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Title: | Jonah Hex |
Genres: | Action Western |
Directed by: | Jimmy Hayward |
Written by: | Mark Neveldine; Brian Taylor; William Farmer |
Produced by: | John Goldstone; Jon Jashni; Matt LeBlanc; Ravi Mehta; Thomas Tull; William Fay; Margot Lulick; Richard Middleton; Miri Yoon; Andrew Lazar; Akiva Goldsman |
Music by: | Marco Beltrami |
Cinematography: | Mitchell Amundsen |
Edited by: | Kent Beyda; Dan Hanley; Tom Lewis; Fernando Villena |
Production | |
Distributed by: | DC Entertainment Legendary Entertainment Warner Bros. |
Released: | June 18th, 2010 |
Rating: | PG-13 |
Running time: | 81 min. |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
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Jonah Hex is an American feature film of the action and western genres. It was directed by Jimmy Hayward with a screenplay written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor based on a story treatment by Neveldine, Taylor, and William Farmer. It was produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. in association with Legendary Entertainment. It premiered in Hollywood, California on June 17th, 2010, but had its nationwide release on June 18th. The film stars Josh Brolin as scarred bounty hunter Jonah Hex with Megan Fox as the female lead, Lilah, as well as John Malkovich as the main villain, Quentin Turnbull, and Michael Fassbender as Burke.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Josh Brolin | Jonah Hex |
John Malkovich | Quentin Turnbull |
Megan Fox | Lilah |
Michael Fassbender | Burke |
Will Arnett | Lieutenant Grass |
John Gallagher, Jr. | Lieutenant Evan |
Tom Wopat | Colonel Slocum |
Michael Shannon | Doc Cross Williams |
Wes Bentley | Adleman Lusk |
Julia Jones | Cassie |
Luke James Fleischmann | Travis |
Rio Hackford | Grayden Nash |
David Jensen | Turnbull's henchman |
Billy Blair | Turnbull's gang, Billy |
Sean Boyd | Turnbull's gang, Preacher |
John McConnell | Stunk Crick sheriff |
Jackson Townsend | Stunt Crick mayor |
T.J. Toups | Stunt Crick deputy |
Ned Coleman | Stunt Crick deputy |
Jack Wirt | Stunt Crick deputy |
Ty Holland | Dumbass outlaw |
J.D. Evermore | Union officer on train |
Scott Staggers | Union letter writer |
Jimmy Hayward | Train wood tender |
Michael Arnona | Train engineer |
Notes[]
- This film is based on a character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and first appeared in the "Welcome to Paradise" story from All-Star Western #10 in February-March, 1972.
- The tagline to this film is "Revenge Gets Ugly".
- There are a total of fifty-two credited cast members in this film.
- Production on Jonah Hex began on April 20th, 2009. Principal filming commenced on January 18th, 2010, and concluded in February.
- Screenplay writer Mark Neveldine is credited as Neveldine in this film.
- Screenplay writer Brian Taylor is credited as Taylor in this film.
- On the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, Jonah Hex has a 12% Tomatometer score based on 153 approved critic reviews. It has an audience score of 20% based on more than 100,000 ratings.
- This film was released on the same day as Toy Story 3. That one's got a cowboy too!