Tombstone (1993)

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Kurt Russell

Wyatt Earp

Val Kilmer

Doc Holliday

Sam Elliott

Virgil Earp

Bill Paxton

Morgan Earp

Powers Boothe

Curly Bill Brocius

Michael Biehn

Johnny Ringo

Charlton Heston

Henry Hooker

Jason Priestley

Billy Breckinridge

Jon Tenney

Behan

Stephen Lang

Ike Clanton

Thomas Haden Church

Billy Clanton

Dana Delany

Josephine Marcus

Paula Malcomson

Allie Earp

Lisa Collins

Louisa Earp

Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Mattie Earp

Joanna Pacula

Kate

Michael Rooker

Sherman McMasters

Harry Carey Jr.

Marshal Fred White

Director
- George P. Cosmatos
Writer
- Kevin Jarre
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As a Tucson Native, I was totally impressed. Most people from other parts of the world will believe any western with a saguaro in it. This movie is one of the best of all time, and I worked at Old Tucson. If you're looking for a historical timeline, forget it. It's condensed for dramatic purposes, but still it flows, it's got love, action, comedy(mostly Kilmer) and a serious story of what the old west really was like. Amen for this one as opposed to the tragic The Quick and the Dead which was kinda silly if your brain is turned on whilst watching it. Watch for Priestly's, um, unusual performance. It also has a great back story on Earp's life, which makes for much more than a shallow shoot'em up movie.

Trivia
The line quoted by Doc at the end of the fight at the O.K. Corral is historically true, and was reported in the Tombstone papers reporting the fight. When confronted by one of the cowboys at point blank range, the cowboy reportedly said, "I got you now Doc, you son of a bitch!", to which Doc gleefully retorted, "You're a daisy if you do!"

Goofs
Some scenes show electrical lights over the pool tables. Light bulbs were invented in 1878 but Tombstone did not have electricity until 1902. Furthermore, pocket billiards as we know it today (using striped, numbered object balls) would not have been played in the American West of the 1870s, having only been developed in the early decades of the twentieth century; the immediate forerunner of pocket billiards (using solid-colored, unnumbered balls) wasn't invented until around 1900.

Quotes
Johnny Ringo: My fight's not with you, Holliday.
Doc Holliday: I beg to differ, sir. We started a game we never got to finish. "Play for Blood," remember?
Johnny Ringo: Oh that. I was just foolin' about.
Doc Holliday: I wasn't.

Crazy credits
For Birgitta C.

Alternate versions
A "Vista Series" director's cut was released in February 2002. Just under five minutes of never-before-seen footage were restored. The most noticeable are:
a scene showing the depths of Mattie's addiction to laudanum and her jealousy over Josephine;
a somber soliloquy by Doc quoting Kublai Khan;
a scene explaining Kate's sudden disappearance from the film, with Doc stressing the importance of friendship;
a scene with McMasters and the Cowboys meeting one last time. A small scene showing the graphic result of that meeting has been re-inserted, with the line "They got McMasters!" being moved into this small insert.