Cowboys and Aliens

Release Date: Friday, July 29, 2011 Nationwide

Steven Spielberg, Paul Dano, Jon Favreau, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Roberto Orci, Daniel Craig, Alex Kurtzman, Clancy Brown, Brian Grazer, Abigail Spencer, Adam Beach, Damon Lindelof, Keith Carradine, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Noah Ringer, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Ervin Rustemagic

A 19th-century gunslinger (Daniel Craig) unites townspeople, outlaws and a band of Apache warriors against an extraterrestrial threat.

PG-13 Action 1 hr, 52 m

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A 19th-century gunslinger (Daniel Craig) unites townspeople, outlaws and a band of Apache warriors against an extraterrestrial threat.

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Plot
1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger (Daniel Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). It's a town that lives in fear.

But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.

Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he's been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents—townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors—all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.
Cited as official plot version from universalpictures.com
Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi Western

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The film's director Jon Favreau last directed The Lion King and The Jungle Book. The film's writer Mark Fergus last wrote Akira and Nocturne.

Director
Jon Favreau
Producers
Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for intense sequences of western and sci-fi action and violence, some partial nudity and a brief crude reference
Runtime
1 hr, 52 m
Tagline
First Contact. Last Stand.
Also known as
Cowboys & Aliens

Language
English

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  • Cowboys and Aliens is based on the Image Comics graphic novel written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley. That graphic novel was published in 2006, but Hollywood has been hot for the high concept project since the movie was first acquired by Universal and DreamWorks in 1997. That sale was made based on a one-sheet of a cowboy and a space ship, with Steve Oedekerk aboard to write and direct. The project subsequently moved to Columbia Pictures and Escape Artists, and then back to Universal and DreamWorks, and the script has been through at least seven writers or writer teams.

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Cowboys and Aliens was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, July 29, 2011 . in around 3,750 theaters There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including The Smurfs, Crazy, Stupid, Love and Without Men.



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  • Added a running time of 112 minutes

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