Tombstone (1993)

R   |    |  Action, Biography, Drama

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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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  • Bill Paxton and Sam Elliott in Tombstone (1993)
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  • Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)
  • Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)
  • Val Kilmer in Tombstone (1993)
  • Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)

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Awards

2 nominations.

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6 April 2004 | oneflewovertheapocalypse
Val Kilmer's Greatest Performance
Now Tombstone is a film that I would call the last great western of its genre so far. It has every sub plot you could want in you're average film and especially in a western. They have a great cast on board also to establish this gang of ragger muffins. Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp is just as good as Costner and Lancaster were. Val Kilmer is probably the main reason why every fan of it's genre talk about it so much as he is not just a fine actor in this but you believe that Doc Holiday and him were somehow related as he takes on the exact same sense of humour which I have read in books and his likeness is there also from what I have seen in pictures.

Val Kilmer has been in a lot of films but only half of them were good and this goes into one of his best along with Oliver Stone's The Doors and Willow without doubt has to get a mention. There is a superb cast here which makes up of Bill Paxton, Sam Elliot, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe, Stephen Lang, Billy Zane and of course Charlton Heston. I could go on for even longer mentioning some of the great actors that star in this but the sheer action of vengeance of it make it one of the best action westerns. There are your two type of westerns like High Noon and The Searchers which are very calm but intense films. Then you have The Wild Bunch and Tombstone which are just blood thirsty with plenty of action to cater for all tastes of films.

I am not to familiar with the director but he is surely missed as far as making a western like this is concerned.

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Trivia

The cowboy firing the pistol at the camera in the beginning credits of this film is actually from the final scene of the 1903 short "The Great Train Robbery", a film by the Edison Company. The scene frightened audience members who believed they were about to be shot. The actor is unknown.

Quotes

Narrator: 1879 - the Civil War is over, and the resulting economic explosion spurs the great migration west. Farmers, ranchers, prospectors, killers, and thieves seek their fortune. Cattle growers turn cow towns into armed camps, with murder rates higher than...

Goofs

When Wyatt first arrives in Tombstone in 1879, the Bird Cage Theatre is in the background. The Bird Cage was not built until 1881.

Crazy Credits

For Birgitta C.

Alternate Versions

A "Vista Series" director's cut was released in February 2002. Just under five minutes of never-before-seen footage were restored. The most noticeable are:

  • a scene showing the depths of Mattie's addiction to laudanum and her jealousy over Josephine;
  • a somber soliloquy by Doc quoting Kublai Khan;
  • a scene explaining Kate's sudden disappearance from the film, with Doc stressing the importance of friendship;
  • a scene with McMasters and the Cowboys meeting one last time. A small scene showing the graphic result of that meeting has been re-inserted, with the line "They got McMasters!" being moved into this small insert.

Soundtracks

Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72, No. 1
(uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Played by Doc Holliday

Storyline

Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Action | Biography | Drama | History | Western

Details

Release Date:

25 December 1993

Language

Spanish, English, Latin

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Patagonia, Arizona, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,454,752 26 December 1993

Gross USA:

$56,505,065

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$56,505,065

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