPrime 4 months ago
People must have really been something in those days. Its true that Ford shot Jesse James in the back. What this leaves out is that Jesse was a murdering, robbing, cuthroat. He killed somewhere between 17 and 20 men. His elimination was a public service. Ford may not be a big hero, but he didn't deserve the hatred and criticism he got. It seems like all people cared about back than was whether you had any "guts". I think this movie is accurate and Ford was badly treated.
DragonSparky123666 4 months ago
my mom named me after robert ford and my middle name is coward. i think its cool.
smokingnun200 4 months ago
"You know what I expected? Applause"
iceguy0077 4 months ago
epic song, epic ending
diogosimoesrj1 4 months ago 2
There were no words. They're clearly saying that he died before he could say anything. You quoted it yourself. "The light going out of his eyes BEFORE he could find the right words."
1squidhunter 4 months ago
alec baldwin?
hotsouptoonE 4 months ago
"the light going out of his eyes, before he could find the right words."
anyone know what those words were?
lonk42 5 months ago
@lonk42, the point is probably that no one knows. Although he had last words according to the movie, no one remembered them.
TheStudiousmaximus 5 months ago
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kujawiak78 5 months ago
True masterpiece
MrCaptainSavage 5 months ago
One of the best narrations I've witnessed in film history.
lennyd44 5 months ago 14
For those interested, you can google the script and find it scribd. I tried to link it but only got an error message.
Acutally fascinating reading, because so many details, narrators comments and dialogues where cut out in the released version. I would love to see a directors cut
kurt2rsenjazz 5 months ago 2
ALSO...wonder why the Kansas-Mizzou College rivalry is sooo HOT???? Hmmmm??? Bet most have no clue.
gibbyz81 5 months ago
Jesse had very few choices some have missed the point. A teen in western Missouri as the Kansas Red Legs came across to rape and pillage? Fighting during the war the way he had seen his neighbors and family treated. No rules just retribution. The war ends and the Federal government wants all of the Raiders to pay? Did the Kansas Red Legs pay? Few choices left to them. They were heroes to those around them because they refused to put up with the mislain guilt the government was dealing.
gibbyz81 5 months ago
I've seen this movie several times. I want to read the book, but unfortunately it has not been translated to my primary language.
kurt2rsenjazz 5 months ago
wow robert ford seemed pretty depressed toward the end
mason227752 5 months ago
@mason227752
If you became one of the most hated men in 19th-century America for committing an act of betrayal (that you really didn't even want to do), you would probably be pretty depressed too.
multipoly210 5 months ago
You live by the gun, you die by it! This has got to be the most sadiest ending in a western I have ever seen. Love the soundtrack, it fits perfectly in the movie.
unconditionalluv 6 months ago
unhappy still beautiful ending. thats what life is all about.....
mahmoud3249 6 months ago 2
The shotgun would ignite,
and ella mae would scream,
but robert ford would only lay on the floor,
the light going out of his eyes,
before he could find the right words...
ZippoMontefiore 6 months ago 21
every actor in this movie was amazing...brad, casey and rockwell especially
illskills707 6 months ago 2
chilling
domoorigato 6 months ago
This movie is just....amazing, in all aspects, Brad is terrific (i think it's his best performance ever) and Cassey (Loved him on Ocean's saga) is just huge.
The whole movie is a western but with few shots, straight to the key thing of the entire experience: the drama. The sorrow and pain of the West, those hard times and bad times, when you needed to kill to not be killed.
We're all victims of fate, and this movie is just about this matter. Wonderful film.
HittokiriBattousai17 6 months ago
bobby was only 20, a kid....who believed if he killed jesse james he'd be a hero, when he became a criminal he learnt of the real hardships of being one, alot of criminals back then i bet were depressed....whats sad is the bob had this view of outlaws as good guys, obviously it aint...alot of people say jesse james was cool, when he was just another criminal terrorzing innocent people
dasdasist 6 months ago 2
You know what I expected... Applause...
iceguy0077 6 months ago
Edward O' Kelly came up Bachelor on the 8th, he had no grand scheme, no strategy, no agreement with higher authorities, nothing beyond a vague longing for glory, and a generalized wish for revenge against Robert Ford. Edward O'Kelly would be ordered to receive a life sentence in the Colorado Penitentiary for second degree murder.
First time I heard that speech I knew what was to come but still felt really sorry for Robert Ford for his fate, and the music really helped affect the scene
iceguy0077 6 months ago
The entirety of the ending (everything that happens after the assassination) is one of the greatest feats of modern filmmaking.
Proustable 6 months ago
In my humble opinion this is one of the best endings in the history of movies. Powerful, compelling, overwhelming, it just keeps building and building, the music drives the narrative then it fades with Robert Ford dying. Amazing, simply amazing...
eagle101644 7 months ago
People who have not watched this movie they missed a great one I think it is one of the most accurate movies about Jesse James at the end well done.
coleyounger53 7 months ago
"No children named after him."
My nephews named after Jesse James. :D
gunninlinguist 7 months ago
@gunninlinguist Yes, but the "no children named after him" statement referred to Robert Ford...
padraic2001eire 7 months ago
@padraic2001eire
Obviously....
gunninlinguist 7 months ago
@gunninlinguist It was referred to Robert Ford...
danerogil 6 months ago
@danerogil
Another bright spark...yes obviously its referring to Robert Ford, but they're comparing him to Jesse James implying Jesse James*did* have children named after him and I am agreeing saying that yes, I indeed have a nephew named after...? Jesse James. Not that difficult to follow is it?
gunninlinguist 6 months ago
@gunninlinguist Ok, could have just said you meant Jesse James.
danerogil 6 months ago
this is like a long dark poem you'd want somebody to read for you while your dying.
myusernameaeger 7 months ago
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myusernameaeger 7 months ago
A sad ending. Doing something you think is right and it ends up ruining your life. In the end your killing is something the people seems justified.
gcdep136 7 months ago
It's scary how when it freezes on O'Kelly you can see the drive in that o_o expression
AHafan2 7 months ago
This is his eulogy...
tedwilli9 7 months ago 29
@tedwilli9 I was thinking that also, well said.
SlingBlade79 4 months ago
i dont think he was a coward, takes alot to kill a man , and he did , wasnt a coward , was confused.
GoodLifeGoodLove 7 months ago
Everyone is missing the point they call him a coward not only for shooting him in the back but lying to Jesse, posing as he was his friend while plotting to turn him in, that is a coward act. Robert and Jesse are both respected in my eyes just 2 different paths and both sad endings
Cherryhillshyt5 7 months ago
Jessie wanted true friendship from Bob, and accepted death when he realized he could never have it.. In essence when Bob pulled the trigger, he not only killed Jessie, but a piece of himself, the only piece that was real, sealing his own fate to live the same vacant life as Jessie. A curse of sorts to be something the world views you to be, other then just a man with nothing.
Wind0wEyez 7 months ago
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Wind0wEyez 7 months ago
Pretense
NightPipes420 8 months ago
I guess I did miss it.
allgreek2me2004 8 months ago
An honest criminal is more beloved than a dishonest, cowardly, two-faced executioner.
allgreek2me2004 8 months ago
@allgreek2me2004 That statement pretty much sums it up.
NightPipes420 8 months ago
@allgreek2me2004 who was honest? Jesse? Doubtful. An "honest criminal" is a contradiction in terms. The whole movie... every frame... is about dishonesty... the lies jesse told, the lies robert believed... how people mispercieved him so much that an idiot ignoramus like edward o'kelley could MURDER HIM FOR NO REAL REASON... and be completely pardoned... even though jesse james was a worthless, greedy, psychotic, murderer. Is it really "honest" to be unapologetic about being a murderer?
lilgrasshoppah 8 months ago in playlist To Watch. 5
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Well, I guess I didn't mean "honest" in the sense that you or I would perceive honesty. The fact is, Jesse was a scumbag, through and through. And yet, his scumbaggery led him to being famous. And his fame lead to his assassin's murder, a murder which was pardoned. Really, What I was saying is that Jessie was a scumbag and didn't have much problem showing it, while Robert was a scumbag who believed himself to be a hero.
allgreek2me2004 8 months ago
@allgreek2me2004 not according to the film. Robert Ford was a boy with stars in his eyes. He believed the lies of dime store novels... he believed the fantasies of his bullied youth, that placed him as an equal to wood hite and stupid, stupid, charley. as he began to learn the truth of jesse... as he was disillusioned, and forced to act... first by jesse's history, and wood's wrecklessness... at the end, Ford believed nothing. he was totally lost. or did you miss that?
lilgrasshoppah 8 months ago 3
Hello Bob!
crowdedhead21 8 months ago
@crowdedhead21 idiot!
bee1978 7 months ago
Just finished the book. Great, a must read
PauliZech8 8 months ago
people forget that bob ford was 20 when he killed jesse, he was a year out of his teens..
poor kid, the whole nation hated his guts for doing something he would get a medal for these days
that said i like jesse haha
searlas888 8 months ago
Who wrote that amazing narration?? This movie is beyond beauty.
leocdc7 8 months ago
Best 4 minutes of cinema i've ever seen
Cybix 9 months ago 5
so sad
xcameronxarmstrongx 9 months ago
Casey Afflek has so much unused potential. I really wish that studios took him more seriously. His performance here is absolutely heartbreaking without at all being cliche. I mean, he goes so far as to portray an iconic villain in history as being a very vulnerable, almost understandable human being. You can't help but sympathize with the man by the film's conclusion.
DarkFilmDirector 9 months ago 4
ther r going to kill me wesley
Foxdie117 9 months ago
@Hellblazer311 I watched it last night while piping your mom...They both sucked..
arrock420 9 months ago
The ending is indeed very moving, and Casey Affleck was outstanding. Missourian Brad Pitt playing Missouri's most infamous son, Jesse James, was also very effective.
mkeogh76 9 months ago
FUKEN AMAZING ENDING... seriously
TheRedIdentity 9 months ago
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Greatest movie of all time!!! its more than a movie actually
arrock420 9 months ago
i would pay my respects for bob, i think Jesse has recieved enough attention
dasdasist 9 months ago
This is the best film that no one's seen. Did soo badly in the box office, deserved sooo much more.
callumoakabywright 10 months ago
I hate to seem obnoxious by doing this, but I made a Robert Ford-dedicated video from this film, and am trying to bump up the views on it to get it going... If anyone is interested, just go to my page and you'll find it. I thank you in advance.
Anyway, I love this movie so much. And this is one of the best three and a half minutes of my life, every time I watch it...
poundingonthedoor 10 months ago
i really love this movie...is sad thou that Robert Ford ended up like this.
vivelafrance1231 10 months ago
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i would rather watch Saw 3D
Hellblazer311 10 months ago
@Hellblazer311 There you go Troll have some pie and be off with you! I'm not feeding you again, nom nom nom
RonaldWeazley 9 months ago
@Hellblazer311 then you are whats wrong with movies
babadababoi777 9 months ago
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acoles408 10 months ago
having seen, now crying. moved
acoles408 10 months ago
casey affeleck was so good in this
alan1991nufc 10 months ago
i love how i was name after jesse james
theleft4deadgod2 10 months ago
@theleft4deadgod2
If you're proud of being name after Jesse James, you didn't understand the movie.
Menegoth 10 months ago 6
The narration is quoted from the book.
2papercut 10 months ago
Does anyone think it's odd how the narrator says "vague" around 1:30?
I watched this for the first time about a week ago and put it off about quarter the way through as i didn't think it was too great. I decided to watch the rest the next day and totally fell in love with it. I've watched the film about 3-4 times & the ending (from the conversation with Dorothy Evans) about 20+ times.
Such a sad story and Casey Affleck is great as Robert Ford.
RonaldWeazley 10 months ago 2
If only the whole movie was as good as the ending.
Teutathis 10 months ago
The ending of this film is absolutely heartbreaking; Robert Ford has to be the most fantastically tragic character ever portrayed in a western. There is no romance, no lesson in his passing. His fear, his vain ambition, and his self-deprication and reflection make him entirely believable and human. Sad. No other word for it. It's just a sad story.
jvpanameno 10 months ago 91
@jvpanameno no one could have put it any better homeboy. well said
thrillahboi 8 months ago
@jvpanameno heart breaking the way you explained it also.. well said..
SlingBlade79 5 months ago
@jvpanameno He could have at least had the courage to shoot Jesse in the face not the back of the head!
legallyawesome1 3 months ago
the narration in this film is so brilliantly articulated. Adds a very nice edge.
StefKaiBockmann 10 months ago
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The human mind can not comprehend such a scale of cinema greatness, I truly believe this is a perfect scene.
willclifford123 11 months ago
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willclifford123 11 months ago
one of the most impacting scenes i have heard from a movie:
He received so many menacing letters, that he could read them without any reaction, except curiosity. Mind blowing
piscolabis16 11 months ago 4
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Pitt was amazing in this movie. Great actor.
klanmaster1 11 months ago
I found this in the 5 dollar bin at wall-mart and looked up to see Avatar and From Paris With Love selling for five times that in blue-ray. It makes me sorry for the future of film when such beautiful stories go hardly noticed while big- budget films with cookie cutter story lines make billions.
melkor180 11 months ago 7
@melkor180
I honestly just got my copy from Wal-mart, same price, same cheap bin. And I too was mortified to find it there. Every time I see this film, I can't BELIEVE it got so little recognition, especially at the awards. Did you see all the crap True Grit was up for this year? And Jesse James is fifteen times more astounding, in all aspects...
poundingonthedoor 11 months ago
Although Bob will only be known for his cowardly acts, I feel as if he died an honorable death here. Instead of chickening out, he put himself beyond his ego and accepted his death without fear, like Jesse did.
nielss4 11 months ago 3
I've watched this scene so much, I know it word for word. I especially like the "oh, well it was a matter of time" look on Bob's face before the credits start rolling.
iheartjonscheyer30 11 months ago
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i'm analysing this scene for coursework and i've watched it over 30 times, and it still gives me chills. Perfect acting, perfect music, perfect film
andrewmcneil09 11 months ago
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i'm analysing this scene for coursework and i've watched it over 30 times, and it still gives me chills. Perfect acting, perfect music, perfect film
andrewmcneil09 11 months ago
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andrewmcneil09 11 months ago
the film score is just....wow...
hbadra 11 months ago
i come from germany and i would say it is the best movie i have ever seen
BVBRecke09 11 months ago
Hello BOB!
ChristMelee 11 months ago
This movie only made $148,000 opening weekend, while 'Epic Movie' made $18,000,000 opening weekend. Something is wrong with America.
OleSouthernGentleman 11 months ago 46
@OleSouthernGentleman Bunch O retards!
imoveatparaderest 6 months ago
@OleSouthernGentleman So very wrong, indeed.
drezzerXD 5 months ago
@OleSouthernGentleman You're right. The way I understand it Warner Brothers wanted to cut the length, turn it into more of a shootem-up action film but the filmakers said no so as a result WB limited the marketing, released it in only a few select venues thinking people would not like this version. That kind of explains the low revenue numbers in the theatre. The dvd numbers have got to be huge.
jcdixon97 5 months ago
People need to seperate the myth from the legend. I saw a documentary on this guy on PBS and he was a terrorist. A very, very ruthless, maniacal (oh did i mention racist also) psychopathic killer. But hey hollywood can make anyone likeable.
daveibukun 1 year ago
@daveibukun Well after what the North did, not just in Missouri but the entire South, it's easy to understand why. How do you think 14 yr olds at the time learned how to be psychpathic killing terrorists? Are you saying the Civil War was a myth? There were alot of people back then wondering how a forced Union could be a true Union. Keep in mind he wasn't the only one, he was just smarter, better and lasted alot longer.
jcdixon97 11 months ago
best movie of the decade.... behind there will be blood
ChristMelee 1 year ago
tragic......
SlingBlade79 1 year ago
If he had given Jesse a chance to turn around and go for his own gun, would he still be called a traitor and coward?
mhanley2375 1 year ago
@mhanley2375 Nah, had they emptied their guns on each other and JJ died, it would've been just another day in Missouri. But what people really wanted was to see him on trial, and hung, not murdered in his house. When they found out the law was too chicken to get near him and Ford cut a deal with the Governor for pay and a pardon it pissed them off. They realized the law was no better than the outlaw. Hence the label traitor and coward.
sevinzou 1 year ago
My only problem with this clip is that it isn't long enough.
Everything else, is as perfect and beautiful as it could possibly be.
poundingonthedoor 1 year ago
Can anyone give me a history update on why people loved Jesse James?
Kotlettbengt 1 year ago
@Kotlettbengt Jesse James was seen as a Robin Hood type character, even thought he was not. Rumour spread fast in those days though, and such rumour was often taken as fact. Everyone loved Jesse because they thought he was a hero who robbed trains to give to the poor, when in fact there's no evidence that suggests it was for anything other than his own gain.
TehCream 1 year ago 2
@TehCream What are you talking about? People supported JJ because he and others were still fighting back against the North, like a freedom fighter, not robin hood. Southern sympathizers still held a grudge againt the Feds for invading the south and they backed JJ and others like him for trying to disrupt growth of the new Union. No one at the time ever thought he was giving to the poor, they new what his motivation was.
sevinzou 1 year ago
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sevinzou 1 year ago
@Kotlettbengt After the war when he and his gang started robbing banks and trains, southern sympathizers supported him for continuing to fight against the North and growth of what they felt was a forced Union. That's the hero part. But as the years(15) went on, people settled down, their thirst for southern revenge subsided and the people started getting tired of his actics, viewed him as an outlaw. Funny part is JJ never actually changed, the people did, so his perception did as well.
sevinzou 1 year ago
Beautiful ending. A magnificent marriage of words, music and imagery.
Plathismo 1 year ago
Beautiful ending. Magnificent narration.
Plathismo 1 year ago
Every time I see this film I notice new things - I didn't notice the dead animal and blood writing hung up outside Bob's window at 0:30
such a great film and OST
fluidedge100 1 year ago 2
Sad ending to a beautiful movie. Throughout the film Bob Ford really does come off as a coward, and you end up hating him, but then by the time this scene comes around you can't help but feel sorry for him.
TehCream 1 year ago 4
@TehCream >> Agreed, the narrator's voice actually gave me a chill during this scene.
83phatman 1 year ago
i legit cryed while watching this
Scurge237 1 year ago 4
shivers throughout this movie
ThatGOONfromLA 1 year ago 3
BEST ENDING EVER!!! Really. I was so overwhelmed by the power of the narrative, the actings, the soundtrack, the cinematography, etc. Everything works on a perfect way to punch you in the brain and in the heart.
leocdc7 1 year ago 86
You really couldn't describe it better than that. Well said.
nickbowl2323 11 months ago
@leocdc7 Dude your comment is so right! I am gonna post it on my facebook status!!!
patrick1232767 11 months ago
@leocdc7 i concur
thrillahboi 8 months ago
"But a movie would be made out of him."
cambaprecoz 1 year ago 5
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I'd rather watch Saw 3D
Hellblazer311 1 year ago
@Hellblazer311 A movie like that is fitting for a brain lazy chump like you.
NightPipes420 1 year ago
@NightPipes420 It actually has a deep plot if you'd bother to watch it. Its about Darwinism.
Hellblazer311 1 year ago
One of the best movies of the decade. And one of the best, if not the best, westerns ever. This and Unforgiven. Wish this was given the credit its' due.
markd325 1 year ago 4
wonderfull movie ...well done great naration ..
sudideniz 1 year ago
I'm going to name my kid Robert after him
snufleufugus 1 year ago
One of the best if not THE best westerns of all time. One of the best movies i've ever seen and the music is just haunting.
curtisclark13 1 year ago 6
bob: dont that look dust oh wrong line opps
SpazyMecgee 1 year ago
i know bob killed jesse but he still should have been treated so badly
SpazyMecgee 1 year ago
The shot gun would ignite and Ella May would scream....fucking powerful movie and amazing ending. This is by far one of the most underated films in cinema history. I wish the narrator was in every movie. The music score almost brings me to tears every I watch this movie.
1westsideoutlaw1 1 year ago 4
1 person is related to Edward O'Kelley
FreshMenVideos 1 year ago 2
Who narrated this?
kevlonk 1 year ago
@kevlonk Hugh Ross
Cakewrangler 1 year ago
The right words?!?!?
Aldind2x 1 year ago
upboat
Slides2006 1 year ago
AMAZING MOVIE
9Ases 1 year ago
beautiful piece of music
yutsuneki 1 year ago