Cowboys & Aliens

Theatrical - Wide 2011-07-29

Cast Daniel Craig Harrison Ford Olivia Wilde Sam Rockwell Adam Beach
Directed by Jon Favreau
Written by Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Damon Lindelof

Box Office Gross: $174,822,325

Running Time: 119 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: DreamWorks Pictures, Universal Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Relativity Media, Imagine Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, Fairview Entertainment, Platinum Studios, Amblin Entertainment

Genres: Action Thriller Western

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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... See more of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

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