Men who had to fight

Rating: 9/10 (29 April 2010)

It's the year 1881.Wyatt Earp is a retired peace officer.He re-unites with his brothers Virgil and Morgan in Tuscon, Arizona.They settle down in a town called Tombstone.Also Wyatt's good friend Doc Holliday is with them.Doc suffers from tuberculosis, but it hasn't effected on his shooting skills.They have trouble with a group of outlaws, the Cowboys.Wyatt has to fight again.He also has time for some romance when Josephine Marcus arrives in town with a traveling troupe of theater performers.Tombstone (1993) is directed by George P. Costamos and written by Kevin Jarre.It's loosely based on real events.The cast is fantastic led by Kurt Russell, who plays Wyatt Earp.Now we know that he was the actual director of the movie.Dana Wheeler-Nicholson plays his wife Mattie Blayblock, who has an opium problem.His brothers are played by Sam Elliott (Virgil) and Bill Paxton (Morgan).Val Kilmer is Doc Holliday.Powers Boothe portrays the villain leader Curly Bill Brocious.Michael Biehn is Johnny Ringo.Dana Delany plays Josephine.Billy Zane is the thespian Mr. Fabian.Charlton Heston plays the part of Henry Hooker.Teenstar of the time, Jason Priestley plays Debuty Billy Breckinridge.Terry O'Quinn is seen in the part of Mayor John Clum.John Corbett is Barnes.Jon Tenney is John Behan, Cochise County Sheriff.Stephen Lang is Ike Clanton.Thomas Haden Church is Billy Clanton.Joanna Pacula plays Kate.Billy Bob Thornton portrays Johnny Tyler.Frank Stallone is Ed Bailey.Buck Taylor plays the part of Turkey Creek Jack Johnson.Wyatt Earp (a distant relative to actual Earp) plays Billy Claiborne.The legendary Harry Carey Jr. plays Marshal Fred White.He was 72 at the time, when the real Fred White was about 31 when he was shot to death.But it's all for the best to see Carey play the part.Robert Mitchum works as the narrator.He was supposed to be in the movie as Old Man Clanton, but on the first day of shooting he fell off a horse.His son Christopher is seen as Ranch Hand.The movie has lots of good stuff.It's great when Johnny Tyler thinks too much of himself when he faces Wyatt Earp.He survives, though.And when Wyatt shouts to Ike "Hell's coming with me!"The battle at the O.K. Corral looks amazing.The showdown between Johnny Ringo and Doc is awesome.It's tragic to see the old marshal get shot by Curly Bill.Morgan's death scene is touching.This is a great modern western.I recommend you to visit Tombstone.