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Release Date: 14 January, 2003 Retail Price: $19.99 OUR Price: $14.99 You SAVE: $5.00! Cast: Complete Cast (18 total) |
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I'm your Huckleberry.
Although I haven't seen the John Ford classic "My Darling Clementine" which seeing from his other classics is probably better than this, but this one remains number three on my list of the best westerns of the 90's [with "Dances with Wolves" at #1 and "Unforgiven" at #2], and one of my personal favoriet westerns in general.
And although Henry Fonda has been claimed the best Wyatt Earp on screen, Russell gives us a great performance as the great sheriff. Despite his performance as the main character, this movie undoubetly belongs to Val Kilmer who portrays the ailing Doc Holliday, which almost every film critic has said as the best Doc Holliday ever. Other notable performances in this movie are Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Robert Burke, Sam Elliot, Stephan Lang, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Terry O' Quinn, and a small but notable performance from screen icon Charleton Heston.
The movie starts out with the cowboys [the villians in this movie] riding in on a wedding about to take place and eventually killing quite a few people. It then moves to the town of Tombstone where Wyatt Earp and his bride have just got off the train. He soon meets up with his brothers and their wives as they try to start a buisness as he tries to get away from his past as a sheriff. This works for a while until an event sparks his fury which I won't mention so that it won't ruin it for the viewers who haven't seen it yet. At the same time Doc Holliday decides to join Wyatt in his battle against the cowboys, simply because he's the only friend he ever had. With Wyatt's wife becoming addicted to oppiom, he meets an atractive women in town for the time being and soon falls in love with her.
With George P.Cosmatos of the "Rambo" fame, the movie goes off without a hitch. The Vista Series DVD is a DIrector's Cut which has many deleted scenes and an audio commentary by the director himself, with many other special features including a card game on DVD ROM. This western won't disappoint you, and don't settle for the regular edition, go ahead and pay ten more dollars for this version, it's well worth it.
The law is back in town
This 1993 western may have received mixed reviews from critics when it was released, but it has since become a cult classic film that is still great movie that even people who don't like westerns can enjoy. The film is carried at a rather nice pace, and the sublime casting of Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday makes Tombstone work. Kilmer turns in his best performance, while Kurt Russell turns in a near equally great performance as Wyatt Earp. The huge ensemble cast includes Sam Elliot, Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Dana Delany, Jason Priestly, Billy Zane, Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Rooker, John Corbett, Thomas Haden Church, Stephen Lang, Robert John Burke, Charlton Heston, and the voice of Robert Mitchum in major and supporting roles, along with some great gunfights and brilliant set design all help Tombstone be a feast of the senses. If you already own Tombstone on video or on the older edition DVD, then seriously consider upgrading to this new edition Vista Series DVD set, the extras are great and well put together, and Tombstone is one of the best action films I have ever seen.
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