Frank & Jesse (1995)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Robert Boris

Writer (WGA):

Robert Boris (written by)

Release Date:

22 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Western

Tagline:

The civil war made them outlaws. The people made them heroes

Plot:

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill...

Plot Keywords:

Jesse James | Historical | Child Murder | 1860s | Train Robbery

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Jesse James
Bill Paxton	...	Frank James
Randy Travis	...	Cole Younger
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson	...	Annie
Maria Pitillo	...	Zee
Luke Askew	...	Lone Rider
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Zack Murphy
Alexis Arquette	...	Charlie Ford
Todd Field	...	Bob Younger
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Clell Miller
Nicholas Sadler	...	Arch Clements (as Nick Sadler)
William Atherton	...	Allan Pinkerton
Tom Chick	...	Detective Whitcher
Mary Neff	...	Widow Miller
Richard Maynard	...	John Sheets
Jim Flowers	...	Bob Ford
Mari Askew	...	Ma James
William Michael Evans	...	Jesse Jr.
Lyle Armstrong	...	McGuff
Cole S. McKay	...	Sheriff Baylor (as Cole McKay)
Dennis Letts	...	Railroad C.E.O.
John Stiritz	...	Ruben Samuels
Micah Dyer	...	John Younger
Jackie Stewart	...	Governor Crittendon
Chad Linley	...	Archie Samuels
Rhed Khilling	...	Stage Driver
Jerry Saunders	...	Northfield Teller
D.C. 'Dash' Goff	...	Engineer
Robert Moniot	...	Young Captain
Norman Hawley	...	Baptist Preacher
Jeffrey Paul Johnson	...	Davies Bank Teller
Bryce Thomason	...	Reporter (as Bryce Anthony Thomason)
John Paxton	...	Working Man
Elizabeth Hatcher-Travis	...	Woman on Train
Sudie Henson	...	Old Woman on Train
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Arquette	...	(uncredited)
Ron Licari	...	Townsman (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Boris

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Boris		(written by)

Produced by
Mark Amin	....	executive producer
Cassian Elwes	....	producer
Bruce Wayne Gillies	....	line producer
Andrew Hersh	....	co-producer
Elliott Kastner	....	producer
Rob Lowe	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Mark McKenzie

Cinematography by
Walt Lloyd

Film Editing by
Christopher Greenbury

Casting by
Ed Mitchell
Robyn Ray

Production Design by
Michael Perry		(as Michael T. Perry)

Art Direction by
Scott Plauche

Set Decoration by
Bryan McNulty
Gary McNulty
Tracy Russell
Maurin L. Scarlata

Costume Design by
Betty Pecha Madden

Makeup Department
Colleen Callaghan	....	hair designer
Kymbra Callaghan	....	key makeup artist
Sharon Ilson	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Lowell D. Blank	....	post-production supervisor
Michael McCormick	....	unit production manager
David Tripet	....	executive in charge of production
Cami Winikoff	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Goldthwait	....	second assistant director
Myles Reed	....	second second assistant director
Jeff Roberts	....	first assistant director
Jeff Shiffman	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Matthew Blake	....	set designer
Gene Bowen	....	construction foreman
Jeffrey Paul Johnson	....	property master
Terry Kempf	....	propmaker foreman
Adele Plauche	....	lead scenic artist
Matthew Ransom	....	lead man
Bob Smith	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Dwayne Avery	....	dialogue editor
Dwayne Avery	....	sound editor
David Chornow	....	sound mixer
Gail Clark Burch	....	adr editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	adr mixer
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Lewis Yewdall	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Paul Hickerson	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Greg Anderson	....	stunts
John Branagan	....	stunts
Gregg Brazzel	....	stunts (as Gregory Brazzel)
Bobby Burns	....	stunts
Monty Cox	....	stunts
Yannick Derrien	....	stunts
Billy Joe Fredericks	....	stunts
Casey Fredericks	....	stunts (as Casey D. Fredericks)
Keii Johnston	....	stunts
Rob King	....	stunts
Glenn Knowlton	....	stunts
Kurt D. Lott	....	stunts (as Kurt Lott)
Cole S. McKay	....	stunt coordinator (as Cole McKay)
Cole S. McKay	....	stunts (as Cole McKay)
Ron Nix	....	stunts
Ron Norris	....	stunts
Daniel O'Haco	....	stunts
Billy Ray Orme	....	stunts
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Don Pike	....	stunts (as Donald Pike)
Gary Pike	....	stunts (as Gary T. Pike)
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunts
Cody Smith	....	stunts
Patrick J. Statham	....	stunts (as Patrick Statham)
Warren A. Stevens	....	stunts (as Warren Stevens)
Adam Trammell	....	stunts (as Adam C. Trammell)
Dennis Traywick	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Brooks	....	grip
Carolyn Chen	....	camera operator
Jeffrey Douglas	....	key grip
Jennifer Lehr	....	first assistant camera
Kyle T. MacDowell	....	key grip
Kyle T. MacDowell	....	rigger
Derek Paulin	....	electrician
Mary F. Stankiewicz	....	second assistant camera (as Mary Stankiewicz)
Todd Stockdale	....	swing man
David Tolsky	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Sarah Tackett	....	location casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Siemens	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Scott W. Anderson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
James D. Young	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
Glenn Knowlton	....	driver

Other crew
Thomas 'Doc' Boguski	....	production coordinator
Clint Bryant	....	boss wrangler
Joe Bryant	....	wrangler
Lexxie Cariste	....	script supervisor
Steve Clark	....	stand-in
Eric Gorder	....	location manager
Rebecca Knowlton	....	production accountant
Ron Licari	....	armorer
Anton Martin	....	wrangler
Julius Ortiguero	....	assistant: Elliott Kastner
Susan Porter	....	assistant production coordinator
Cody Smith	....	wrangler
Colbey Thornburg	....	stand-in
Grady Walker	....	wrangler (as Grady D. Walker)
Tracy E. Paddock	....	production coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Trimark Pictures

Distributors

• VCL Communications (1995) (Germany) (VHS)
• Vidmark Entertainment (1994) (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #33187) | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Trivia:

Even though, in the film, Jesse's home is shown as a big two-storey house, the original house is in fact much smaller and was located in town. However, the actual house still stands, but has been moved three times to its current location, next to the Patee House in St. Joseph, Missouri. The final scene with Jesse, the chair and picture is exactly how it happened according to Bob Ford. In the original house, there is still a dent and blood stain on the floor where Jesse fell.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the celebration of Jesse's new house one of the gang members is clearly carrying a modern Pump Action Shotgun. The earliest type of this weapon wasn't made till nearly a decade after James' death.

Quotes:

Frank James: Grab a horse dingus.

Soundtrack:

Auld Lang Syne

" I Am A Wily One"

The ever fascinating saga of Frank and Jesse James gets another treatment and a good one in Frank&Jesse starring Bill Paxton and Rob Lowe as the James Brothers.

I've seen and reviewed now three films about the James brothers and their gang, Jesse James, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and now Frank&Jesse. It's interesting to me how similar the characters are in all the films.

Jesse is the hardened bitter outlaw who may have started with justifiable reasons on his outlaw career, but has taken to the criminal life and likes it. And it brings out the bad points of his character as well. Whether played by Tyrone Power, Brad Pitt, or Rob Lowe, Jesse is given the same interpretation.

As is Frank the charmer of the two brothers. Whether laconic charming like Henry Fonda or pretty garrulous as Bill Paxton does him, he's apparently the public relations man for the gang.

The characters of the Younger Brothers are brought in here as well with country singer Randy Travis giving an outstanding portrayal of Cole Younger. In real life Younger like Frank James lived to a ripe old age way after the action in this film.

Jesse is the king of outlaws, his reputation against fighting the railroads has made him notorious enough for Allan Pinkerton to be employed to take him down. Jesse is a wily one and after Pinkerton's nephew Tom Chick is killed in an attempt to arrest Jesse, it becomes a personal crusade for Pinkerton.

As much as I liked the rest of the cast, the best in the film is William Atherton as the dedicated Allan Pinkerton. He's determined to use any means to bring Jesse and the gang and I do mean ANY.

The wives have their moments also with Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Frank's wife Annie and Maris Pitillo as Jesse's wife Zee. Pitillo's performance is hardly like the one by Nancy Kelly in the 20th Century Fox classic. She saves Jesse's bacon on one memorable occasion in the film.

Frank&Jesse is one very good western which should have received a lot more attention than it did.