A lot of care and attention were obviously devoted to selecting locations, designing sets, and grooming handlebar mustaches. Much less attention went to making one believe that any of the events took place circa 1879.
Tombstone
Every town has a story. Tombstone has a legend.
1993 · 2h 10m · R
Action, Western
Directed by
George P. Cosmatos
Overview
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
Director and cast
- George P. Cosmatos Director
- Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp
- Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday
- Sam Elliott as Virgil Earp
- Bill Paxton as Morgan Earp
- Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton
- Powers Boothe as Curly Bill Brocius
- Michael Biehn as Johnny Ringo
- Charlton Heston as Henry Hooker
- Jason Priestley as Billy Breckinridge
- Dana Delany as Josephine Marcus
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A tough-talking but soft-hearted tale that is entertaining in a sprawling, old-fashioned manner.
It wants to be at once traditional and morally ambiguous. The two visions don't quite harmonize.
Highly stylized fashion-wise but awkwardly unfocused in its plotlines, it aims for the western iconography of Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone but never gets past its own directorial hurdles.
It's difficult to assign responsibility for the most serious of this film's shortcomings, but one thing is clear: somewhere along the way, the creative process misfired.
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