Tag: Wyatt Earp
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Heat, Costumes, and Tuberculosis: The Untold Story Behind Val Kilmer’s Tombstone Ordeal
Val Kilmer’s hard-drinking Doc Holliday can be seen sweating all throughout the western biopic Tombstone, but there’s a historical reason – and a behind-the-scenes reason – for all the sweat in the movie. Set in Southeast Arizona in the 1880s, Tombstone depicts such real-life historical events as the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the…
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John Ford’s Game-Changing Henry Fonda Film – Is ‘My Darling Clementine’ a True Story?
For legendary filmmaker John Ford, telling the story of the American West through a demystified lens is conveyed through a singular image. In 1946, a shot of Henry Fonda sitting on the porch of a local barbershop, leaning back on a chair as he looks upon the open vista is a minimalist example of Ford’s…
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Lawrence Kasdan’s ‘Wyatt Earp’: A Story that Transcends the Chaos of Kurt Russell’s ‘Tombstone’ to Craft a 3-Hour Epic.
In the early 1990s, Kevin Costner, who was busily branding himself as an all-American hybrid of Gary Cooper and James Stewart, hooked up with “Glory” screenwriter Kevin Jarre to make “Tombstone,” an epic film about the legendary, real-life lawman. This would’ve afforded the ambitious Costner a connection to another red-white-and-blue big-screen icon, Henry Fonda, who’d…
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Kevin Costner Abandons ‘Tombstone’ for Dennis Quaid?! The Shocking Move That Redefined Western Legends
There was a time when Kevin Costner was on top of the world. Though people are most familiar with his work on Yellowstone, his body of work in the late ’80s to early ’90s catapulted him to prominence. Unsurprisingly, most of these films were Westerns: the epic Dances With Wolves, Open Range, and the modern-day…
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Behind the Cowboy Hat: Disturbing Truths About John Wayne, The Sheriff of Hollywood
There aren’t many figures bigger than John Wayne. One of the most iconic leading men of his era, there was no one else in Hollywood like him—but there was a chilling darkness to this legendary figure. His infamous Playboy interview is just the tip of the iceberg, so buckle up and let’s dive into the…
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Michael Biehn’S Fake Mustache In Tombstone: “He Always Felt A Little Bit Like The Small Dog Of The Group”
In 1993, “Tombstone” assembled a cast for the ages to tell the story of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The throwback Western, led by Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer — in what is perhaps Kilmer’s best performance — showcases a lot of tough guys in cowboy hats as…
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Thirty Years Later, Sam Elliott’s Near-Miss Classic: Tombstone’s Unbelievable Survival
Sam Elliott says, Kurt Russell, who played Wyatt Earp to his Virgil Earp, was determined. “Kurt Russell kept Tombstone on track when it could have really gone awry after the director was fired off of it,” Elliott says. “He was determined to see that movie get made the way it should have gotten made. Kevin…
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What did the confrontation between Wyatt Earp and Johnny Tyler in “Tombstone” reveal about Earp’s tactics in handling difficult situations?
Billy Bob Thornton improvised his role in 1993 western epic Tombstone. Wyatt Earp is an iconic real-life lawman best remembered for the gunfight at the O.K. Corral alongside his brothers and Doc Holliday. His story has been brought to the big screen many times, including My Darling Clementine and Gunfight At The O.K. Corral starring…
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What does Kevin Costner’s perspective reveal about the significance of ‘Open Range’ in his journey as a Western actor?
He broke out in the baseball movies, but if there’s anything Kevin Costner is best known for these days, it’s the American Western. The 68-year-old actor, who scored one of his first major roles in the all-star 1985 Western Silverado, has had two major hits in the genre in recent years, first co-starring in the…