A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 32 nominations total
Shawn Howell
- Jackson
- (as Shawn D. Howell)
Deryle J. Lujan
- Nez
- (as Deryle Lujan)
James 'Scotty' Augare
- Nez
- (as James Augure)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe weekend before shooting was scheduled to wrap, a freak storm dumped nearly two feet of snow on the drought plagued town. Laborers shovelled the snow from the buildings' balconies and roofs, and distributed eighty-nine dump trucks worth of dry soil on the ground. Backhoes created an eight foot tall rampart of snow just beyond camera sight lines for the remaining six days of shooting.
- GoofsBefore the gang set the stage coach on fire, one upward-angled shot of Charlie Prince shows that there is no roof on the stage. The lawman "trapped" inside could have exited through the large rectangular hole at any time.
- Crazy creditsRussell Crowe's name is not used in the end credits when crediting his assistant, driver, stand-in, dialect coach, costumer, hair stylist and makeup artist; instead, his character's name, Ben Wade, is used.
Featured review
I, too, saw a preview (at a press screening) and truly enjoyed the film. The performances ooze class, charisma and depth and for someone who is not so into Westerns I found myself lured into this tale of complex morality. Crowe is especially dashing in the film as a truly bad man who we want to believe to ultimately be good. He is really quite incredible and delivers such a complex performance, with complete ease. However none of the performances lack, not Bale's, not Foster's, not Fonda's. There is really an old school Western here, with a modern edge to it. 3:10 to Yuma is also quite stunning when it comes to cinematography and set design, but these elements merely help tell the story, they do not distract from it. It's definitely worth seeing. James Mangold (Walk the Line) is definitely a very talented director. I have this a 7 because I'm a film critic and am tough, but I think fans of the genre will likely rate it higher.
- specialkat
- Aug 22, 2007
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $55,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $53,606,916
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,035,033
- Sep 9, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $70,016,220
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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