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Cowboys & Aliens [2011] (1 disc) ... |  | |
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Length: | 119 minutes (1 hour 59 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | PG-13 | Sorting Category: | Graphic Novel |
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| Classifications: | - Action
- Sci-Fi
- Drama
- CG
- Mystery
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Synopsis: A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys and natives are all that stand in their way.
Reaction: This is an interesting idea with lots of fun potential. They really don't have that much fun with it, though. It's competently told, but definitely needed a bit more real humor to punctuate the impossibility of it all.
Personal Rating: 6/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Director Jon Favreau has a cameo where his mugshot can be seen as the sheriff notices and takes off the wanted poster of Jake Lonergan.
- Director Jon Favreau was constantly harassed with demands to shoot/convert the film in 3-D, but he held his ground, claiming Westerns should only be shot on film.
- Harrison Ford wanted to go bareheaded in the film and not wear a hat (he is most famous for his performance in Steven Spielberg's [Indiana Jones] films, where Jones wore a fedora), but since it was a Western film he was convinced to wear a hat. In American Graffiti, Harrison Ford was asked to cut his hair (to go bareheaded with a period haircut) for the film. He refused, stating that his role was too short, and offered to wear a hat instead.
- Daniel Craig was chosen because of his distinct likeness to Steve McQueen, who starred in the cowboy epic The Magnificent Seven.
- Robert Downey Jr. was set to play Zeke Jackson (a "former Union army gunslinger"), but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Within the month, the character was then re-named Jake Lonergan, re-written to be an outlaw, and Downey, Jr. was replaced with Daniel Craig.
- The filmmakers cite Alien and Predator as an influence on the look of aliens in the film.
- Steven Spielberg screened The Searchers and Close Encounters of the Third Kind for Roberto Orci and Jon Favreau so that they could get the atmosphere of the film.
- Daniel Craig recommended Eva Green for the role of Ella after working with her in Casino Royale. However, Eva turned the role down and Olivia Wilde, who'd auditioned for Eva's [Bond] role of Vesper Lynd, was cast.
- Screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman described the film as "Unforgiven with aliens landing."
- The fabric used to make Ella's dress had originally been considered for Hailee Steinfeld's wardrobe in True Grit but had been deemed too feminine for that movie.
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