1999

107 minutes

Directed by
Barry Sonnenfeld

Writing credits
Jim Thomas, John Thomas

Cast
Will Smith .... James West
Kevin Kline .... Artemus Gordon/President Ulysses S. Grant
Kenneth Branagh .... Dr. Arliss Loveless
Salma Hayek .... Rita Escobar

Distributor: Warner Bros.
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Western
Release Date: July 30, 1999
Boxoffice
Budget: $170m (USA)
Opening Weekend:
£2.487m (UK) (15 August 1999) (425 screens)
$49.705m (USA) (4 July 1999) (3342 screens)
Gross:
$85.4m (Non-USA) (12 September 1999)
$1.277m (Singapore) (8 September 1999)
£6.691m (UK) (12 September 1999)
$113.745m (USA) (3 October 1999)

Filming Locations
Pierce, Idaho, USA
Santa Fe, Santa Fe co., New Mexico, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA

Quotes:
Artemus: She's a breath of fresh ass.
James: You know what you just said? You said "ass."
Artemus: No I didn't. I said she's a breast of fresh air.

Awards for Salma Hayek:
2000: ALMA Award, Nominated as
Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film:
Salma Hayek
2000: Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Won:
Favorite Supporting Actress - Action Salma Hayek

Plot summary
GENRE: Comedy, Western

Jim West is a guns-a-blazing former Civil War hero. Artemus Gordon is an inventive U.S. Marshal who excels in disguise. When the United States is threatened by psychotic Confederate Arliss Loveless, President Ulysses Grant teams the duo up to bring him to justice. On a hazard-packed train journey from Washington to Utah, West and Gordon must combine their skills to best Loveless and his diabolical machines.