Dead Again in Tombstone
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Feb 10, 2024 · Kurt Russell, star of the legendary 1993 classic Tombstone, reflected on the movie's increasing popularity, and was able to identify one element from the movie that explains it. The American Western featured a star-studded cast as it depicted the story of the infamous 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which took place in Tombstone, Arizona.
- Bill Dubiel
- Contributing Writer
- The Earps Arrived in Tombstone Earlier Than The Movie suggests.
- Cochise County Didn’T Exist When The Earps Rolled Into Town.
- The Bird Cage Theater Wasn’T Around Before The O.K. Corral Gunfight.
- The Cowboys Were A Real Presence, But They Weren’T One Cohesive Gang.
- The Earps Didn’T Avoid Being Lawmen in Tombstone.
- Ike Clanton Didn’T Fire Any Shots During The Shootout.
- Virgil and Morgan Earp Weren’T Shot on The Same night.
- The Vendetta Posse Didn’T Kill as Many People as The Movie portrayed.
- Wyatt Wasn’T at Doc’s Deathbed in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
The Earp gang arrived in Tombstone in December 1879, nearly two full years before the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. That timeline’s understandably condensed in the movie, but in real life the Earps had more time — and more run-ins — to understand how the cowboys were affecting Tombstone and southern Arizona. They also arrived in different circumstan...
Just as the Earp clan rides into Tombstone, Johnny Behan introduces himself as Cochise County sheriff. He would eventually fill that position, but in real life, Tombstone was still part of Pima County when the Earps arrived at the end of 1879. That might not seem like a major issue, except that Behan and Wyatt competed, at least for a short time, f...
Tombstone locals had plenty of rowdy entertainment in the early 1880s, but the Bird Cage Theaterwasn’t established until December 1881, a few months after the infamous shootout. The type of performance Josephine Marcus and Mr. Fabian put on in front of a packed house would’ve likely taken place at Schieffelin Hall, an impressive theater built in Ju...
When the Texas Rangers began tackling their outlaw problem as early as the 1830s, it pushed a bunch of bandits, rustlers and other ne’er-do-wells farther west. These outcasts were eventually known as “cowboys,” a derogatory term for rustlers and the like, and by the 1870s they had found a safe haven in the still-wild lands of New Mexico and Arizona...
Tombstone relies on a classic I’m never going back character arc for Wyatt Earp, but the truth is that the Earps arrived in Tombstone already tied to the law. In fact, Virgil was named a deputy U.S. marshal by U.S. Marshal Crawley Dakebefore they even arrived in Tombstone, thanks to Virgil’s experience as constable in Prescott. And although they ha...
Just after throwing himself at the mercy of Wyatt Earp in Tombstone, Ike Clanton retreats to C.S. Fly’s photography studioto fire off some shots through broken glass. In reality, Ike’s cowardice was even more pronounced: he ran from the fight and didn’t stop until he was two blocks away, on Toughnut street. Ike was arguably the party most responsib...
Most of the historical inaccuracies in Tombstone are related to the timeline of events, and in this case, the film lumped together the attempted assassination of Virgil and the murder of Morgan. In reality, the gunfight took place on October 26, 1881, and Virgil’s assassination attempt didn’t occur until December 28, some two months later. Aside fr...
Perhaps the most inaccurate portrayal in Tombstone is the Vendetta Ride, starting with the killing of Frank Stilwellat the Tucson train station, followed by a classic montage of shoot-em-up style executions around Arizona. There was a Vendetta Ride after Morgan’s death — and it included Wyatt, his brother Warren, Doc, Sherman McMasters, Texas Jack ...
The deathbed conversation between Doc and Wyatt in Glenwood Springs wraps up much of what the movie stands for — hypocrisy knows no bounds— but in real life, the scene never happened. Doc and Wyatt last met up in Denver in 1885 or 1886, according to Josephine Earp’s memoirs. She recalled the men’s meeting in the Windsor Hotel with a nostalgic appre...
- Val Kilmer Says Kurt Russell Is Responsible For Tombstone's Success. It has long been reported that Kurt Russell is not merely the star of Tombstone but also its secret director.
- Willem Dafoe Was Initially Sought To Play Doc Holliday. It's hard to imagine anyone other than Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone. He gives arguably the performance of his career in the Western; there are still folks claiming he was robbed of his Oscar.
- Kurt Russell Cut Some Of His Own Scenes To Earn The Trust Of His Fellow Actors. During the early days of shooting Tombstone, screenwriter Kevin Jarre (Glory) was also on-board as the director.
- Billy Bob Thornton Completely Ad-Libbed His Scene. While Kevin Jarre was very particular about his screenplay, as we noted, Kurt Russell and the remaining team involved with Tombstone made some big changes throughout the rest of production.
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Dec 26, 2023. Rated: 2.5/4 • Sep 29, 2022. Apr 10, 2020. Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers, Morgan (Bill Paxton) and Virgil (Sam Elliott), have left their gunslinger ways behind them to ...
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Dec 25, 1993 · Tombstone: Directed by George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre. With Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton. A successful lawman's plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
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- George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre
- 1993-12-25
And the film-makers rush the final act with reckless abandon, due to the cluncky and overlong first acts. This movie probably should have been over 3hrs to accommodate all the characters that are introduced throughout the movie. I compiled a list of my favorite movies in the genre I find to be superior to Tombstone if anyone is interested.
Tombstone is a 1993 American Western film directed by George P. Cosmatos, written by Kevin Jarre (who was also the original director, but was replaced early in production), and starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer, with Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, and Dana Delany in supporting roles, as well as narration by Robert Mitchum.
