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Cowboys & Aliens
Directed by
Jon Favreau
Produced by Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, and Mark Fergus Screen story by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, and Steve Oedekerk Based on the comic book by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Produced by Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, and Mark Fergus Screen story by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, and Steve Oedekerk Based on the comic book by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
With:
Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown, Walton Goggins, Noah Ringer, Adam Beach, Abigail Spencer, and Keith Carradine
Cinematography:
Matthew Libatique
Editing: Dan Lebental and Jim May
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Dan Lebental and Jim May
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Runtime:
119 min
Release Date: 29 July 2011
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 29 July 2011
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
This terrifically absurd idea for a genre mash-up completely misses the mark. This could have been a very cool film that brought together the best aspects of the western and sci-fi genres--as the promising early scenes of close-encounters in the old west demonstrate. Unfortunately, the movie quickly disintegrates into a stillborn, overly long, and humorless blunder. As the cowboys, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford don’t deliver on expectation. As for the aliens... what has happened to genre-movie creativity in Hollywood? The film is not unpleasant to sit through, but with seven expensive screenwriters and an insane number high-powered producers involved, one would think we’d have gotten more than this.