Cinematographer Roger Deakins has called the arrival of the train in darkness as one of the high points of his career.
Of all the films made about Jesse James, his descendants have claimed that this is the most accurate. They were especially enthusiastic about Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck's performances.
According to Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt's contract stated that the movie's title could not be changed.
A scene at the beginning reveals that half of Jesse James' left middle finger is missing. The top half of Brad Pitt's left middle finger was digitally erased in every scene in which his hands appeared.
Zooey Deschanel: Dorothy Evans, a largely fictional composite of several historical showgirls in Ford's saloon.