Cowboys & Aliens
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jon Favreau
Harrison Ford
Daniel Craig
Olivia Wilde
Keith Carradine
Abigail Spencer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger 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. 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, 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.
Director
Jon Favreau
Cast
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Harrison Ford
Daniel Craig
Olivia Wilde
Keith Carradine
Abigail Spencer
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Paul Dano
Sam Rockwell
Simon Choneska
Adam Beach
Eric Ramirez
Raoul Trujillo
Paul Ortega
David Midthunder
Vonda Tso
Garrett Noel
Phillip Pike
Ernest Sanchez
Troy Gilbert
Walton Goggins
Chris Browning
Hoyle Osborne
Lariat Geronimo
Scout Schoenfeld Hendrickson
Moses Brings Plenty
Robyn Simmons
Tony Clarke
Wyatt Russell
Heitor Pereira
Clancy Brown
Nathaniel Chee
Brendan Wayne
Scott A. Bobbitt
Matthew Taylor
Cooper Taylor
David O'hara
Brian Duffy
Ana De La Reguera
Toby Huss
Rex Rideout
Freddie Apache
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Calum Blaylock
Noah Ringer
Oliver Enjady
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Buck Taylor
Gavin Grazer
Kenny Call
George Doering
David Chee
Jim Jatho
Chad Randall
Crew
Melissa Abad
Douglas Neal Acton
Ruben Jimenez Acuñia
Andrew Aguilar
Jessica Alcorn
Bobby Aldridge
Marco Alicea
Brett Allen
Georgia Allen
Antonio Almaraz
Christian Alzmann
Deborah Ambrosino
John Amorelli
Ryan Andersen
Pete Anderson
Brett Andrews
Slamm Andrews
Carlos Anguiano
Greg Aprahamian
Fred Arbegast
Nestor Arce
Joe Ardent
Diego Arroyo
Cristina Atkin
J C Augare
James Augare
Scotty Augare
Roy Augenstein
James Austin
Patrice Avery
Todd Avery
Joe Bacharka
Garry T. Bailey
Paul Baker
Jerome Bakum
Terry Baliel
Marc Banich
Leigh Barbier
Andrew Bardusk
Adam Barker
Scott Barnes
Thomas A Barrios
Christopher Barron
Christopher Barron
Daryl Bartley
John Bartnicki
Anthony Bartra
Michael Bauman
David D. Baumann
Basel Bazlamit
Jody Beaudin
Samantha Becker
Kevin Bell
Elias Benavidez
Greg Benge
Maria Bentfield
J Andres Berkstein
Cliff Berns
David L Bethel
Ashley Bettini
Jeff Bettis
Kim Bianco
Whitney Bickers
Mark Bishop
Michael Blackbourn
Robin Blagg
Meg Blissell
Jeremy Bloch
Jeffrey Boam
Russell Bobbitt
Mike Boden
Peter Bogatsky
Cory Lynn Bol
Mike Bonnaud
Jason Bonnell
Dan Bornstein
Erin Bosworth
David Boucher
Christopher Boyes
Christopher Boyes
James Boysen
Jesse Don Brackenbury
Kyle Bramwell
Brian Branton
Michael Breymann
Svetlana Britt
Shannon Brock
Jill Brooks
Brian Lee Brown
William Paul Brown
David Brownlow
Richard Bucher
Chad Buehler
Romain Buignet
Brian Bulinski
Charles Bunnag
Richard Buoen
Christopher Burian-mohr
Michael Buster
Ashley Butler
Corrine Butler
Sarah Byrden
Howard Cabalfin
Danny Caccavo
Owen Calouro
Lorrie Campbell
Marshall Candland
Andrew Canton
Berlinda Cantu-lewis
Lauren Carara
Derrick Carlin
Chris Carlson
Tim Carlson
Tamara Carlson-woodard
Huey Carroll
Tami Carter
Jerry Carville
David Casey
Michael Cashore
Gloria Pasqua Casny
Chris Castaldi
Alicia Castro-chicol
Halli Cauthery
Bernard O Ceguerra
Scott Chambliss
Charmaine Chan
Justin Tatsuo Chan
Hui Ling Chang
Kai Chang
Hunter Chase
Peter Chase
Jeffrey A Chavers
Tristan S Chavez
Lance Cheatham
Charles W Chesser
John Chichester
David Chrastka
Jeppe Nygaard Christensen
Marc Chu
Paul Churchill
Joseph Cicio
Oliver Clark
Brian Claus
William Clouter
James Clyne
James Coffin
Bobby Cohen
Rupert Cole
Dustin Colson
Craig Conaway
Kit Conners
Pat Conran
Javier Contreras
Tony Contreras
Eric P Cook
Ben Cooke
Chase Cooper
Karin Cooper
Ken Cornett
Bill Corso
Nick Costantino
Jeff Couch
John Countryman
Alison Cox
Daniel Cox
Chris Craine
Jonathan Crazybull
Stuart Cripps
Janelle Croshaw
Magela Crosignani
Kevin Cross
Donna Dubuc Curtis
Devon Cutler
Kathryn Czark
Beth D'amato
Steve Dale
Tommy Dangcil
Jeff Dashnaw
Donald Davidson
Morgan Davis
Rick Davis
Erick De La Vega
Michel Deascentiis
Jeff Deist
Michael Dellheim
Lou Demarco
Peter Demarest
Carol Demarti
Eric C Dennis
Mike Derry
Maria Devane
Michelle Deville
Lou Diaz
Judi Dickerson
Aaron Dickinson
Michael Dicomo
Michael Dillon
Michael Dobbs
Dwight Dollins
Emily Dominguez
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Wide Release in United States Summer July 29, 2011
Released in United States on Video December 6, 2011
Based on the graphic novel "Cowboys & Aliens" created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley and published by Platinum Studios in December, 2006.
Robert Downey, Jr. was previously attached to star.
Project belongs to what Platinum Studios calls "Macroverse," which also includes "Atlantis Rising," set up with Valhalla Motion Pictures and "Unique," set up at the Walt Disney Co./Touchstone.
Project previously in development at Columbia Pictures and Escape Artists.
Wide Release in United States Summer July 29, 2011
DreamWorks covered half the film's estimated $163 million budget while Universal and Relativity financed the other half.
Released in United States on Video December 6, 2011