The Missing Movie Review 2003

Director Ron Howard successfully tries his hand at a gritty western. Blanchett plays Maggie Gilkeson, a mother of two daughters, who supports her family by working the ranch and serving as a healer to the community. Maggie is estranged from her father Samuel Jones (the perfectly craggy-faced Jones) who left her and her mother years ago to live with the Apache tribe. But she soon seeks her father's help after her oldest daughter Lilly (Wood) is kidnapped by an evil Native American shaman (Schweig). Blanchett and Jones both have the acting chops to keep this story interesting and well worth watching. Based on the Thomas Eidson novel "The Last Ride."

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 135 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Kidnapped!, Rescue Missions, Bad Dads, Native America, Period Piece: 19th Century, Military: Army

Screenplay

Ken Kaufman

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Eric Schweig, Jenna Boyd, Evan Rachel Wood, Steve Reevis, Ray McKinnon, Val Kilmer, Aaron Eckhart, Simon Baker, Jay Tavare, Sergio Calderon, Clint Howard, Liz) Moss Elissabeth (Elisabeth Elizabeth, Max Perlich

Cinematography

Salvatore Totino

Director

Ron Howard

Music

James Horner

Other

Bayard Carey, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill, Guy Barnes, Julie Weiss

Producer

Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Daniel Ostroff, Revolution Studios, Imagine Entertainment, Columbia Pictures