Cowboys And Aliens is a 2011 English-language Action Sci-Fi motion picture written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Steve Oedekerk and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. The movie is directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg under the banner of Universal Pictures in collaboration with DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Relativity Media, Imagine Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, Fairview Entertainment and Platinum Studios. The plot revolves around an amnesiac outlaw , a wealthy cattleman , and a mysterious traveler who must ally to save a group of townspeople abducted by aliens. Cowboys and aliens features Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano and Milton Chee. The screenplay is written by .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol, .mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li, .mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and Mark Fe which is inspired from Cowboys & Aliens by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. The music was composed by Harry Gregson-williams. Cinematography was done by Matthew Libatique and editing by Dan Lebental. The film has a running time of 118 minutes. It was released on 9th August 2011. Cowboys And Aliens was made on a budget of $163 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Universal Pictures. The plot revolves around an amnesiac outlaw , a wealthy cattleman , and a mysterious traveler who must ally to save a group of townspeople abducted by aliens.