Cowboys & Aliens
First Contact. Last Stand.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$163 000 000
Box office
$175 910 315
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci, Bobby Cohen, Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart, Ryan Kavanaugh, Randy Greenberg
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Scott Chambliss, Larry White, Travis Tohill
Audition
Sarah Halley Finn, Rene Haynes
Editing
Jim May, Dan Lebental, Noelle Green
Whole Team (371)
Whole Team (371)
Short description
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.
What's left behind the scenes
- Daniel Craig lost 9 kilograms for this role in the movie.
- Robert Downey Jr. turned down the lead role in the film.
- Robert Downey Jr. had already worked with director Jon Favreau in the first two films of the Iron Man franchise. He was assigned a role in this film as well, but the actor was forced to decline when Guy Ritchie's adventure action film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), in which he played the title role, was suddenly greenlit. Within a month, the character he was supposed to play for Favreau was renamed, and Daniel Craig was cast in the role.
- Director Jon Favreau was pressured with constant demands to shoot the film in 3D, but he flatly refused, stating that this format was not suitable for Westerns.
- Robert Downey Jr. had previously worked with director Jon Favreau on the first two films in the 'Iron Man' franchise. He was offered a role in this film as well, but the actor was forced to decline when he suddenly received the green light to film Guy Ritchie's adventure action film 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' (2011), where he landed the title role. Within a month, the character he was supposed to play for Favreau was renamed, and Daniel Craig was cast in the role.
- Director Jon Favreau was badgered with constant demands to shoot the film in 3D, but he flatly refused, stating that the format was not suited for Westerns.
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