MOVIE

How far would you go, how much would you sacrifice to get back what you have lost?
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

Adult Status :
Movie ID : 12146
Movie Language : en
Original Title: The Missing
Popularity : 12.443
Release : 2003-11-26
Movie Title : The Missing
Rate : 6.3
Vote Count : 519
Genre IDs : 53,37,12
Genres : Thriller, Western, Adventure
Tagline : How far would you go, how much would you sacrifice to get back what you have lost?
Revenue : 38364277
Runtime : 135
Status : Released

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Movie Production Studio

Company Name : Columbia Pictures
Budget : 60000000
HomePage : http://danielostroff.com/missing.html
IMDB ID : tt0338188
Country Code : US
Country Name :
Spoken Language : English
Company ID : 5
Company Logo : [COMPANYLOGO]
Company Country : US

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Casts and Crews

Cast

1. Cate Blanchett ( Cate Blanchett ) Acting as Maggie Gilkeson




2. Tommy Lee Jones ( Tommy Lee Jones ) Acting as Samuel Jones




3. Evan Rachel Wood ( Evan Rachel Wood ) Acting as Lilly Gilkeson




4. Jenna Boyd ( Jenna Boyd ) Acting as Dot Gilkeson




5. Aaron Eckhart ( Aaron Eckhart ) Acting as Brake Baldwin




6. Val Kilmer ( Val Kilmer ) Acting as Lt. Jim Ducharme




7. Eric Schweig ( Eric Schweig ) Acting as Pesh-Chidin / El Brujo




8. Steve Reevis ( Steve Reevis ) Acting as Two Stone




9. Jay Tavare ( Jay Tavare ) Acting as Kayitah




10. Simon Baker ( Simon Baker ) Acting as Honesco, Kayitah's son




11. Ray McKinnon ( Ray McKinnon ) Acting as Russell J. Wittick




12. Max Perlich ( Max Perlich ) Acting as Isaac Edgerly




13. Elisabeth Moss ( Elisabeth Moss ) Acting as Anne




14. Clint Howard ( Clint Howard ) Acting as Sheriff Purdy




15. Rance Howard ( Rance Howard ) Acting as Telegraph Operator




16. Deborah Martinez ( Deborah Martinez ) Acting as Maria Nunez




17. Scarlett McAlister ( Scarlett McAlister ) Acting as Captive Girl




18. Arron Shiver ( Arron Shiver ) Acting as Rancher




19. David Midthunder ( David Midthunder ) Acting as Apache Scout




20. Sergio Calderón ( Sergio Calderón ) Acting as Emiliano




21. Ramon Frank ( Ramon Frank ) Acting as Grummond


22. Deryle J. Lujan ( Deryle J. Lujan ) Acting as Naazhaao / 'Hunter'


23. Rod Rondeaux ( Rod Rondeaux ) Acting as Hudlao


24. Angelina Torres ( Angelina Torres ) Acting as Esmerelda Nunez

Crew

1. Julie Weiss ( Julie Weiss ) Costume & Make-Up, Job: Costume Design From Department of Costume & Make-Up




2. Brian Grazer ( Brian Grazer ) Production, Job: Producer From Department of Production




3. James Horner ( James Horner ) Sound, Job: Original Music Composer From Department of Sound




4. Janet Hirshenson ( Janet Hirshenson ) Production, Job: Casting From Department of Production




5. Jane Jenkins ( Jane Jenkins ) Production, Job: Casting From Department of Production




6. Ron Howard ( Ron Howard ) Directing, Job: Director From Department of Directing




7. Ron Howard ( Ron Howard ) Directing, Job: Producer From Department of Production




8. Todd Hallowell ( Todd Hallowell ) Production, Job: Executive Producer From Department of Production




9. Kathleen McGill ( Kathleen McGill ) Production, Job: Associate Producer From Department of Production




10. Aldric La'Auli Porter ( Aldric La'Auli Porter ) Production, Job: Associate Producer From Department of Production




11. Louisa Velis ( Louisa Velis ) Production, Job: Associate Producer From Department of Production




12. Daniel P. Hanley ( Daniel P. Hanley ) Editing, Job: Editor From Department of Editing




13. Mike Hill ( Mike Hill ) Editing, Job: Editor From Department of Editing




14. Salvatore Totino ( Salvatore Totino ) Camera, Job: Director of Photography From Department of Camera




15. Julie Adair ( Julie Adair ) Crew, Job: Stunt Double From Department of Crew




16. Walter Scott ( Walter Scott ) Crew, Job: Stunt Coordinator From Department of Crew




17. Rio Alexander ( Rio Alexander ) Acting, Job: Stunts From Department of Crew




18. Ken Kaufman ( Ken Kaufman ) Writing, Job: Screenplay From Department of Writing




19. Jo Edna Boldin ( Jo Edna Boldin ) Production, Job: Casting From Department of Production




20. Steve Crystal ( Steve Crystal ) Production, Job: Executive Producer From Department of Production




21. Daniel Ostroff ( Daniel Ostroff ) Production, Job: Producer From Department of Production




22. Jason Rodriguez ( Jason Rodriguez ) Crew, Job: Stunts From Department of Crew




23. Tony Lee Boggs ( Tony Lee Boggs ) Crew, Job: Stunts From Department of Crew




24. Thomas Eidson ( Thomas Eidson ) Writing, Job: Novel From Department of Writing




25. Thomas Eidson ( Thomas Eidson ) Writing, Job: Co-Producer From Department of Production




26. Ann Scott ( Ann Scott ) Crew, Job: Stunt Double From Department of Crew




27. Robert Harman ( Robert Harman ) Crew, Job: Stunts From Department of Crew




28. Robbie Dunn ( Robbie Dunn ) Crew, Job: Stunts From Department of Crew




29. Mary Davenport ( Mary Davenport ) Crew, Job: Stunts From Department of Crew




30. Samantha Brainard ( Samantha Brainard ) Crew, Job: Stunts From Department of Crew




31. Sue Berger ( Sue Berger ) Production, Job: Co-Producer From Department of Production

Movie Review

• ( John Chard ) give rating 8
There's always the next something, Maggie. And that will take a man away.

The Missing is directed by Ron Howard and adapted by Ken Kaufman from the novel The Last Ride written by Thomas Eidson. It stars Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchet, Eric Schweig, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Ray McKinnon, Val Kilmer & Aaron Eckhart. James Horner scores the music and Salvatore Totino is the cinematographer.

New Mexico 1885 and frontier doctor Maggie Gilkeson (Blanchet) has to seek help from her estranged father Samuel Jones/Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan (Lee Jones), when her eldest daughter is kidnapped by Pesh-Chidin/El Brujo (Schweig) an Apache Warlock who sells girls into prostitution.

An obvious variation on John Ford's The Searchers, The Missing slipped under the radar some what of Western fans who were greatly served by Kevin Costner's Open Range released the same year. It was a box office flop; which in a genre that has rarely hit great heights in modern times is hardly surprising, but to dismiss Howard's film as a fop is just wrong. True enough it's hardly original on the page, but it manages to not sacrifice character depth as it crams in the Western staples. While there is plenty enough here for none Western fans to enjoy; from the many colourful characters on show (including a great horror movie like villain in Schweig), to the panoramic scenery, and the number of action sequences that flit in and out of the narrative. There's a little something for most movie loving fans.

The cast, too, are value for money. Blanchet gives it guts and layers as Maggie, emotionally cold, is forced to put family dissension to one side and take up arms as a Western heroine, and Wood equally holds court with her transference from irksome waif to bold babe. Tommy Jones enjoys himself as he finds a cowboy role to suit his craggy features, features that impressively dovetail with Salvatore's stark photography of the landscapes. Along with the plucky and endearing young Jenna Boyd's performance it obviously only really mounts up to a broken family coming together under duress. But as a quartet, and with Schweig's vile turn as the "monster" of the piece in amongst them, they function so well, thus all character arcs are acted skilfully and please the senses. Also to be applauded is the use of genuine Apache language from some of the actors, a nice touch that shows a director taking his material seriously.

There's a few endings available to view via DVD etc, but the one that Howard chose for its general release is the right one. It perhaps doesn't hold any great surprise, given the directors reputation and output thus far, but it works well in the context of the story and the period tone set throughout. A safe film, then, one that is very well made and tells its story efficiently in structure and verse. If only the script had dared to take a few more risks then this surely wouldn't have been the monetary flop it was. Still, give it a go and you may find as much to like as I did. 7/10