TOMBSTONE (15)
D: George Pan Cosmatos
Cinergi (James Jacks, Sean Daniel & Bob
Misiorowski)
US 1993
129 mins
Western
W: Kevin Jarre
DP: William A. Fraker
Ed: Frank J. Urioste, Roberto Silvi & Harvey
Rosenstock
Mus: Bruce Broughton
PD: Catherine Hardwicke
Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp), Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday), Sam
Elliott (Virgil Earp), Bill Paxton (Morgan Earp), Powers Boothe (Curly Bill), Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo), Charlton Heston (Henry Hooker)
Lawman Wyatt Earp, plans on retiring in the Old West town
of Tombstone, but when his brother is killed by the Clanton Gang, he and Doc Holliday plan their revenge.
Typically Hollywoodised build up to the Gunfight at the OK
Corral, done better in films before and even since. Released at a time when westerns had fallen out of favour with cinema audiences, this version was still more successful than Kevin
Costner's Wyatt Earp (qv), released barely a year later.
6/10