Tombstone (1993, dir. George P. Cosmatos)
Tombstone (1993, dir. George P. Cosmatos)What Is It?: A straightforward retelling of the tale of the Earp brothers, starring a startlingly thin Kurt Russell as Wyatt.
What About It?: The reason for watching this sometimes fun, sometimes lugubrious actioner is Val Kilmer hamming it up as drunken TB sufferer Doc Holliday. Dennis Quaid was supposed to take home the gold for starving himself in the competing OK Corral film, Lawrence Kasdan's epic Wyatt Earp, but Kilmer pitched his performance perfectly for this pop flick - he got to be the likable inveterate gambler/drunk, the superhuman shot/draw and the perfectly loyal friend -- and stole Quaid's thunder entirely (though that was indeed an admirable take on the character). Kilmer's a curious case: he was on the rise for so long, it seemed like almost an afterthought that he hit the top -- and quickly slid from that place. Was it The Saint (an unbeliveably bad, but really interestingly so movie. Almost dadaist in its opacity)?
Why Should I See It?: For Val, really, though the movie is fun enough. And speaking of disappearing acts featured in this, whatever happened to Michael Biehn?
What Else Is It Like?: Hour of the Gun, Geronimo: An American Legend, My Darling Clementine.
When Is It Playing Until ON DEMAND?: 2/15/07
Watch It ON DEMAND On Comcast Cable.
-- ddt/pdx
posted by ddt/pdx @ 8:47 AM
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'Bout time somebody gives this movie credit. I absolutely love it. It was so much better than Kevin Costner's absolutely dreadful "Wyatt Earp," which was released around the same time as "Tombstone." Although, I must give credit to Dennis Quaid for losing tons of weight to play Doc Holliday.
p.s. The good ol' Doc was a dentist. Remember when we watched "My Darling Clementine?" Why is there a scene where Doc Holliday helped someone with a gunshot wound? Hmmm... I smell historical inaccuracies.
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