BlackTree TV covers The 80th Annual Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck
An accomplished screenwriter, Casey Affleck recently penned the original screenplay for "Aardvark Art's Ark," an animated family film that he will also executive produce. The film tells the story of a family of animals who set sail on Noah's Ark and find wild adventures when the waters get dangerous.
Previously, Affleck co-wrote, with Matt Damon, Gus Van Sant's independent road movie "Gerry," also starring alongside Damon in the film. He has also appeared in Van Sant's "Good Will Hunting" and "To Die For"; "Hamlet," with Ethan Hawke and Julia Stiles; Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve"; and Tony Goldwyn's "The Last Kiss," with Zach Braff, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson and Jacinda Barrett. He most recently starred in the latest installment of the popular "Ocean's" series, "Ocean's Thirteen," which reunited the starring ensemble cast and director Steven Soderbergh.
Javier Bardem
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hal Holbrook
Tom Wilkinson
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
With his exploits already immortalized in popular dime novels, the outlaw Jesse James has come to represent a romanticized vision of the renegade spirit of the West when he first meets nineteen-year-old Robert Ford. The younger brother of one of the members of James's gang, Ford harbors an obsessive idolatry toward James that will take a deadly turn as their relationship progresses.
Cast
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Virtual Studios, a Scott Free / Plan B Entertainment production: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," starring Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner, Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell.
- 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
- J.C. Roberts
- Darrell Orydzuk
- Jonathan Erich Drachenberg
Production Team
Written for the screen and directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the novel by Ron Hansen, the film is produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Ridley Scott, Jules Daly and David Valdes. Brad Grey, Tony Scott, Lisa Ellzey and Benjamin Waisbren are the executive producers. The creative team includes director of photography Roger Deakins, editors Dylan Tichenor and Curtiss Clayton and costume designer Patricia Norris. Music is by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
- Directed by Andrew Dominik
- Screenplay written by Andrew Dominik