Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
Production
The 80-foot mechanical spider is genuinely impressive practical insanity.
Costume
Kenneth Branagh's Southern gothic villain lewks are unhinged commitment.
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Will Smith
Capt. James West
Kevin Kline
U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon / President Grant
Kenneth Branagh
Dr. Arliss Loveless
Salma Hayek Pinault
Rita Escobar
M. Emmet Walsh
Coleman
Ted Levine
General 'Bloodbath' McGrath
Frederique van der Wal
Amazonia
Musetta Vander
Munitia
Sofia Eng
Miss Lippenrieder
Garcelle Beauvais
Belle
Bai Ling
Miss East
Rodney A. Grant
Hudson
E.J. Callahan
Mr. Pinkerton
Debra Christofferson
Dora Look-Alike
Buck Taylor
Cross-Eyed Reb
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Will Smith's follow-up to Independence Day and Men in Black—a $170 million lesson that star power has limits.
Director Barry Sonnenfeld had a public meltdown on set; the production was so troubled that original star George Clooney and director Robert Zemeckis both bailed.
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