Wyatt Earp

PG-13

6/24/19943h 11m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The epic story of love and adventure in a lawless land. ~

Overview:

From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$63,000,000.00

Revenue:

$25,100,000.00

Key words:

gunslinger
sheriff
gambling
deputy sheriff
arizona
wretch
historical figure
wyatt earp
doc holliday
tombstone arizona
19th century
ok corral

Cast

Kevin Costner

~ as ~

Wyatt Earp

Dennis Quaid

~ as ~

Doc Holliday

Gene Hackman

~ as ~

Nicholas Earp

David Andrews

~ as ~

James Earp

Linden Ashby

~ as ~

Morgan Earp

Jeff Fahey

~ as ~

Ike Clanton

Joanna Going

~ as ~

Josie Marcus

Mark Harmon

~ as ~

Sheriff Johnny Behan

Michael Madsen

~ as ~

Virgil Earp

Catherine O'Hara

~ as ~

Allie Earp

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
Tombstone was a different beast, and that sort of overshadows this, given that one tries to be more accurate and the other goes for entertainment.

Take Wyatt Earp as a biopic and it is a superb and fair film. Compare it to Tombstone which was more of a Western and it's lacking the flair.

However, it ends abruptly, and it is miscast. Cosner (and i am a fan) doesn't really make a good Earp. Dennis Quaid who I am also a fan of, doesn't make a good Doc. This was 1994, in the 80s I might have a different opinion, but they both looked a bit old for their characters and the time.

However, I did like the parts of the Earp story that they added, I did lament the absence of Luke Short (who needs his own movie), and I liked how the story unfolded.

For a biopic, it is an epic. It just got compared to a western.