A Million Ways to Die in the West (DVD)

A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 American Western comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. The film features an ensemble cast including MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Liam Neeson. 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.

Development for A Million Ways to Die in the West began while MacFarlane and co-writers Sulkin and Wild were watching western movies during the development of Ted. Casting was done between December 2012 and March 2013. 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. Joel McNeely composed the score.

The film was released on May 30, 2014, in the United States, and distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its length and Macfarlane s performance. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 7, 2014, and earned more than $15 million in home media sales.

Plot

In 1882, in the town of Old Stump, Arizona, timid sheep farmer Albert Stark s girlfriend Louise breaks up with him because of his refusal to defend himself in a duel. He prepares to migrate to San Francisco, believing that the frontier offers nothing for him. Meanwhile, infamous outlaw Clinch Leatherwood shoots and kills an old prospector over a single gold nugget. He orders his right-hand man, Lewis, to escort his wife Anna to Old Stump while he continues his banditry.

Lewis and Anna arrive in Old Stump under the guise of two siblings intending to build a farm, but Lewis is arrested after shooting the pastor s son in a saloon fight. During the brawl, Albert saves Anna from being crushed to death, and the two become close friends. They attend a county fair where Louise s new boyfriend, the arrogant Foy, challenges Albert to a shooting contest. Albert loses, but Anna steps in and defeats Foy. Foy publicly humiliates Albert, who impulsively challenges Foy to a duel in a week s time to win back Louise. Anna then spends the week teaching Albert how to shoot.

During a barn dance the night before the duel, Anna gives Foy a Mickey. After leaving the dance, Albert and Anna kiss before heading home. After breaking out of jail and murdering the sheriff, Lewis observes the kiss and reports it to Clinch. On the day of the duel, Foy arrives late and gets diarrhea from the laxative he had unknowingly drunk. Albert, who has decided that Louise is not worth fighting for, forfeits anyway. He retires to the saloon, but Clinch arrives and reveals that Anna is his wife, threatening to kill more people unless his wife s lover duels him the next day. Later, Clinch confronts Anna by demanding that she reveal Albert s name and his whereabouts, or he will kill her. Before he attempts to rape her, she knocks him unconscious with a rock and escapes.

Anna returns to Albert s farm to warn him about Clinch, but he chastises her for lying to him. Clinch, having regained consciousness, tracks down Anna to the farm, but Albert helps her escape, then escapes himself. While fleeing, he is captured by a tribe of Apache Indians, who threaten to burn him alive. The Apaches spare him when he reveals that he can speak their language. They give him a bowl of peyote, which sends him flashing back to his birth and through painful events of his childhood before a vision of Anna makes him realize he loves her.

Meanwhile, Clinch recaptures Anna in town, but Albert returns to Old Stump and confronts him. He wounds Clinch with a bullet dipped in rattlesnake venom before his own gun is shot out of his hand but manages to stall until Clinch fatally succumbs to the poison. Louise attempts to win back Albert, but he rejects her and instead happily enters into a relationship with Anna, who becomes his new girlfriend. Albert also receives a bounty for killing Clinch and uses the money to buy more sheep.

In a pre-credits scene, the proprietor of a racist shooting game called Runaway Slave at the fair asks who would like to take a shot. Django Freeman steps up and shoots the man while commenting that people die at the fair .

Cast

• Seth MacFarlane as Albert Stark, a wimpy but kind-hearted sheepherder. Mike Salazar as 6-year-old Albert Preston Bailey as 12-year-old Albert
• Mike Salazar as 6-year-old Albert
• Preston Bailey as 12-year-old Albert
• Charlize Theron as Anna Barnes-Leatherwood, Clinch Leatherwood s rebellious wife, who befriends Albert.
• Amanda Seyfried as Louise, Albert s unappreciative ex-girlfriend.
• Liam Neeson as Clinch Leatherwood, a notorious outlaw and Anna s abusive husband.
• Giovanni Ribisi as Edward, a cobbler, Albert s best friend and Ruth s boyfriend
• Neil Patrick Harris as Foy, a rich, snobby Old Stump inhabitant and Louise s current boyfriend.
• Sarah Silverman as Ruth, Edward s girlfriend and a prostitute.
• Christopher Hagen as George Stark, Albert s abusive father.
• Wes Studi as Chief Cochise, the leader of a band of Apache Indians
• Rex Linn as the Sheriff/Narrator
• Alex Borstein as Millie, a madam at a local brothel which Ruth works at.
• Ralph Garman as Dan
• John Aylward as Pastor Wilson
• Amick Byram as Marcus Thornton
• Evan Jones as Lewis, a ruthlessly violent gunman and Clinch Leatherwood s right-hand man.
• Dylan Kenin as Pastor s Son, who is killed by Lewis in the bar.
• Matt Clark as the Old Prospector, an unfortunate victim of Clinch s gang

Cameos

• Jamie Foxx as Django Freeman (uncredited), who shoots the owner of the Runaway Slave game. The scene was added after test audiences reacted poorly to the shooting gallery s cartoon black slaves as targets.
• Ryan Reynolds (uncredited) as a man Clinch kills in the saloon.
• Tait Fletcher as Cowboy #1
• Gilbert Gottfried as Abraham Lincoln, seen during Albert s drug trip.
• Mike Henry as smiling man in photograph
• Dennis Haskins as a snake oil salesman
• John Michael Higgins as Dandy #1
• Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, whom Albert stumbles upon working on the DeLorean time machine.
• Bill Maher as a traveling comedian
• Ewan McGregor as a cowboy who mocks Albert at the fair.
• Alec Sulkin as guy at fair
• Rupert Boneham as guy in bar fight
• Kaley Cuoco (uncredited, unrated version only) as a woman that Albert tries to pick up in a store.
• Patrick Stewart (uncredited voice) as a long-legged sheep seen during Albert s drug trip.
• Mae Whitman as Prostitute
• Jackamoe Buzzell as Another Cowboy

Production

Development

A Million Ways to Die in the West originated as an inside joke between MacFarlane and co-writers Sulkin and Wild, while they were watching Hang Em High (1968). The joke evolved into riffing on the idea of how dull, depressing, and dangerous it must have been to live in the Wild West. 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. Corral—And How It Changed the American West as an invaluable resource, and basis for many of the ways of dying in the film. Various aspects of the film were inspired by western films. The decision to make Albert a sheepherder was inspired by Montana (1950) and his average, non-confrontational demeanor by 3:10 to Yuma (1957). Other westerns that inspired MacFarlane and the crew during writing included Oklahoma! (1955), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and El Dorado (1966). The film was first announced on December 3, 2012, marking MacFarlane s second foray into live-action directing, after 2012 s Ted. Tippett Studio was hired to work on the film s visual effects.

Casting

On January 30, 2013, it was announced that Charlize Theron had joined the film. Theron later revealed that she begged for her role, as she wanted the opportunity to work in comedy. On February 11, it was announced Amanda Seyfried had joined the film. On March 6, it was announced Liam Neeson and Giovanni Ribisi had joined the film. Neeson, who nearly always suppresses his Irish accent when acting, agreed to play the part of Clinch only on the condition that he could use his Irish accent. In an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Neeson remarked that he made this demand because an episode of MacFarlane s Family Guy had previously made a joke out of the juxtaposition of Neeson playing a cowboy with an Irish accent. On March 18, it was announced that Sarah Silverman was cast to play a prostitute in the film. On May 10, it was announced that the film would be co-financed by Media Rights Capital and Fuzzy Door Productions, along with Bluegrass Films and distributed by Universal Studios. On May 11, 2013, it was announced that Neil Patrick Harris had joined the film. On May 29, 2013, MacFarlane announced that Bill Maher had joined the cast. On February 21, 2014, he announced that Gilbert Gottfried had also joined the cast.

Filming

Principal photography began on May 6, 2013. Filming locations included various areas in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico, also including the Santa Fe Studio in Santa Fe. Principal photography ended on August 9, 2013. The film shoot was difficult, as the cast and crew navigated rough weather: everything from hailstorms to blistering heat to arctic winds and torrential rainstorms.

Soundtrack

A Million Ways to Die in the West
Soundtrack album by Joel McNeely
Released	May 27, 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Film score
Length	41:20
Label	Back Lot Music
Joel McNeely film scores chronology
The Pirate Fairy (2014) A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)

The score was composed by Joel McNeely. The soundtrack was released by Back Lot Music on May 27, 2014. The theme song A Million Ways to Die is performed by Alan Jackson. It was released as a single on April 29, 2014. A portion of the Back to the Future theme by Alan Silvestri is used during Christopher Lloyd s cameo. Near the end of the movie, the refrain of Tarzan Boy by Baltimora is used as a fictional Muslim Death Chant.

All music is composed by Joel McNeely, except as noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	A Million Ways to Die (performed by Alan Jackson)	2:27
2.	Main Title	2:33
3.	Missing Louise	2:08
4.	Old Stump	0:45
5.	Saloon Brawl	1:50
6.	Rattlesnake Ridge	1:28
7.	People Die at the Fair	2:11
8.	The Shooting Lesson	2:16
9.	The Barn Dance	2:29
10.	If You’ve Only Got a Moustache (composed by Stephen Foster, performed by Amick Byram)	1:31
11.	Anna and Albert	4:19
12.	Clinch Hunts Albert	3:41
13.	Racing the Train	2:21
14.	Captured by Cochise	2:07
15.	Albert Takes a Trip	2:24
16.	The Showdown	2:20
17.	Sheep to the Horizon	2:00
18.	End Title Suite	2:30
Total length:		41:20

Release

On May 16, 2014, the film had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles. The film was later released nationwide on May 30, 2014. The film was produced by Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions, and Bluegrass Films and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Marketing

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. An audio-book version was also made available, narrated by Jonathan Frakes. MacFarlane wrote the book on weekends during shooting for the film, partially due to boredom.

Box office

A Million Ways to Die in the West grossed $43.1 million in North America and $43.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $86.4 million, against its $40 million budget.

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. This was below expectations of $26 million. In its second weekend, the film dropped to number five, grossing an additional $7.3 million. In its third weekend, the film dropped to number eight, grossing $3.2 million. In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number 11, grossing $1.6 million.

Home media

A Million Ways to Die in the West was released via DVD and Blu-ray on October 7, 2014. The Blu-ray release contains an unrated version (135 minutes), along with the original theatrical cut (116 minutes). 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.

Reception

Critical response

A Million Ways to Die in the West received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 33% rating based on 211 reviews, with an average score of 4.90/10. The site s consensus states, While it offers a few laughs and boasts a talented cast, Seth MacFarlane s overlong, aimless A Million Ways to Die in the West is a disappointingly scattershot affair. Another review aggregation website, Metacritic, gave a score of 44 out of 100, based on reviews from 43 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . 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.

Claudia Puig s review in USA Today was largely positive, writing, A Western with a contemporary sensibility and dialogue that sounds markedly modern, A Million Ways to Die in the West is quintessential MacFarlane, at once silly and witty, juvenile and clever. Stephen Holden s review in The New York Times was mainly neutral, calling the film a live-action spinoff of Family Guy, with different characters. While the whole thing feels weirdly miscalculated to me, A Million Ways to Die in the West tweaks the formula just enough, delivers a few laughs and keeps the guest stars coming, wrote Salon columnist Andrew O Hehir. 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.

Scott Mendelson of Forbes commended MacFarlane s decision to make an unconventional western comedy, but summarized the film as just ambitious enough for that to be genuinely disappointing. Michael O Sullivan at The Washington Post was mixed, deeming the film a broad, wildly hit-or-miss satire, remarking that he found few of the jokes in the film funny. Spiritually, it s closer to a mid-range crowd-pleaser such as City Slickers than Blazing Saddles, too enamoured of genre convention to reach for the comic dynamite, wrote Mike McCahill at The Guardian.

Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune criticized MacFarlane s acting and direction as: A failure of craft. He can t direct action, or even handle scenery well. He can t set up a visual joke properly without resorting to head-butting and bone-crunching, and he doesn t know how, or when, to move his camera. He s not good enough as a romantic lead to anchor a picture. Richard Corliss of Time called the film a sagebrush comedy whose visual grandeur and appealing actors get polluted by some astonishingly lazy writing. Scott Foundas of Variety found the film overlong and uninspired, criticizing the film s lazy writing, and MacFarlane s surprisingly bland comic performance.

Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald gave the film one star, commenting, There are enough laughs scattered throughout A Million Ways to Die in the West that while you re watching it, the movie seems like a passable comedy. By the time you get home, though, you can barely remember the jokes. 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. Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal too found the film s length exhausting, noting, Some of it sputters, settling for smiles instead of laughs, and much of it flounders while the slapdash script searches for ever more common denominators in toilet humor.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients	Result
People s Choice Award	January 7, 2015	Favorite Comedic Movie Actress	Charlize Theron	Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association Award	February 19, 2015	Best Original Score for a Comedy Film	Joel McNeely	Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards	February 21, 2015	Worst Actor	Seth MacFarlane	Nominated
		Worst Actress	Charlize Theron	Nominated
		Worst Director	Seth MacFarlane	Nominated
		Worst Screen Combo	Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron	Nominated

Condition

New

Actor

Alec Sulkin, Jason Clark, Scott Stuber, Seth Macfarlane, Wellesley Wild

Publisher

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Published Date

2015-09-22

Age Group

Adult

Recording Studio

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Format

DVD

Brand

Universal Studios

Rating MPA

R

Amazon ASIN

B00KM9LY3Q

UPC / EAN

025192212772

Year

2014

ReleaseDate

2014-05-30

RuntimeMins

116

RuntimeStr

1h 56min

Awards

Awards, 6 nominations

Directors

Seth MacFarlane

Writers

Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild

Stars

Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson

Produced by

Jason Clark, Kelly Cronin, Eric Heffron, Kiran Bhakta Joshi, Seth MacFarlane, Aaron McPherson, Joseph J. Micucci, Scott Stuber, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, John Wiseman

Music by

Joel McNeely

Cinematography by

Michael Barrett

Film Editing by

Jeff Freeman

Casting By

Sheila Jaffe

Production Design by

Stephen J. Lineweaver

Art Direction by

Peter Borck, Bryan Felty

Set Decoration by

Carla Curry, Libbe Green

Costume Design by

Cindy Evans

Makeup Department

Enzo Angileri, Gary Archer, Berlinda Cantu-Lewis, Bill Corso, Megan Daum, Pepper J. Gallegos, Jerrad Gray, Patricia Greer, Desne J. Holland, Whitney James, Vanessa Jaramillo, Mary Hedges Lampert, Arlene Martinez, Ashlynne Padilla, Deidre Parness, Copper Perry, Reyna Robinson, Diana Schmidtke, Tifanie White, Danlee Winegar, Karen Asano-Myers, Svetlana Britt, Rebecca DeHerrera, Navya La Shay, Karla Muenze, Kenny Myers, Jolynn Nieto, Julie Rael, Sara Roybal, Vanessa Sharp, Jon Shroyer, Greg Solomon, Teri Ann Uccan

Production Management

Jason Clark, Mark Kamine, Shea Kammer, Leigh Shanta

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Anna Ramey Borden, Eric Heffron, Louis A. Lanni, Andrea Redder, Scott Rogers, Christopher T. Sadler, Andrew Ward, Marvin Williams

Art Department

Ulrike Auer-Erdoes, Claudia Azurmendi, James Barth, Kurt Blondis, Kyle Caraway, Victoria Carlson, Victor Chavez, Lance Cheatham, Rocky De la Vega, Jason Delap, Dustin DellaVecchia, Christopher Dowling, Meliton Duran, Matthew Feight, Lonam Fogleman, Ram Goradia, Mark Hansen, Daniel L. Herrera, Virginia Hopkins, Robert Jackson, Arlen Johnson, Lorin Johnson, Kathryn Jones, Chris Keim, George Kruft, Jack Lineweaver, Steven Maes, Christopher Martin, Carlos Mata, Sean McCormick, Matthew Miller, Len Morganti, Kimberly Murak, Sergio Murillo, Carol Ann Napier, Daniel Noah, Sara M. Pennington, Brooke Peters, Siobhan Roome, Ernest M. Sanchez, David Lee Servoss, Randy Severs, Trina E. Siopy, Jimmy Stephens, Travis Stroope, Drew Toops, Steve Vigil, Joel Waldrep, Nathaniel West, Simeon Wilkins, Chris Windisch Jr., Christopher Windisch, Arthur Arndt, Dennis Collins, Ryan Cowles, Eric Komala, Dale Lotreck, Jacob Murphy, James Sapienz, Randy Severs, S. Adam Woolley

Sound Department

Brett Becker, Anna Behlmer, David Brownlow, Jason Patrick Collins, Scott Curtis, Jesse Dodd, Michael Dressel, Dawn Fintor, Eric Flickinger, Christopher Flowers, Bruce Harris, Matthew Kabby Kabakoff, Elliott Koretz, Gene Martin, Matthias Neumann, Michael Novitch, Fred Peck III, Terry Porter, Andy Potvin, Jonathan Rego, Kira Roessler, Edwardo Santiago, Alicia Stevenson, Jon Title, Steven Willer, Jason Abell, Bruce Barris, Judah Getz, David Michael Green, Andrejs Prokopenko

Special Effects by

Tracy Buron, Werner Hahnlein, Robert House, Joey Paz, Bryan Sides, Robert C. Taylor, Joseph P Ulibarri, Ranjan Bhattarai, Todd Minobe

Visual Effects by

Nathan Abbot, Jimmy Almeida, Barun Aryal, Jim Aupperle, Joseph Bailey, Robert Beckwith, Jennifer C. Bell, Kristen Borges, Paul Buckley, Colin Campbell, Howard R. Campbell, Ilgi Candar, Eoin Cannon, Kiersten Casey, Fiona Chilton, Michael Chochol, YouJin Choung, Blair Clark, Sarah Coatts, Sanjay Das, Scott David, Stevan Del George, Sudarshan Dhakal, Julian Dimsey, Gus Dizon, Steve Drew, Mark Dubeau, Chris Dwyer, Colin Epstein, Marc Estrada, Sean Falcon, Alison Farmer, Daniel Fotheringham, Page Frakes, Dom Francis, Avi Goodman, Julian Gregory, William Groebe, Tony Halawa, Alex Halstead, Joseph Hamdorf, Gene Hammond-Lewis, Dominic Hellier, Chris Henryon, Huck Hur, Michael Larry Hutchinson, Amanda Instone, Matt Jacobs, Eric Jeffery, Samuel Jensen, William Kalkanis-Ellis, Alan S.L. Lam, David A. Link, Douglas R. MacMillan, Sujan Maharjan, Ineke Majoor, Eric Marko, Kent Matheson, Daniel May, Brian Mendenhall, Jay C. Miller, Chris Morley, Adrian Moyes, Ross Nakamura, Michele Stewart Nettleton, Marie-Laure Nguyen, Chris Paizis, Blaise Panfalone, Shaun Potts, John Rader, Jonathan S. Ramos, Satish Ratakonda, Steve Reding, Cory Redmond, Whitney Richman, Tracey Roberts, Greg Rodin, Ken Rogerson, Dan Rolinek, Jules Roman, Michael Root, Charles Rose, Thomas Rosseter, Craig Rowe, David Schnee, Manoj Shrestha, Scott Singer, Danny Southard, Angela Stanley, David Sullivan, Mike Terpstra, Brian Tolle, Nicholas Tripodi, Ben Vonzastrow, Adrian Watkins, Matt Weaver, Alexander Whyte, Nick Woo, Pip Wright, Dinesh Acharya, Bijay Awale, Magdalena Bisogni, Christian Boudman, Suresh Chaudhary, Courtenay Cooper, Bikash Ghaju, Chris Gibbons, Jessica Hee, David Jaffe, Adam Jones, Kirk Jung, Dipesh K.P., Amir Khand, Sanjib Lama, Saurav Lama, Jane Lovell, Deepak Maharjan, Prabhakar Maharjan, Roshan Maharjan, Sanjeev Maharjan, Suroj Maharjan, Jesse Morrow, Amitav Nakarmi, Manesh Nepali, Sujeen Nepali, Rodney O'Sullivan, Mark Powers, Prajwal Pradhananga, Amit Pujari, Sushil Rai, Corey Rosen, Simon Rosenthal, Sandeep Shahi, Umesh Shakya, Kabir Shilpakar, Mayush Shilpakar, Bigyan Shrestha, Krijan Shrestha, Rameshwor Shrestha, Prajwal Tamrakar, Ryan Michael Todd, Anish Ratna Tuladhar, Jay Warren, Alexander Wells, Tom Wild

Stunts

John Clark Adams, Brandon Beckman, Chad Bowman, Nathan Brimmer, Matthew Lee Christmas, Conrad Dahlstedt, Brian Duffy, Jodie Esquibel, Scott Fisher, Kristopher Giacomazzi, Marilyn Giacomazzi, Mickey Giacomazzi, Tad Griffith, Randy Hall, Ryan Hanna, Ryan Happy, Nate Harris, Alisa Hensley, Heath Hensley, Norman Howell, Baxter Humby, Keith Jardine, Travis Johnson, Anthony Kramme, Devlin Lara, Lucas Leggio, Jack Lineweaver, Joseph J. Micucci, Casey Pieretti, Ruben Rivera Laguna, Jason Rodriguez, Scott Rogers, Trina E. Siopy, Coy Speer, Eric Steinig, John Trejo, Tommy Truex, Mark Vanselow, Eddie Vansick, Mike Watson, Kyle Weishaar, Eddie Yansick, Mark Brooks, Richard Bucher, Laurence Chavez, Randy Haynie, Heath Hensley, Keith Meriweather, Matthew Moss, Eric Steinig

Camera and Electrical Department

Steve Adcock, Charles F. Arnold III, Greg Baldi, Steve Banister, Cherilyn Barnard, Bradley Barnes, Adam Barth, John Beran, Kirk Bloom, Waylon Brady, Matthew Branch, Beau Chaput, Brendan Clark, Matthew R. Cordova, Jacob Cottrell, Mike DeGrazzio, Ryan DeGrazzio, Dwight Dollins, Paul Elliott, Ryan Eustis, Scott M. Evans, Chris Fellers, Brad Freshman, Cody Frost, Phill Fulton, Cory Geryak, Daniel C. Gold, Peter Goodman, Curt Griebel, Dustin Guillen, Juergen Heinemann, Erik Hernandez, Max A. Hoyt, Aubrey Husar, John Janusek, Eric Jaramillo, Derek Johnson, Bryan P. Jones, Thomas Knight, David R. Kohn, Jeffrey Lamm, Bret Latter, Nikki LeBlanc, Steven Litecky, David L. Long, David Luckenbach, John Lutes, Sean Mallon, Otis Mannick, Michael Manzanares, Sean McClellan, Tim McDonald, Kyle McRee, Mark Mele, Kevin Mills, David Jaxx Nagro, Lee Nakagawa, Jared Olguin, Eric Paulk, Alex Perez, Gabriel Pfeiffer, Scott Ray, James H Razo, Ronald Romero, Rob Rubin, Michael 'Spike' Ryan, Richard Sanchez, Terry J. Sanchez, Eli Schneider, Randy Sears, Lorey Sebastian, Tom Shaughnessy, Mark Sheets, Nick Shuster, Jason Smith, Alejandro Snodgrass, Kurt E. Soderling, Mark Steinig, Richard Steinig, George Stephenson, Andrew Sych, Amy Vincent, Ralph Watson, Michael D. Weldon, Scott Wetzel, Dwayne Willis, Ryland Witten-Smith, Harry Zimmerman, Grant Babbitt, Joey Bacharka, Myles Brink, James Coker, Mike D. Fernandez, Richard Galli, Cory Geryak, Caleb Knueven, Aaron Lieber, Drew Louis, J.L. Mobus, Kurtis Myers, Evan Nelson, Tristan Noelle, Jared Olguin, Tony Rivetti, Luke Schlink, Eric Steinig, Anthony M. Suarez, Steven J. Winslow, John Young, Daniel Zamora

Animation Department

Chelsea Arielle Kibbee, Brian Mendenhall

Casting Department

Kiira Arai, Elizabeth Gabel, Tony Hobbs, Madeleine Lauve, Cristina M. Rogers, Vanessa Rodriguez Spencer, Steven Raye Stanard, Ann Trimble

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Terry Anderson, Rachel Bris, William A. Campbell, Wynema Chavez, Nicola Clegg, Celeste Cleveland, Edgar Duncan, Christine Farnand, Shaun Garcia, Denise Hardy, Jo Kissack, Anne Laoparadonchai, Lora McKenny, Katie L. Murphy, Andrew M Nelson, Liz Pecos, David Perrone, Lauren Pratto, Jason Rainey, Richard Schoen, Barnaby Smith, Page Steinbauer, Fran Vega-Buck, Pat Welch, Red Rose Connerty, Lois DeArmond, Darryl Garcia Jr., Nancy Molleur, Kelly Urig, Raven Zimmer

Editorial Department

Brian G. Addie, Mandy Arnold, David S. Clark, David Gallegos, Alec Hart, Trent Johnson, Kevin J. Jolly, Mathew McNamara, Debra Neil-Fisher, Morning Star Schott, Benjamin Sutor, Phillip Trujillo, Susan C. Young, Dan Muscarella

Location Management

Charles Culberson, Clay DeVelvis, Pablo Kelly, Jonathon Slator, Ashley A. Valdez

Music Department

Jonathan Bartz, Rich Breen, Tom Brown, Amick Byram, Jonathan Byram, Patrick S. Clark, Kevin Connolly, Tim Davis, Sandy DeCrescent, George Doering, Marc Gebauer, William Kenneth Goldman, Mark Graham, James Hayden, Jim Hoffman, Riley Hughes, Charles Martin Inouye, Gregory Jamrok, Brian Langsbard, Greg Loskorn, David Loucks, Seth MacFarlane, Julianne McCormack, Joel McNeely, Jill Meyers, Adam Michalak, Dean Parks, Noam Pikelny, Andrew Rowan, Marni Sanders, Naomi Sato, David Slonaker, Tom Steel, Damon Tedesco, Gabe Witcher, Joe Zimmerman, Gina Zimmitti, Nick Ariondo, Drew Bayers, Eric Bradley, Wade Culbreath, Matt Franko, Paul S. Henning, Victor Pesavento, Linnea Snyder

Script and Continuity Department

Kelly Cronin, Gregory Doucette, Steve Deering, Matthew Rodriguez

Transportation Department

Kent Boyer, Phyllis Cantu, Robert Chavez, Arthur Claunch, Vincent Cordova, William 'Fleet' Eakland, Lindsay Elliott, Kenny Flores, Cody Frost, Michael Thomas Garcia, Robin Goodman, Dart Hardiman, Ofisa Isaia, Stephen A. Long, Jared Meador, Mario Medina, Matthew Moss, John Paul Potter, James William Ray, Paul Ray, Patrick A. Reynolds Jr., Josh Reynolds, Eric Rivera, Sol Rivera, Tommy Rivera, Jesse Romero, Kyle Segura, Bruce Simballa, Richard Slaughter, Jessi Smart, L. Chip Crosby Jr., Carl Goodwin, Sherman Jackson, Amy Jo Larsen

Additional Crew

Tamara Allen, Betsy Alton, Eric Anderson, Brett Andrews, Rob Ashford, James Augare, Anthony Baca, Hillary Baca, Holly Baca, Chris Bailey, Nevada Barna, Christopher Bartholet, Sara Bartkiewicz, Kirt Bozeman, Tamara Brock, Chris Bruno, Alison Cannon, Joana Cannon, Ardy Brent Carlson, Eiren Chong, Chelsea Choppy, Dia Cordova-Hahn, Jaimie Councilor, Nathan E. Davis, Maynard Del Mar, Karen Eisenstadt, Donna Farmer, Benjamin Fertig, Phil Fulton, Bruce Gaither, Ken Garcia, Sophie Glander, Magin M. Gomez, Roland Gonzales, Julie Hansen, Brandon Harris, Lieve Jansen, Travis Johnson, Robert Julyan, Jennifer Kessler, Ashley Kravitz, Vikki Krinsky, Adam Lee, Clay M. Lilley, Ed Lish, Alvin William 'Dutch' Lunak, Beatriz Madrigal, Leigh Maney, Benny Manning, Ashley Michelle Marsh, Ray J. Martinez, Patrick McKernan, Peter McKernan, Diane Min Fa, Todd Minobe, Elizabeth Mosely, Elizabeth Mosley, Norman Mull, Alexander Nesbit, Sarah O'Gleby, Molly O'Neill, Kumiko Ogawa, Bob Oltra, Arturo Padilla, Levi Pesata, Daniel Pimentel, Ed Pinkard, Liesbeth Rapp, Mark Rappaport, Jordan Reynolds, Paul 'Sled' Reynolds, Jeremy Rich, Kaitlyn Robrock, Rufus Rosendo, Nicole Sahd, Jaydi Samuels, John Semedik, Ann Shimabukuro, Bryan Sides, Deborah Simmrin, Leah Slator, Jeff Snyder, Christina Stoltenberg, Bekah Sturm, Marcus Taylor, Shane Todd, Mary Towslee, Shiloh Turner, Mari Ueda, Lisa Van Allen, Nina Varano, Heather Wagner-Wang, Dusty Webb, Jerri Whiteman, Jordan Yospe, Garson Yu, Jonah Zimmerberg-Helms, Giovanna Anderson, Francheska Bardacke, Randy Bartok, Nathan Brimmer, Autumn Brooks, Mickey Browne, Corrine Butler, Ann Cogswell, Andrew David Coleman, Elizabeth Cooke, Chase Fein, Daniel Luke Fitch, Michael J. Harker, Noah Hauser, Nikhil Jassawalla, Bob Kaye, Anna Kongs, Lauren Kovarik, Eric Lisausky, Sarah McNeill, Kurt J. Miner, Craig A. Mumma, Daniel Pimentel, David Rambow, Margaret Richey, Marisa Taylor, Michael Joseph Taylor, Wes Trudell, Stephen Turselli, Kristy Viera, Brenden Wedner, Brian Austin Wenrich, Peter Wentzel, Barry R. White, Yvette Zarlenga, Jonah Zimmerberg-Helms

Genres

Comedy, Western

Companies

Bluegrass Films, Fuzzy Door Productions, Media Rights Capital (MRC)

Countries

USA

Languages

English, Navajo, Mandarin

ContentRating

R

ImDbRating

6.1

ImDb Rating Votes

189080

Metacritic Rating

44

Short Description

A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 American Western comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. The film features an ensemble cast including MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Liam Neeson. 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.

Development for A Million Ways to Die in the West began while MacFarlane and co-writers Sulkin and Wild were watching western movies during the development of Ted. Casting was done between December 2012 and March 2013. 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. Joel McNeely composed the score.

The film was released on May 30, 2014, in the United States, and distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its length and Macfarlane s performance. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 7, 2014, and earned more than $15 million in home media sales.

Box Office Budget

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$16,797,385

Box Office Gross USA

$43,139,300

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$87,189,756

Keywords

Western spoof,abraham lincoln impersonator,loud sex,poison,female gunfighter

Year

2014

ReleaseDate

2014-05-30

RuntimeMins

116

RuntimeStr

1h 56min

Awards

Awards, 6 nominations

Directors

Seth MacFarlane

Writers

Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild

Stars

Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson

Produced by

Jason Clark, Kelly Cronin, Eric Heffron, Kiran Bhakta Joshi, Seth MacFarlane, Aaron McPherson, Joseph J. Micucci, Scott Stuber, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild, John Wiseman

Music by

Joel McNeely

Cinematography by

Michael Barrett

Film Editing by

Jeff Freeman

Casting By

Sheila Jaffe

Production Design by

Stephen J. Lineweaver

Art Direction by

Peter Borck, Bryan Felty

Set Decoration by

Carla Curry, Libbe Green

Costume Design by

Cindy Evans

Makeup Department

Enzo Angileri, Gary Archer, Berlinda Cantu-Lewis, Bill Corso, Megan Daum, Pepper J. Gallegos, Jerrad Gray, Patricia Greer, Desne J. Holland, Whitney James, Vanessa Jaramillo, Mary Hedges Lampert, Arlene Martinez, Ashlynne Padilla, Deidre Parness, Copper Perry, Reyna Robinson, Diana Schmidtke, Tifanie White, Danlee Winegar, Karen Asano-Myers, Svetlana Britt, Rebecca DeHerrera, Navya La Shay, Karla Muenze, Kenny Myers, Jolynn Nieto, Julie Rael, Sara Roybal, Vanessa Sharp, Jon Shroyer, Greg Solomon, Teri Ann Uccan

Production Management

Jason Clark, Mark Kamine, Shea Kammer, Leigh Shanta

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Anna Ramey Borden, Eric Heffron, Louis A. Lanni, Andrea Redder, Scott Rogers, Christopher T. Sadler, Andrew Ward, Marvin Williams

Art Department

Ulrike Auer-Erdoes, Claudia Azurmendi, James Barth, Kurt Blondis, Kyle Caraway, Victoria Carlson, Victor Chavez, Lance Cheatham, Rocky De la Vega, Jason Delap, Dustin DellaVecchia, Christopher Dowling, Meliton Duran, Matthew Feight, Lonam Fogleman, Ram Goradia, Mark Hansen, Daniel L. Herrera, Virginia Hopkins, Robert Jackson, Arlen Johnson, Lorin Johnson, Kathryn Jones, Chris Keim, George Kruft, Jack Lineweaver, Steven Maes, Christopher Martin, Carlos Mata, Sean McCormick, Matthew Miller, Len Morganti, Kimberly Murak, Sergio Murillo, Carol Ann Napier, Daniel Noah, Sara M. Pennington, Brooke Peters, Siobhan Roome, Ernest M. Sanchez, David Lee Servoss, Randy Severs, Trina E. Siopy, Jimmy Stephens, Travis Stroope, Drew Toops, Steve Vigil, Joel Waldrep, Nathaniel West, Simeon Wilkins, Chris Windisch Jr., Christopher Windisch, Arthur Arndt, Dennis Collins, Ryan Cowles, Eric Komala, Dale Lotreck, Jacob Murphy, James Sapienz, Randy Severs, S. Adam Woolley

Sound Department

Brett Becker, Anna Behlmer, David Brownlow, Jason Patrick Collins, Scott Curtis, Jesse Dodd, Michael Dressel, Dawn Fintor, Eric Flickinger, Christopher Flowers, Bruce Harris, Matthew Kabby Kabakoff, Elliott Koretz, Gene Martin, Matthias Neumann, Michael Novitch, Fred Peck III, Terry Porter, Andy Potvin, Jonathan Rego, Kira Roessler, Edwardo Santiago, Alicia Stevenson, Jon Title, Steven Willer, Jason Abell, Bruce Barris, Judah Getz, David Michael Green, Andrejs Prokopenko

Special Effects by

Tracy Buron, Werner Hahnlein, Robert House, Joey Paz, Bryan Sides, Robert C. Taylor, Joseph P Ulibarri, Ranjan Bhattarai, Todd Minobe

Visual Effects by

Nathan Abbot, Jimmy Almeida, Barun Aryal, Jim Aupperle, Joseph Bailey, Robert Beckwith, Jennifer C. Bell, Kristen Borges, Paul Buckley, Colin Campbell, Howard R. Campbell, Ilgi Candar, Eoin Cannon, Kiersten Casey, Fiona Chilton, Michael Chochol, YouJin Choung, Blair Clark, Sarah Coatts, Sanjay Das, Scott David, Stevan Del George, Sudarshan Dhakal, Julian Dimsey, Gus Dizon, Steve Drew, Mark Dubeau, Chris Dwyer, Colin Epstein, Marc Estrada, Sean Falcon, Alison Farmer, Daniel Fotheringham, Page Frakes, Dom Francis, Avi Goodman, Julian Gregory, William Groebe, Tony Halawa, Alex Halstead, Joseph Hamdorf, Gene Hammond-Lewis, Dominic Hellier, Chris Henryon, Huck Hur, Michael Larry Hutchinson, Amanda Instone, Matt Jacobs, Eric Jeffery, Samuel Jensen, William Kalkanis-Ellis, Alan S.L. Lam, David A. Link, Douglas R. MacMillan, Sujan Maharjan, Ineke Majoor, Eric Marko, Kent Matheson, Daniel May, Brian Mendenhall, Jay C. Miller, Chris Morley, Adrian Moyes, Ross Nakamura, Michele Stewart Nettleton, Marie-Laure Nguyen, Chris Paizis, Blaise Panfalone, Shaun Potts, John Rader, Jonathan S. Ramos, Satish Ratakonda, Steve Reding, Cory Redmond, Whitney Richman, Tracey Roberts, Greg Rodin, Ken Rogerson, Dan Rolinek, Jules Roman, Michael Root, Charles Rose, Thomas Rosseter, Craig Rowe, David Schnee, Manoj Shrestha, Scott Singer, Danny Southard, Angela Stanley, David Sullivan, Mike Terpstra, Brian Tolle, Nicholas Tripodi, Ben Vonzastrow, Adrian Watkins, Matt Weaver, Alexander Whyte, Nick Woo, Pip Wright, Dinesh Acharya, Bijay Awale, Magdalena Bisogni, Christian Boudman, Suresh Chaudhary, Courtenay Cooper, Bikash Ghaju, Chris Gibbons, Jessica Hee, David Jaffe, Adam Jones, Kirk Jung, Dipesh K.P., Amir Khand, Sanjib Lama, Saurav Lama, Jane Lovell, Deepak Maharjan, Prabhakar Maharjan, Roshan Maharjan, Sanjeev Maharjan, Suroj Maharjan, Jesse Morrow, Amitav Nakarmi, Manesh Nepali, Sujeen Nepali, Rodney O'Sullivan, Mark Powers, Prajwal Pradhananga, Amit Pujari, Sushil Rai, Corey Rosen, Simon Rosenthal, Sandeep Shahi, Umesh Shakya, Kabir Shilpakar, Mayush Shilpakar, Bigyan Shrestha, Krijan Shrestha, Rameshwor Shrestha, Prajwal Tamrakar, Ryan Michael Todd, Anish Ratna Tuladhar, Jay Warren, Alexander Wells, Tom Wild

Stunts

John Clark Adams, Brandon Beckman, Chad Bowman, Nathan Brimmer, Matthew Lee Christmas, Conrad Dahlstedt, Brian Duffy, Jodie Esquibel, Scott Fisher, Kristopher Giacomazzi, Marilyn Giacomazzi, Mickey Giacomazzi, Tad Griffith, Randy Hall, Ryan Hanna, Ryan Happy, Nate Harris, Alisa Hensley, Heath Hensley, Norman Howell, Baxter Humby, Keith Jardine, Travis Johnson, Anthony Kramme, Devlin Lara, Lucas Leggio, Jack Lineweaver, Joseph J. Micucci, Casey Pieretti, Ruben Rivera Laguna, Jason Rodriguez, Scott Rogers, Trina E. Siopy, Coy Speer, Eric Steinig, John Trejo, Tommy Truex, Mark Vanselow, Eddie Vansick, Mike Watson, Kyle Weishaar, Eddie Yansick, Mark Brooks, Richard Bucher, Laurence Chavez, Randy Haynie, Heath Hensley, Keith Meriweather, Matthew Moss, Eric Steinig

Camera and Electrical Department

Steve Adcock, Charles F. Arnold III, Greg Baldi, Steve Banister, Cherilyn Barnard, Bradley Barnes, Adam Barth, John Beran, Kirk Bloom, Waylon Brady, Matthew Branch, Beau Chaput, Brendan Clark, Matthew R. Cordova, Jacob Cottrell, Mike DeGrazzio, Ryan DeGrazzio, Dwight Dollins, Paul Elliott, Ryan Eustis, Scott M. Evans, Chris Fellers, Brad Freshman, Cody Frost, Phill Fulton, Cory Geryak, Daniel C. Gold, Peter Goodman, Curt Griebel, Dustin Guillen, Juergen Heinemann, Erik Hernandez, Max A. Hoyt, Aubrey Husar, John Janusek, Eric Jaramillo, Derek Johnson, Bryan P. Jones, Thomas Knight, David R. Kohn, Jeffrey Lamm, Bret Latter, Nikki LeBlanc, Steven Litecky, David L. Long, David Luckenbach, John Lutes, Sean Mallon, Otis Mannick, Michael Manzanares, Sean McClellan, Tim McDonald, Kyle McRee, Mark Mele, Kevin Mills, David Jaxx Nagro, Lee Nakagawa, Jared Olguin, Eric Paulk, Alex Perez, Gabriel Pfeiffer, Scott Ray, James H Razo, Ronald Romero, Rob Rubin, Michael 'Spike' Ryan, Richard Sanchez, Terry J. Sanchez, Eli Schneider, Randy Sears, Lorey Sebastian, Tom Shaughnessy, Mark Sheets, Nick Shuster, Jason Smith, Alejandro Snodgrass, Kurt E. Soderling, Mark Steinig, Richard Steinig, George Stephenson, Andrew Sych, Amy Vincent, Ralph Watson, Michael D. Weldon, Scott Wetzel, Dwayne Willis, Ryland Witten-Smith, Harry Zimmerman, Grant Babbitt, Joey Bacharka, Myles Brink, James Coker, Mike D. Fernandez, Richard Galli, Cory Geryak, Caleb Knueven, Aaron Lieber, Drew Louis, J.L. Mobus, Kurtis Myers, Evan Nelson, Tristan Noelle, Jared Olguin, Tony Rivetti, Luke Schlink, Eric Steinig, Anthony M. Suarez, Steven J. Winslow, John Young, Daniel Zamora

Animation Department

Chelsea Arielle Kibbee, Brian Mendenhall

Casting Department

Kiira Arai, Elizabeth Gabel, Tony Hobbs, Madeleine Lauve, Cristina M. Rogers, Vanessa Rodriguez Spencer, Steven Raye Stanard, Ann Trimble

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Terry Anderson, Rachel Bris, William A. Campbell, Wynema Chavez, Nicola Clegg, Celeste Cleveland, Edgar Duncan, Christine Farnand, Shaun Garcia, Denise Hardy, Jo Kissack, Anne Laoparadonchai, Lora McKenny, Katie L. Murphy, Andrew M Nelson, Liz Pecos, David Perrone, Lauren Pratto, Jason Rainey, Richard Schoen, Barnaby Smith, Page Steinbauer, Fran Vega-Buck, Pat Welch, Red Rose Connerty, Lois DeArmond, Darryl Garcia Jr., Nancy Molleur, Kelly Urig, Raven Zimmer

Editorial Department

Brian G. Addie, Mandy Arnold, David S. Clark, David Gallegos, Alec Hart, Trent Johnson, Kevin J. Jolly, Mathew McNamara, Debra Neil-Fisher, Morning Star Schott, Benjamin Sutor, Phillip Trujillo, Susan C. Young, Dan Muscarella

Location Management

Charles Culberson, Clay DeVelvis, Pablo Kelly, Jonathon Slator, Ashley A. Valdez

Music Department

Jonathan Bartz, Rich Breen, Tom Brown, Amick Byram, Jonathan Byram, Patrick S. Clark, Kevin Connolly, Tim Davis, Sandy DeCrescent, George Doering, Marc Gebauer, William Kenneth Goldman, Mark Graham, James Hayden, Jim Hoffman, Riley Hughes, Charles Martin Inouye, Gregory Jamrok, Brian Langsbard, Greg Loskorn, David Loucks, Seth MacFarlane, Julianne McCormack, Joel McNeely, Jill Meyers, Adam Michalak, Dean Parks, Noam Pikelny, Andrew Rowan, Marni Sanders, Naomi Sato, David Slonaker, Tom Steel, Damon Tedesco, Gabe Witcher, Joe Zimmerman, Gina Zimmitti, Nick Ariondo, Drew Bayers, Eric Bradley, Wade Culbreath, Matt Franko, Paul S. Henning, Victor Pesavento, Linnea Snyder

Script and Continuity Department

Kelly Cronin, Gregory Doucette, Steve Deering, Matthew Rodriguez

Transportation Department

Kent Boyer, Phyllis Cantu, Robert Chavez, Arthur Claunch, Vincent Cordova, William 'Fleet' Eakland, Lindsay Elliott, Kenny Flores, Cody Frost, Michael Thomas Garcia, Robin Goodman, Dart Hardiman, Ofisa Isaia, Stephen A. Long, Jared Meador, Mario Medina, Matthew Moss, John Paul Potter, James William Ray, Paul Ray, Patrick A. Reynolds Jr., Josh Reynolds, Eric Rivera, Sol Rivera, Tommy Rivera, Jesse Romero, Kyle Segura, Bruce Simballa, Richard Slaughter, Jessi Smart, L. Chip Crosby Jr., Carl Goodwin, Sherman Jackson, Amy Jo Larsen

Additional Crew

Tamara Allen, Betsy Alton, Eric Anderson, Brett Andrews, Rob Ashford, James Augare, Anthony Baca, Hillary Baca, Holly Baca, Chris Bailey, Nevada Barna, Christopher Bartholet, Sara Bartkiewicz, Kirt Bozeman, Tamara Brock, Chris Bruno, Alison Cannon, Joana Cannon, Ardy Brent Carlson, Eiren Chong, Chelsea Choppy, Dia Cordova-Hahn, Jaimie Councilor, Nathan E. Davis, Maynard Del Mar, Karen Eisenstadt, Donna Farmer, Benjamin Fertig, Phil Fulton, Bruce Gaither, Ken Garcia, Sophie Glander, Magin M. Gomez, Roland Gonzales, Julie Hansen, Brandon Harris, Lieve Jansen, Travis Johnson, Robert Julyan, Jennifer Kessler, Ashley Kravitz, Vikki Krinsky, Adam Lee, Clay M. Lilley, Ed Lish, Alvin William 'Dutch' Lunak, Beatriz Madrigal, Leigh Maney, Benny Manning, Ashley Michelle Marsh, Ray J. Martinez, Patrick McKernan, Peter McKernan, Diane Min Fa, Todd Minobe, Elizabeth Mosely, Elizabeth Mosley, Norman Mull, Alexander Nesbit, Sarah O'Gleby, Molly O'Neill, Kumiko Ogawa, Bob Oltra, Arturo Padilla, Levi Pesata, Daniel Pimentel, Ed Pinkard, Liesbeth Rapp, Mark Rappaport, Jordan Reynolds, Paul 'Sled' Reynolds, Jeremy Rich, Kaitlyn Robrock, Rufus Rosendo, Nicole Sahd, Jaydi Samuels, John Semedik, Ann Shimabukuro, Bryan Sides, Deborah Simmrin, Leah Slator, Jeff Snyder, Christina Stoltenberg, Bekah Sturm, Marcus Taylor, Shane Todd, Mary Towslee, Shiloh Turner, Mari Ueda, Lisa Van Allen, Nina Varano, Heather Wagner-Wang, Dusty Webb, Jerri Whiteman, Jordan Yospe, Garson Yu, Jonah Zimmerberg-Helms, Giovanna Anderson, Francheska Bardacke, Randy Bartok, Nathan Brimmer, Autumn Brooks, Mickey Browne, Corrine Butler, Ann Cogswell, Andrew David Coleman, Elizabeth Cooke, Chase Fein, Daniel Luke Fitch, Michael J. Harker, Noah Hauser, Nikhil Jassawalla, Bob Kaye, Anna Kongs, Lauren Kovarik, Eric Lisausky, Sarah McNeill, Kurt J. Miner, Craig A. Mumma, Daniel Pimentel, David Rambow, Margaret Richey, Marisa Taylor, Michael Joseph Taylor, Wes Trudell, Stephen Turselli, Kristy Viera, Brenden Wedner, Brian Austin Wenrich, Peter Wentzel, Barry R. White, Yvette Zarlenga, Jonah Zimmerberg-Helms

Genres

Comedy, Western

Companies

Bluegrass Films, Fuzzy Door Productions, Media Rights Capital (MRC)

Countries

USA

Languages

English, Navajo, Mandarin

ContentRating

R

ImDbRating

6.1

ImDb Rating Votes

189080

Metacritic Rating

44

Short Description

A Million Ways to Die in the West is a 2014 American Western comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. The film features an ensemble cast including MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman, and Liam Neeson. 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.

Development for A Million Ways to Die in the West began while MacFarlane and co-writers Sulkin and Wild were watching western movies during the development of Ted. Casting was done between December 2012 and March 2013. 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. Joel McNeely composed the score.

The film was released on May 30, 2014, in the United States, and distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with criticism for its length and Macfarlane s performance. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 7, 2014, and earned more than $15 million in home media sales.

Box Office Budget

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$16,797,385

Box Office Gross USA

$43,139,300

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$87,189,756

Keywords

Western spoof,abraham lincoln impersonator,loud sex,poison,female gunfighter