And I blushed quite a few times too," Neeson admitted. I have wanted to read the novelization of the movie for some time now so really glad I got around to it, even though I took a while to do so. The script never says, but I hope you like this joke about the West being a dangerous place because its one of the few it has to offer. "[14] MacFarlane, a lifelong fan of westerns, began researching the topic, using Jeff Guinn's nonfiction novel, The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. [43] In its third weekend, the film dropped to number eight, grossing $3.2 million. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. [54] Rafer Guzman of Newsday found the film amusing, calling it "another example of MacFarlane's ability to mix poop jokes with romance, foul language with sweet sentiment, offensive humor with boyish charm. 2. Coming at it from this angle of negative . So what is the future for this deleted scene? It was released as a single on April 29, 2014. ", The New York Times' Stephen Holden writes that "this flighty comedy, which imagines itself a son of Blazing Saddles, demolishes the heroic mystique of the Old West with the nose-thumbing glee of a rambunctious brat who has just crawled out of a fetid mud puddle." [46] The Blu-ray release contains an unrated version (135 minutes), along with the original theatrical cut (116 minutes). It's a tale of the good, the bad and the funny in Liam Neeson's new comedy, "A Million Ways to Die in the West." The Oscar-nominated actor . Most music is crap. This hilarious UNRATED comedy from Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy and Ted, is filled with witty one-liners and an all-star cast. I never would have picked this up if I didn't have a goal of reading westerns this year. A Million Ways to Die in the West Review Roundup: . Azt azrt ne feledjk, hogy MacFarlane nem vrbeli regnyr, s ez a kisregny is csak a sajt forgatknyvnek az tirata. A Million Ways to Die in the West. Filming began on May 6, 2013, in various locations in New Mexico including Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and it concluded on August 9 that year. by denma-ronal Jun 30, 2022. Both feature casts far too good for the material, material that relies heavily on how hilarious the viewer finds loose anachronistic profanity and banter, lowest common denominator potty humor and overly violent slapstick. Edward: Hey, dude, you really shouldn't drink and horse. Future US, Inc. 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Umjesto samotnog revolveraa Divljeg zapada, u ovom je vesternu glavni lik nespretni pametnjakovi koji umjesto mecima svoje protivnike gaa sarkastinim primjedbama (u emu je doista dobar). After his best friend Edward's failed attempts at making him feel better, things start to look grim for Albert, until the beautiful and mysterious Anna arrives in town, and takes her under her wing. Hence A Million Ways to Die in the West, which is set in Arizona in 1882 and stars Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried and MacFarlane himself, who directs his live-action debut. Now I am going to go watch the movie again (I would hate to put a number on how many times I have seen the movie.yeah it has been THAT many times). 2014. On the day of the duel, Foy arrives late and gets diarrhea from the laxative he had unknowingly drunk. Kelly Cronin . In the United States, the film has grossed $8,336,420 from DVD sales and $6,739,162 from Blu-ray sales, making a total of $15,075,582. [39][40] An audio-book version was also made available, narrated by Jonathan Frakes. Descendants Ridiculous Song LyricsThe word "gringo" did not originate during the Mexican-American War (1846-48), the Venezuelan War of Independence (1811-23), the Mexican Revolution (1910-20), or from the American Old West (c. You didn't know it was bad, but you get charged 15 bucks. A Million Ways to Die in the West Exclusive Interview with Charlize Theron & Amanda Seyfried. [3], The film grossed $16.8 million in its opening weekend, finishing in third place at the box office behind fellow newcomer Maleficent and the previous weekend's opener X-Men: Days of Future Past. As a fan of Seth MacFarlane's series Family Guy and his feature film debut Ted, it's a shame to report that if you've seen the trailers for his new western comedy A . While the script is light on the language of Western films -- written with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, . NJ native who calls LA home and lives in a Dreamatorium. If you were to guess that it will be included on the Blu-ray, then you are absolutely right - as confirmed by MacFarlane following his description. During the brawl, Albert saves Anna from being crushed to death, and the two become close friends. The book starts off just the way the rest of it is: hilarious. During a barn dance the night before the duel, Anna gives Foy a Mickey. A Million Ways to Die in the West is an awkwardly paced, overly long, and wildly uneven film. Later, Clinch confronts Anna by demanding that she reveal Albert's name and his whereabouts, or he will kill her. . The only hitch in its giddy-up is how much it incorporates sophomoric and scatological humor the premise is humorous and the performances winning, so the reliance on raunch seems unnecessary and its gross-out gags off-putting." Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). [16] The film was first announced on December 3, 2012, marking MacFarlane's second foray into live-action directing, after 2012's Ted. I couldnt find the non audio book, but I read the physical copy of this book, and it was a humorous, and typical McFarlane type novel. Albert loses, but Anna steps in and defeats Foy. Some people think that makes him a coward. Albert (MacFarlane) is a cowardly sheep farmer living with his grumbling parents in the 1882 American frontier. They won't be allowed to get away with this!' Amanda Seyfried and Neil Patrick Harris star in "A Million Ways to Die in the West.". Directed by Seth . There are . When a mysterious and beautiful woman (Charlize Theron) rides into town, she helps him find his courage as they . A Million Ways to Die in the West Blu-ray Seth MacFarlane NEW. IE 11 is not supported. Director: Seth MacFarlane. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. We follow the life of Albert Stark (Seth MacFarlane), an incompetent and inept sheep farmer whose girlfriend Louise (Amanda Seyfried) breaks up with him because of his glaring lack of courage and skill. It's a tale of the good, the bad and the funny in Liam Neeson's new comedy, "A Million Ways to Die in the West." Vulgar, crude, self-referential, and irreverent, A Million Ways to Die in the West is a typical Seth MacFarlane comedy. Shit hits the fan once Albert discovers Anna is actually the wife of Clinch Leatherwood, a nasty gunslinging outlaw. In the wake of talking his way out of a showdown in the streets of Old Stump, cowardly sheepherder Albert (MacFarlane) is unceremoniously . Release Dates It turns out that Neeson's Clinch is the one and only serious character. Neil Patrick Harris winds up the MVP just by playing up his silly cad of a character and merely over-annunciating words like "wrapped candies" with delightful relish. Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, Shooting Gallery Bystander (asks about the dollar), visual effects executive producer: Incessant Rain Studios (uncredited), associate producer (as Joseph Micucci) / associate producer, makeup department head: additional photography, makeup artist: second unit (as Pepper Gallegos), makeup department head / makeup supervisor, hair stylist: second unit (as Aleen Martinez), additional assistant makeup artist (uncredited), special makeup effects artist (uncredited), unit production manager: additional photography, production supervisor: insert shoot, additional photography, second assistant director: second unit (as Anna Ramey), second second assistant director: additional photography (as Louis Lanni), additional second second assistant director, first assistant director: additional photography, first assistant director: second unit / second second assistant director, construction general foreman (as Jim Barth), art department coordinator (as Sara Pennington), assistant property master (as Trina Siopy), labor foreman (as Christopher C. Windisch), construction coordinator (as Christopher D. Windisch), sound designer (as Elliott L. Koretz) / sound supervisor (as Elliott L. Koretz), sound mixer: insert shoot, additional photography, re-recording mix technician (as Fred W. Peck III), supervising adr editor (as Kira) / supervising dialogue editor (as Kira), post production infrastructure (uncredited), special effects production assistant (as Tracy Buron-Hahnlein), special effects foreman (as Joseph Ulibarri), compositor: Tippett Studio (as Joe Bailey), pipeline technical assistant: Tippett Studio, cg supervisor: Tippett Studio (as Howard Campbell), compositor: Tippett Studio (as Scott Roscoe David), vsual effects art director: Tippett Studio, color pipeline supervisor: Tippett Studio, digital resource wrangler: Tippett Studio (as Michael L. Hutchinson), compositor: Tippett Studio (as David Link), research and development: Tippett Studio (as Doug MacMillan), digital environment supervisor: Tippett Studio, visual effects coordinator: Tippett Studio (as Michele Stewart), matchmove and layout supervisor: Tippett Studio (as Christopher Paizis), visual effects production manager: Tippett Studio, digital resource wrangler: Tippett Studio, cg effects artist: Tippett Studio (as Jonathan Ramos), digital imaging specialist: Sony Colorworks, executive visual effects producer: Tippett Studio, head of research and development: Tippett Studio (as Mike Root), compositor: Tippett Studio (as Tom Rosseter), environment artist: Tippett Studio (as Bernhard von Zastrow), visual effects production manager: Iloura, visual effects artist: Clearcut FX (uncredited), matchmove and layout artist: Tippett Studio (uncredited), production assistant: Iloura (uncredited), matchmove artist: Tippett Studio (uncredited), administration manager: Iloura (uncredited), director of creative marketing: Tippett Studio (uncredited), head of visual effects: Iloura (uncredited), digital compositor (uncredited) / matchmove artist (uncredited), digital intermediate visual effects producer (uncredited), character technical director (uncredited), stunt coordinator: additional photography / stunts, stunt double: Dennis Haskins (uncredited), additional steadicam operator / camera operator: "c" camera, best boy rigging grip (as Matthew Cordova), dimmer board operator (as Jacob J. Cottrell), camera operator: "b" camera / director of photography: second unit, camera operator: "c" camera (as Dan Gold), camera production assistant (as Bryan Jones), best boy rigging electrician (as Nikki Le Blanc), camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator, best boy electric: additional photography, best boy rigging grip: additional photography, first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit (as Gabe Pfeiffer), pursuit remote head technician: second unit (as James Razo), pursuit crane operator: second unit (as Robert Rubin), aerial director of photography: second unit (as Kurt Soderling), first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Michael Weldon), director of photography: additional photography unit (uncredited), assistant camera: promo shoot (uncredited), technocrane operator: second unit (uncredited), camera operator: promo shoot (uncredited), first assistant camera: "a" camera, steadicam, additional photography (uncredited), dolly grip: additional photography (uncredited), assistant chief rigging technician (uncredited), remote head technician: Stab C Compact (uncredited), additional first assistant camera (uncredited), background casting: additional photography, location casting associate (as Cristina Rogers), assistant costume designer: additional photography, costumer: Ms. Theron (as Annie Laoparadonchai), costume supervisor: additional photography, costume production assistant: reshoots (uncredited), digital intermediate producer: ColorWorks, post-production assistant (as Susan Young), location production assistant (as Chuck Culberson), location production assistant: day player (uncredited), score and songs mixer / score and songs recordist, musician: featured soloist guitar, mandolin, production coordinator: additional photography, craft service assistant / key craft service, best boy craft service (as Holly Baca Zerounian), travel coordinator: additional photography, assistant: Mr. MacFarlane (as Chris Bartholet), production coordinator: insert shoot, additional photography, key set production assistant (as Ardy B. Carlson), additional production assistant (uncredited), production accountant: additional photography, caterer: Mario's Catering (as Roland Gonzalez), american humane representative (as Edward Lish), photo double/giovanni ribisi (as Ray Martinez), helicopter coordinator/pilot: second unit (as Peter McKernan Jr.), photo double (as Alexander Daniel Pimentel) / stand-in (as Alexander Daniel Pimentel), trained animal coordinator (as Sled Reynolds), videoassist: 2nd unit/additional photography, production assistant (as Chrissy Stoltenberg), first assistant accountant: additional photography, set production assistant (uncredited) / wrangler (uncredited), second assistant accountant: additional photography (uncredited), accounting clerk: additional photography (uncredited), completion bond representative (uncredited), additional set production assistant (uncredited), digital acquisition supervisor (uncredited), still photographer: tintype photos (uncredited). [45], A Million Ways to Die in the West was released via DVD and Blu-ray on October 7, 2014. The $40-million star-studded feature is eyeing a box-office debut in the $25 million range -- well behind the $54.4 million launch of MacFarlane's Ted on the same weekend two years ago (Ted went on to become the top-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time, earning $549.4 million globally) or the $49 million opening of fellow Universal comedy Neighbors three weeks ago. Among People's Choice Nominees, Plus Find Out Who's Hosting! So ruthless that the ownership of the New York Times is consulting the script for tips on how to handle its next personnel decision. The streaming giant has pulled the plug on the upcoming adult animated comedy Bad Crimes, featuring the voices of Nicole. A full charge will take about 3. Depressed and discouraged by how his life is full of disappointment and how every instance of love is then destroyed and robbed from him, Albert finds comfort in Anna (Charlize Theron), a newcomer to his small village. | The film follows a cowardly frontiersman who gains courage with the help of a female gunfighter and must use his newfound skills in a confrontation with her villainous outlaw husband. January 30, 2014 11:07am. MacFarlane, the Family Guy creator, plays Albert, an heir to the fast-talking cowards of Bob Hope and early Woody Allen movies: Im not the hero, he says, defining the life of a comedy writer. Albert is attracted to her, initially, by her beauty, but realizes she's the courage and confidence he has always hungered for. But the pejorative way West floats the references is problematic rather than provocative. Meanwhile, Clinch recaptures Anna in town, but Albert returns to Old Stump and confronts him. Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-wrote and stars in the Western comedy as . But too often the movie feels half-baked basically the movie is structured into a series of 'High Noon' face-offs featuring MacFarlane trying to talk his way out of them." On January 27, 2014, MacFarlane announced that he wrote a companion novel based on the film's script, which was released on March 4, 2014. Instead of including this scene, MacFarlane instead opted to go with one last cameo, shooting a quick scene featuring Jamie Foxx as his character from Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained. Foy publicly humiliates Albert, who impulsively challenges Foy to a duel in a week's time to win back Louise. This is the same game at which Foy had earlier defeated Albert and Anna had then defeated Foy. "[62] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film's running time: "Though the film is hardly laugh-free, its uneven jokes appear to have breezed through a very forgiving editing process. In the last scene theyre riding into this Mexican village and shes like, Why Mexico? and hes like, Because no one will know of my shame. "He just came to say hello and I was like, Do you want to be in our movie?" Theron said. The film features an ensemble cast including MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Liam Neeson. When juvenile profanity, gross-out jokes weakly aiming for edge and glib one-liner observations . When a mysterious and beautiful woman (Charlize Theron) rides into town, she helps him . A man so ruthless, hes played by Liam Neeson. And they do. He also voices many of the shows' various characters. There are a million jokes in it, but only 500,000 of them are funny. The film features an ensemble cast including MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Liam Neeson. Most of the jokes simply consist of Albert explicitly pointing how awful the time period is. The imagination and creativity implied by the title "A Million Ways to Die in the West" doesn't extend far enough to come up with more than a handful of ways to make an audience laugh. Thats what we pay him for The real problem with A Million Ways to Die in the West is one of editing. [48] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale; opening weekend demographics were 55% male and 72% over 25 years of age. Seth MacFarlane stretches the boundaries of comedy and propriety as writer, producer, director, and actor in A Million Ways to Die in the West. " . All the normal things that happen in a western take place, including gun fights and saloon brawls and murders, but all with tongue firmly in cheek making for an hilarious story bound to make you laugh (and gag in parts). Insidious 3 Google DriveLost In Space , "Return from Outer Space" 2 a. Lots of wild west activities ensue - duels, bar fights, brothel visits, etc. "[14], The score was composed by Joel McNeely. Look, it's an admittedly thin story as either a screenplay. ", Email: Ashley.Lee@THR.com Twitter: @cashleelee, Tom Sizemore, star of 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Heat,' dies at 61 after brain aneurysm, Josh Hartnett is done talking about his break from Hollywood but ready to make fun of actors: 'We're the worst', Michael B. Jordan admits muscle gain for 'Creed' has been harder as he's gotten older, Billy Bush suggests Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes start their own show after ABC exit: 'They've got something that works', How to watch every Oscars 2023 Best Picture nominee. Way to Die in the West No. While chuckles can be found, actual laughs are hard to find. There may be a million ways to die in the West, but MacFarlane knows infinite ways to murder a joke. A Million Ways to Die in the West (Um Milho de Maneiras de Pegar na Pistola no Brasil) um filme de comdia de faroeste estadunidense de 2014 produzido e dirigido por Seth MacFarlane e escrito por MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin e Wellesley Wild.O filme estrelado por ele prprio MacFarlane, juntamente com Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman e Neil . By the time you get home, though, you can barely remember the jokes. 1,218: A blue jay to the skull, as demonstrated by "A Million Ways to Die in the West" star Seth MacFarlane (middle). Please refresh the page and try again. By Stephen Holden. A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 novelization by Seth MacFarlane based on the film of the same name, written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. WARNING: The rest of this article contains minor spoilers for A Million Ways To Die In The West. I love this movie because I have basically loved anything made by Seth MacFarlane since Family Guy first started so I may be bias. There is an unrated, Extended Cut available, approximately 20 minutes longer. CorralAnd How It Changed the American West as an "invaluable resource," and basis for many of the ways of dying in the film. Free shipping. [14] Various aspects of the film were inspired by western films. The mistakes made in the production of "A Million Ways to Die in the West," reminiscent of the worst comedic tendencies of the Happy Madison crew, feel like a byproduct of a man-child allowed to do whatever he wants because it worked last time. I got this free from the publisher (I was trying to win a signed copy for a family member who's a big fan of Mr MacFarlane's work, but got a runner-up prize of a non-signed copy). Seth MacFarlane stretches the boundaries of comedy and propriety as writer, producer, director, and actor in A Million Ways to Die in the West. Hope arrives, however, in the form of Anna (Charlize Theron), a gorgeous newcomer who takes interest in Albert and helping him win back Louise from the pompous, mustachioed Foy (Neil Patrick Harris). While the script is light on the language of Western films -- written with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, it "dates itself with lines like 'Oh, snap!'

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