The Missing
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| The Missing | |
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| Directed by | Ron Howard |
| Produced by | Brian Grazer Ron Howard Daniel Ostroff |
| Written by | Thomas Eidson Ken Kaufman |
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones Cate Blanchett Evan Rachel Wood Jenna Boyd |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 26, 2003 (USA) |
| Running time | 137 min. |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Budget | US$65,000,000 |
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The Missing is a 2003 film directed by Ron Howard, based on the novel The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson. Among other things, this Western thriller set in 1880's New Mexico is notable for the authentic use of the Apache language by various actors, some of whom spent long hours studying it.
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[edit] Plot
Set in 19th-century New Mexico, Samuel Jones (Jones), a white man that has embraced Indian ways, comes back home, hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter Maggie Gilkeson (Blanchett). Maggie's daughter is kidnapped, forcing Samuel to form an uneasy alliance with his estranged daughter to work together to get her back.
[edit] Main cast
- Cate Blanchett - Maggie Gilkeson
- Tommy Lee Jones - Samuel Jones
- Evan Rachel Wood - Lilly Gilkeson
- Jenna Boyd - Dot Gilkeson
[edit] On TV
The Missing made its free-TV premiere on FX on August 22, 2006 at 7PM/6C. It appears that USA Network has referred to this film as The Last Ride, but will premiere this film beginning in 2007.
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