Interview with Cassey Affleck, and clips of Casey and Brad Pitt in the movie the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.NominatedCasey AffleckThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordNOMINATED PERFOMANCE BY ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLECasey Affleck plays Robert Ford, a young outlaw and the brother of a member of the James Gang, whose obsessive idolatry of Jesse James turns to violence.ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORYThis is the first Academy Award nomination for Casey Affleck.FILM SYNOPSISWith 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.http://www.blacktree.tv
