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The Missing

  • 2003
  • R
  • 2h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
39K
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Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, and Jenna Boyd in The Missing (2003)
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AdventureDramaThrillerWestern

In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.

  • Director
    • Ron Howard
  • Writers
    • Thomas Eidson
    • Ken Kaufman
  • Stars
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Evan Rachel Wood
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    39K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ron Howard
    • Writers
      • Thomas Eidson
      • Ken Kaufman
    • Stars
      • Tommy Lee Jones
      • Cate Blanchett
      • Evan Rachel Wood
    • 244User reviews
    • 119Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations

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    The Missing
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    The Missing Scene: Maggie Asked You To Leave
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    The Missing Scene: Maggie Asked You To Leave
    The Missing Scene: They Want Our Horses And Guns
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    The Missing Scene: They Want Our Horses And Guns
    The Missing Scene: You Can't Leave Me Mama
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    The Missing Scene: You Can't Leave Me Mama
    The Missing Scene: How Bad Are You Hurt
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    The Missing Scene: How Bad Are You Hurt

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    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Samuel Jones
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Magdalena Gilkeson
    Evan Rachel Wood
    Evan Rachel Wood
    • Lilly Gilkeson
    Jenna Boyd
    Jenna Boyd
    • Dot Gilkeson
    Aaron Eckhart
    Aaron Eckhart
    • Brake Baldwin
    Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer
    • Lt. Jim Ducharme
    Sergio Calderón
    Sergio Calderón
    • Emiliano
    Eric Schweig
    Eric Schweig
    • Chidin
    Steve Reevis
    Steve Reevis
    • Two Stone
    Jay Tavare
    Jay Tavare
    • Kayitah
    Simon Baker
    Simon Baker
    • Honesco
    Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon
    • Russell J. Wittick
    Max Perlich
    Max Perlich
    • Isaac Edgerly
    Ramon Frank
    • Grummond
    Deryle J. Lujan
    • Naazhaao - Hunter
    Matthew E. Montoya
    • Tsi Beoyuao - Blowing Tree
    • (as Matthew Montoya)
    Joe Saenz
    • Mba'tsu-Naabitin - Wolf Trail
    Gandi Shaw
    • 'Izhashe - Bird
    • Director
      • Ron Howard
    • Writers
      • Thomas Eidson
      • Ken Kaufman
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    • Trivia
      Tommy Lee Jones and Eric Schweig learned some Chiricahua Apache for this film. Their instructors were two of the last three remaining fluent speakers.
    • Goofs
      Jones and Dot were wearing hats before they were washed downstream during the flash flood. But when they were climbing out of the water onto dry land, they weren't wearing their hats. In the next scene when they were riding their horses they were wearing their hats again. There is no way they could have found their hats after the flash flood.
    • Quotes

      Maggie Gilkeson: I've never worked on an Indian before

      Samuel Jones: [Sarcastically] They have green blood and a pinecone where their heart should be

    • Alternate versions
      Although the film was shot in the Super 35 format for 2.39:1 and protected for 1.33:1, the VHS and the Full Screen DVD mostly Pans and Scans as if it were shot in Anamorphic Widescreen instead of properly framing it for Full Frame as most Super 35 films are. Only a few shots in this movie were reframed properly.
    • Connections
      Edited into New Frontiers: Making 'the Missing' (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
      (uncredited)
      Lyrics by George Leybourne
      Music by Gaston Lyle

    User reviews244

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    I am left with more questions than answers.....

    God, how this film touched me. I saw something in Ms. Blanchett that I have never seen before; she actually became the character from the book and I was moved. After seeing the movie I tracked the book down ( it was difficult believe it or not ) and finished it in six hours. I am wondering why the screen writers changed the final scenes. Don't get me wrong, Ron Howard makes good to great movies ( this is a solid film from the historical point of view as well ) but I am left with more questions for him than I feel I will ever get answers.
    • Bratch
    • Dec 3, 2003
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Apache languages
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Las desapariciones
    • Filming locations
      • Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Revolution Studios
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Daniel Ostroff Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $27,011,180
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,833,633
      • Nov 30, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $38,364,277
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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