Brad Pitt filmography film "Fight Club" (1999) in a role that required him learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling. A critical and commercial success, the film has since developed a cult status. Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series "Ocean's Trilogy" (2001–07). In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom "Friends". Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment, whose first release was the epic war film "Troy" (2004), starring Pitt. He played an assassin opposite Angelina Jolie in the commercially successful action comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005).
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel) status, the novel reveals they kept all their money for themselves. This novel was both popular, with strong sales, and critically acclaimed for Hansens's vivid portrayal of James, his gang and family, and his times. It made the short list for the 1984 PEN/Faulkner Award.<ref name="PEN/Faulkner Foundation - Past Winners & Finalists"></ref> In 2007, the novel was adapted as a film of the same name. The screenplay was written and the film directed by Andrew Dominik. It starred Brad Pitt as James and Casey Affleck as Ford. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel) The Assassination