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- The Earps arrived in Tombstone earlier than the movie suggests. The Earp gang arrived in Tombstone in December 1879, nearly two full years before the gunfight at the O.K.
- Cochise County didn’t exist when the Earps rolled into town. Just as the Earp clan rides into Tombstone, Johnny Behan introduces himself as Cochise County sheriff.
- The Bird Cage Theater wasn’t around before the O.K. Corral gunfight. Tombstone locals had plenty of rowdy entertainment in the early 1880s, but the Bird Cage Theater wasn’t established until December 1881, a few months after the infamous shootout.
- Tombstone marshal Fred White wasn’t old when he was killed — he was in his thirties. In the movie, marshal Fred White is played by Harry Carey Jr., who was in his seventies at the time of filming.
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- Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) Kurt Russell's Wyatt Earp isn't just front and center throughout the events of Tombstone, he's often the most interesting character on the screen not named Doc Holliday.
- Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) Doc Holiday, who is played masterfully in Tombstone by an in-his-prime Val Kilmer, is often considered the best character in the whole movie, and those people who think that wouldn't be wrong.
- Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott) Virgil Earp, played here by Sam Elliott and his legendary mustache, is the oldest and wisest of the Earp brothers and appoints himself the marshal of Tombstone, a decision that brings more trouble to the small town.
- Morgan Earp (Bill Paxton) Not to be outdone by older brothers, Morgan Earp, portrayed by the late, great Bill Paxton, is right there in thick of it throughout much of Tombstone, including the famous shootout at the O.K.
Apr 30, 2023 · In his closing narration, Robert Mitchum tells us that William S. Hart and Tom Mix, two early Western stars who became friends with Earp, acted as pallbearers at Earp's funeral. This footnote is a ...
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 [4]), 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.
Dec 25, 2023 · Tombstone just turned 30, but the Kurt Russell Western had to overcome chaos to become the classic movie that it is today. ... this all happened during a very narrow pre-Waterworld window when ...
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Aug 29, 2024 · Tombstone is a loose retelling of the historical gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the ensuing Earp Vendetta Ride. But at its heart, Tombstone is a story about the friendship between Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) and Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell). That iconic friendship may never have come to life if it hadn't been for the cast and crew rallying together ...
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Tombstone, Arizona. For the movie, see Tombstone (film). For cemetery markers, see Gravestone. (2020) Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It became one of the last boomtowns in the American frontier.
