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    Cowboys & Aliens (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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    • 1 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсJake Lonergan 3:09
    • 2 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсPalms to Heaven 2:26
    • 3 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсCol. Woodrow Dolarhyde 4:52
    • 4 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсAttack & Abductions 4:24
    • 5 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсA Kid, a Dog & a Woman 3:58
    • 6 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсEmmett's Close Encounter 4:57
    • 7 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсAlien Air Attack 3:07
    • 8 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсShe's Gone 4:40
    • 9 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсI Know Where They Are 6:30
    • 10 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсJake's Army 2:42
    • 11 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсGodspeed 3:38
    • 12 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсGoodbye Jake 2:54
    • 13 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсI See Them 3:37
    • 14 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсElla's Mission 2:08
    • 15 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсDo You Remember Me? 1:52
    • 16 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсReturn to the Cabin 1:16
    • 17 Гарри Грегсон-УильямсSee You Around 1:34

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    " First contact. Last stand."
    Country
    Spoken Language
    Runtime 1 hr 59 min
    Budget $163 000 000
    Premiere: World $174 822 325 July 29, 2011
    USA $100 240 551
    Other countries $74 581 774
    Box Office – Budget $11 822 325
    Premiere: USA $100 240 551 July 29, 2011
    first day $13 087 485
    first weekend $36 431 290
    Digital: World March 26, 2013
    Parental Advisory
    • Frightening & Intense Scenes

      average

    • Violence & Gore

      average

    • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

      few

    • Profanity

      few

    • Sex & Nudity

      few

    Production Companies

    Description

    A spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.

    Сast and Crew

    Cowboys & Aliens: The Comic Book

    Overview

    The comic book Cowboys & Aliens serves as the inspiration for the 2011 film of the same name. It was created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and published by Platinum Studios. The comic blends the Western and science fiction genres, presenting a unique narrative where cowboys and Native Americans join forces to fight against an alien invasion in the 19th-century American West.

    Authors and Creators

      • Scott Mitchell Rosenberg: The creator of the comic, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, is a prominent figure in the comic book industry and the founder of Platinum Studios. He has been instrumental in bringing various comic book stories to broader audiences.

    Film Adaptation

    The film adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens takes significant creative liberties from the original comic book. While the core concept of cowboys battling aliens remains intact, the film introduces new characters and plotlines that were not present in the comic. The adaptation process involved several screenwriters, including Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof, who contributed to the screenplay, resulting in a narrative that diverges from the original comic book storyline.

    Production

    The project began development in 1997, when Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures bought film rights to a concept pitched by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, former president at Malibu Comics, which he described as a graphic novel in development. They hired Steve Oedekerk to write and direct the film, which Oedekerk planned to do after completing Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Rosenberg, who formed Platinum Studios to pursue adapting Cowboys & Aliens and other Malibu Comics properties into film and television, joined as a producer. By 1998, Oedekerk left the project to pursue a remake of the 1964 film The Incredible Mr. Limpet with Jim Carrey. By 2004, the film rights were acquired by Columbia Pictures, who did not move the project beyond development.

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    Dialogue is terse and predictable, and the sci-fi thriller portion is even less compelling than the Western saga.

    Slate August 2, 2011

    It’s fun to think about what Cowboys & Aliens might have been if any creativity had crept past the title page.

    Variety July 25, 2011

    A ripping good ride.

    ca.askmen.com July 28, 2011

    Director Jon Favreau certainly puts up a valiant effort to make it all gel but he’s working with material from six credited writers. The...

    Austin Chronicle July 28, 2011

    Cowboys & Aliens is terribly generic – and mostly joyless, too.

    Little White Lies (UK) August 17, 2011

    Craig is a bona fide action star who shouldn’t be reduced to spitting out lines like "Demons took your gold" in a husky Southern drawl.

    AV Club July 28, 2011

    You want cowboys and aliens in the same movie? This one’s for you. If you want anything beyond what the title promises, look elsewhere. And t...

    RogerEbert.com July 28, 2011

    As preposterous moneymakers go, it’s ambitious and well-made.

    Entertainment Weekly July 27, 2011

    Cowboys & Aliens has fun moments, but it’s a plodding entertainment because it mostly tastes like leftovers.

    Los Angeles Times July 28, 2011

    It’s hard to say what is most depressing about "Cowboys & Aliens" – the film itself, or the fact that this was the best movie a pos...

    NPR July 28, 2011

    Favreau’s film doesn’t take any risks, reducing the stakes to the point where the movie descends quickly from its fun exposition to&nbs...

    Cowboys & Aliens is an agreeable time-killer, but I’ll bet a couple of clever kids could make a livelier movie with a Woody puppet and a...

    Boston.com July 27, 2011

    It really is "Aliens'' on the open plains, "Independence Day'' for the nation’s centennial, and what the movie lacks in originality and stick...

    Shockya.com July 29, 2011

    Reminiscent of 'Starship Troopers.' Just about everything in it is downright ridiculous, but it’s such an amusing and enjoyable fantastical a...

    New York Post July 29, 2011

    This sharp-looking, committee-written adaptation of a genre-splicing graphic novel wins points by frequently, smartly and affectionately tippi...

    Hollywood Reporter July 25, 2011

    It sounds kooky on paper, but on the screen, cowboys and aliens make beautiful, fun music together.

    Chicago Reader July 28, 2011

    The filmmakers here (who include director Jon Favreau (Iron Man), five credited writers, and countless special-effects technicians) don’t see...

    Newark Star-Ledger July 28, 2011

    It’s like a double feature but with all the boring bits taken out and all the fight scenes run together.

    ifc.com July 29, 2011

    As bland as as plate of frontier beans.

    The Atlantic July 29, 2011

    [A] phenomenally successful two-man war against narrative clarity and continuity.

    ReelViews July 28, 2011

    Cowboys & Aliens is a mashup of a mediocre Western and a mediocre science fiction story. The resulting film is far better than the sum of its...

    Financial Times August 18, 2011

    The density of inanity at the conceptual core of this crass sci-fi western starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford pushes outwards, inflating fatuo...

    SFGATE July 28, 2011

    A crowd-pleasing summer movie with more wit than most.

    TheWrap July 29, 2011

    Characters are so sketchily drawn that little is really at stake here.

    Guardian August 18, 2011

    Yes, yes, cowboys punching aliens in the face can be funny. But it doesn’t make this silly endeavour worthwhile.

    Film.com July 29, 2011

    A film that entertains, even if it doesn’t live up to the full-on madness potential the title portended.

    Arizona Republic July 27, 2011

    "Cowboys & Aliens" is exactly what it sounds like: a cowboy movie and an alien movie thrown together, a genre mash-up that’s more fun than go...

    thisislondon.co.uk August 19, 2011

    If you can swallow the shameless set-up, it’s all highly entertaining.

    Independent August 19, 2011

    Jon Favreau handles the big setpieces with competence if no great flair; whenever the plot backs itself into a corner something else will make ...

    Sydney Morning Herald August 19, 2011

    There is nothing that fascinating about Favreau’s treatment, nor his source material, but compared with similar blockbuster fare of recent mo...

    New York Daily News July 29, 2011

    Nothing very exciting happens.

    Observer July 27, 2011

    Cowboys & Aliens is one of the silliest movies ever made, but so many otherwise serious people have attached their names to it that, as Arthur Mill...

    Time Out July 29, 2011

    The small moments of poetry … are lost amid too much digital sound and fury.

    HollywoodChicago.com July 29, 2011

    With so many revisions from a number of writers, it feels like everyone added their own color to the piece until it all faded to gray.

    There is enough to like and to savor in Cowboys & Aliens that it makes for an enjoyable two hours in the dark with a big bag of buttery popcorn.

    Slant Magazine July 26, 2011

    The Jon Favreau film brandishes a literal-minded title as laughable as the rest of its action.

    Tonally, the movie is off: not quite as sober and majestic as the John Ford westerns it’s inspired by, nor as ironic and irreverent as, well...

    MSN Movies July 27, 2011

    What makes the movie work, really, is that above and beyond the conventions themselves doing their jobs, the actors seem truly invested…

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    Watched

    This is my second attempt at watching the film. A primitive and boring plot that makes you sleepy. If there was a hit parade of the most predictable films, then this movie would be in first place. God… just fire the whole group of screenwriters, let them write songs for children’s matinees.

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    Daniel Craig. Harrison Ford. Olivia Wilde. The plot is interesting, funny in places, but you can’t call it outstanding. But it’s an adventure.

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