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| Frank and Jesse | 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Boris
Actors: Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis, Dana Wheeler-nicholson, Maria Pitillo
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 23951
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 100
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: VMMD6917D
ISBN: 6305245460
UPC: 031398691730
EAN: 9786305245469
ASIN: 6305245460
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
Release Date: January 5, 1999
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The story of Jesse and Frank James, the real-life robbers whose exploits earned them a Robin Hood reputation, has been portrayed in dozens of films that are more faithful to myth than to history. Only in the revisionist 1970s did the romantic shadings come off in a few genre-busting examples (notably The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid and The Long Riders). Oddly enough this 1994 feature takes more than a few factual liberties to restore the romantic portrait of the bank-robbing brothers. Four years after the Civil War, in a South crawling with carpetbaggers and occupied by Union troops, the hotheaded Jesse (Rob Lowe) and his clearheaded older brother Frank (Bill Paxton) take to the trail in a campaign of bank jobs, train robberies, and stage holdups while evading the dogged efforts of Allan Pinkerton (William Atherton) and his detective agency. Writer-director Robert Boris presents the boys as heroes of the defeated South, gentleman robbers avenging the pillage of their people by the railroad and bank concerns pouring in from the North and pursued by a maniacally driven Pinkerton on a personal quest for revenge. In the wake of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven this film comes off as old fashioned and a little naive, but the measured pace and the casting of country singer Randy Travis (who plays Cole Younger and narrates with a voice like molasses) gives the film, in moments, the intimacy of a ballad. --Sean Axmaker
Product Description
When the civil war ended frank and jessee returned to their family farm. A railroad agent after the brothers land kills their younger brother while yankee soldiers do nothing. This and other atrocities by the soldiers start them on their legendary life of crime in the west. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/18/2003 Starring: Rob Lowe Bill Paxton Run time: 106 minutes Rating: R Director: Robert Boris
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iide see it again February 15, 2008
It was a good movie. Their are many westerns out there but only few that deserve to be viewed again and this movie is one that deserves to be viewed again. young guns 1 and wyat erp were also great movies. it's worth buying.
 Great Story of Two American Heroes, FREEDOM FIGHTERS February 9, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
A lot of reviewers have given this western a less-than-perfect rating due to its historical "in-accuracy". I have read the books and researched these two freedom fighters on the Internet for many years.
THIS MOVIE IS 99% ACCURATE.
They were NOT murderers, or "poor victims of society". They were merely seeking vengence and JUSTICE. They bravely continued the South's Great War for Freedom.
Pinkerton (the bad guy) WAS an @$$hole, as depicted in old manuscripts and letters.
The acting, storyline, plot, and everything are perfect. It starts with our heroes, after being released and swearing an oath to the loyalty of the yankees (United States), minding their own business and working on their farm.
Suddenly they (including their family) were terrorized by a villian represented by the Railroad of Chicago, Ill. Father was shot dead, brother (Frank James) wounded, and home torched.
These two gentlemen (Frank and Jesse) decide to start a gang and rob banks and railroads. As shown in the train scene, the gang "never takes money from the working man".
I won't give any more away but to just leave on a good note. This is a must-see for fans of the Old West. Along with John Wayne and Clint Eastwood.
Highly Entertaining Western! December 20, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
There have been many movies made about Jesse James over the years. Frank and Jesse is one of the good ones! I enjoyed this very much. All Western fans should give it a look. I liked it so much that I bought it.
 PU July 31, 2005
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
It stinks. The 2 mass murderers are depicted as poor victims of society. They're cocky and stupid in the show. The movie puts Pinkerton in bad light. Of course cocky and stupid people will enjoy loathing him. Bad acting all around.
OUTLAWS? How about defenders of freedom? May 16, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
People who watch this movie will finally perhaps realize what was behind the James gang. These were not rebel raising outlaws who stole for fun, they were men who were ran off their land and ATTACKED by our own corrupt government, the railroads burned out and killed anyone who would not sell so that they may lay their precious track...so Frank and Jesse went to work.
Also introduces Pinkerton, the man who founded the Pinkerton detective agency and later on the secret service. He was a real JERK, by the way...:)
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