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Jun 30, 1999 · Barry Sonnenfeld. "Wild Wild West'' is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content; the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen.
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"Wild Wild West'' is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content; the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen.
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Starting in a small section of the near South, both U.S. Army Captain James West and U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon hunt for Confederate General "Bloodbath" McGrath, who is wanted for mass murder. It points back to when McGrath ordered a massacre in a settlement called New Liberty, where many of the freed slaves were murdered, including West's biologi...
Will Smith as Captain James T. WestKevin Kline as U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon / President Ulysses S. GrantKenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss LovelessSalma Hayek as Rita EscobarDevelopment
In January 1992, Variety reported that Warner Bros. was planning a theatrical version of "The Wild Wild West" directed by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and starring Mel Gibson as James West (Donner directed three episodes of the original series). Instead, Donner and Gibson made a theatrical version of TV's Maverickin 1994. The "Wild Wild West" motion picture continued in the development stage, with Tom Cruise rumored for the lead in 1995. Cruise instead revived Mission: Impossible t...
Principal photography
Principal photography began in 1998. The sequences on both Artemus Gordon's and Dr. Loveless' trains interiors were shot on sets at Warner Bros. The train exteriors were shot in Idaho on the Camas Prairie Railroad. The Wanderer is portrayed by the Baltimore & Ohio 4-4-0 No. 25, one of the oldest operating steam locomotives in the U.S. Built in 1856 at the Mason Machine Works in Taunton, Massachusetts, it was later renamed The "William Mason" in honor of its manufacturer. During pre-production...
Post-Production
The theatrical film was released for summer 1999. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the film (without the definite article used in the series title) made substantial changes to the characters of the series, re-imagining James West as an African-American (played by Will Smith), which included, to a small degree, some of the racial issues that certainly would have made it difficult for a black man to be a United States Secret Service agent in the late 19th century. (However, at the end of "The Nigh...
Box Office
"Wild Wild West" opened at number one at the box office, grossing $27,687,484 during its opening weekend. By the fifth week, it dropped to #13. On a $170 million budget, the film grossed $113,804,681 domestically and $108,300,000 overseas for a worldwide total of $222,104,681.
Critical Reception
"Wild Wild West" received generally negative reviews from film critics, with a 17% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 130 reviews. The consensus states: "Bombastic, manic, and largely laugh-free, Wild Wild West is a bizarre misfire in which greater care was lavished upon the special effects than on the script." Roger Ebert gave the movie one star, saying, "Wild Wild West" is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content; t...
Each award was "accepted" in person by Robert Conrad, who had portrayed Jim West in the original series and subsequent TV films. He accepted the awards to show his objections to the movie.
In 1997, writer Gilbert Ralston sued Warner Bros. over the upcoming motion picture based on the series. Ralston helped create the original "The Wild Wild West" television series, and scripted the pilot episode, "The Night of the Inferno." In a deposition, Ralston explained that in 1964 he was approached by producer Michael Garrison who "said he had...
Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one star out of four, writing that "Wild Wild West is a comedy dead zone. You stare in disbelief as scenes flop and die. The movie is all concept and no content; the elaborate special effects are like watching money burn on the screen."
Oct 2, 2021 · Also starring Kenneth Branagh and Salma Hayek, the film was called a "comedy dead zone" by critics.
Oct 4, 2021 · The movie was met with poor reviews, with Roger Ebert, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, calling the movie "a comedy dead zone."
Action Comedy Sci-Fi. The two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War. Director. Barry Sonnenfeld. Writers. Jim Thomas. John Thomas. S.S. Wilson. Stars. Will Smith. Kevin Kline. Kenneth Branagh.
