A Million Ways to Die in the West
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Short description
Albert is a timid sheep farmer in the Old West whose refusal to fight a duel costs him his girlfriend, Louise, who leaves him for another man. When a mysterious newcomer named Anna arrives in town, she helps Albert learn to handle a gun and stand up for himself, and the two grow close. Their arrangement is complicated by Anna's husband, the outlaw Clinch, who comes looking for revenge once he learns what has been going on.
Seth MacFarlane directed the film, his second feature after Ted, and wrote it with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. MacFarlane also stars as Albert, alongside Charlize Theron as Anna, Amanda Seyfried as Louise, Liam Neeson as Clinch, Giovanni Ribisi and Neil Patrick Harris. The production, made in the United States by MRC, Fuzzy Door Productions, Bluegrass Films and RGB Media, cost about 40 million dollars and took in roughly 86 million worldwide, a modest return.
On IMDb the film holds 6.1 out of 10 from around 209,000 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 6.1, from about 4,500 votes. A film critics' rating of 4.9 out of 10 from 211 reviews places it below both audience scores. The 116-minute comedy western mixes jokes about frontier hazards with a romance built around Albert's attempts at courage.
What's left behind the scenes
- Jamie Foxx's cameo role as Django was added after poor audience reactions to test screenings of a shooting gallery scene at the fair, which used images of Black slaves as targets.
- The shooting gallery at the fair only has 10 targets (2 rows of 5). However, Anna hits 12 out of 10 when she achieves the best score.
- When Dr. Brown and the famous DeLorean are shown, it is visible that the car does not have the 'Mr. Fusion' unit on the back, which converted garbage into fuel.
- Liam Neeson agreed to play Klince Lizewood on the condition that his character would speak with a strong Irish accent. Seth MacFarlane approved this.
- According to the script of this film, Seth MacFarlane wrote a book. This is the first book in his career.
- The idea for the film originated from a joke by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. While talking to each other, they often laughed at how dangerous the Wild West is always portrayed and how many ways there are to die there.
- Charlize Theron had to wear a wig during filming, as she had shaved her head for her role in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015).
- One of the signs in the city reads "Windisch and Sons." This is a reference to Christopher Windisch, the set construction coordinator for the film, and his son, who was the foreman of the construction crew.
- When Seth MacFarlane's character speaks in Apache, he says “Mi La Ku Nis, Mi La Ku Nis,” and this phrase is accompanied by the subtitle “Okay, okay.” A similar joke was also used in MacFarlane’s project “Family Guy: It's a Trap!” (2010), where it is uttered by Jabba the Hutt.
- In the scene where Clinch exits Albert's house to find him outside, Clinch walks out through the front door, and the shot at that moment is an exact copy of the famous scenes from the beginning and end of the film “The Searchers” (1956).
- The Islamic funeral song performed by Seth MacFarlane's character is a variation on the song “Tarzan Boy” by Baltimora.
- Neil Patrick Harris says his famous phrase from the series “How I Met Your Mother” (2005-2014) – “Challenge accepted!” – when Albert challenges him to a duel.
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