There was a movie called “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” that stars Brad Pitt as Jesse James. It also starts Casey Affleck. It was produced by Brad Pitt and Ridley Scott. That should be cool! The last good western I saw was “Tombstone” or even “Young Guns” (Regulators! Mount Up!)

Well..after several delays, poor test screenings, and reports of fighting between its director, producers and studio, the movie looked like it was destined for doom! BUT…

The movie was recently selected for presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival, a positive sign for many movie buffs. Furthermore, key critics who have seen early versions of the film are starting to get behind it.

After seeing the movie, Havens led an online backlash against naysayers, claiming: “Yes, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is better than Unforgiven. Better than Silverado or Wyatt Earp or any other Western in the past 30 years.” - canada

The film will be released on September 21, 2007.