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Article: Like other complex Westerns, `The Missing' is tough to market.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- November 28, 2003
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Byline: Glenn Lovell
Ron Howard is both intrigued by and nervous about the initial response to his new movie, "The Missing," starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett as father and daughter reunited by a brutal kidnapping.
"The critical reaction has been polarized," says the Oscar-winning director of "A Beautiful Mind." "And I've never really had that. I think this film surprised a lot of people."
The reason? Twofold: "The Missing," which opened last week, is a darker film than we're used to getting from Howard ("Apollo 13," "Cocoon") and it's a hybrid, a combination of horror (torture, evil spirits, frontier Freddy Krueger) and classic ...
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