2003 film by Ron Howard
The Missing is a 2003 American Western film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. It is based on Thomas Eidson's 1995 novel The Last Ride. Set in 1885 New Mexico Territory, the film is notable for the authentic use of the Apache language by various actors, some of whom spent long hours studying it. It was produced by Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and Imagine Entertainment and released by Sony Pictures Releasing on November 26, 2003. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $38.4 million against a $60 million budget.
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