This DVD item from Walt Disney Video was reviewed on 25-Oct-2008. Tombstone Reference DVD. Classifications : General Action & Adventure Genres DVD Video Kurt Russell Action Stars Action & Adventure Genres DVD Video General AAS Love & Romance Drama Genres DVD Video General Westerns Genres DVD Video Action & A . Click the following link to view the cover of Tombstone. Related topics: 1993-12-25. General. Action & Adventure. Genres. DVD. Video. Kurt Russell. Action Stars. Action & Adventure. Genres. DVD. requestid: da42f323-277b-4527-bfdf-e8edc7e66330
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1) DVD DVD Tombstone by Walt Disney Video. Love the DVD. My VCR tape finally wore out. I can really understand the words better- much clearer than the tape.
This is a must have in every home if you like a good action packed movie that has serious moments, good laughs and great lines about how to think about life and living in it.
Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell and Sam Elliott at their best.
¤ 2) DVD DVD Tombstone by Walt Disney Video. In my humble opinion, Tombstone is one of the best westerns made. I wasn´t looking for a history lesson, I can watch the history channel for that. I was looking for movie entertainment at it´s hyperbolic best. Every character; the good, the bad, the ugly are over the top. This movie is fun. I watched Kevin Costner´s Wyatt Earp and was continually yawning. I loved the portrayal of Curly Bill in Tombstone, just capital. Ringo is intellectually maniacal. And dear Ike, as dufus as he is, he´s practical. This is western mythology and story telling at its best. A factual history lesson, no; a grand cinematic yarn, resoundingly, yes!¤ 3) DVD DVD Tombstone by Walt Disney Video. Becoming if not already a classic tale of Wyatt Earp and his family and friends. Excellent cast and outstanding performances. A truly moving and sometimes shocking view into the "wild" west and beyond.¤ 4) DVD DVD Tombstone by Walt Disney Video. Didn´t know how Feministic the women were in the old West, or how open society was to bi-sexuality. Plently of unsubtle dabbling in these themes - although anachronism is part of the B+ movie lexicon.
The best moment comes from the very sensuous, under-appreciated actor Dana Delany: she steps off the Coach as she arrives in town and shares a rapturous, prolonged glance with Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp). Her close-up is enough to wake Truman Capote (All due respect...).
Val Kilmer does okay as Doc Holliday - I think he might have unconsciously refereced Brando in "Mutiny On The Bounty", but here he seems slighlty less interested in the fairer sex. Not that there´s anything wrong with that.
Cinematography is excellent and the picture is well-paced.¤ 5) DVD DVD Tombstone by Walt Disney Video. I can look at this movie over and over again. The added scenes and interactive game make it worth the price¤ 6) DVD DVD Tombstone by Walt Disney Video. A sizzling, star-studded cast brings to life the legendary battle to deliver justice to TOMBSTONE! Kurt Russell (MIRACLE, VANILLA SKY) turns in a gripping performance as U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer (THE MISSING, BATMAN FOREVER) ignites the screen as the outrageous Doc Holliday. Together, they team up to bring law to the lawless in a notorious showdown with the ruthless outlaws at the O.K. Corral! The all-star ensemble also includes Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Dana Delany, Jason Priestley, Michael Biehn, and long-time Hollywood favorite Charlton Heston. Get ready for an explosive, action-packed adventure the Wild West would never forget!¤ 7) DVD DVD Tombstone by Walt Disney Video. This Western has become a modest cult favorite since its release in 1993, when the film was met with mixed reviews but the performances of Kurt Russell (as Wyatt Earp) and especially Val Kilmer, for his memorably eccentric performance as the dying gunslinger Doc Holliday, garnered high praise. The movie opens with Wyatt Earp trying to put his violent past behind him, living happily in Tombstone with his brothers and the woman (Dana Delany) who puts his soul at ease. But a murderous gang called the Cowboys has burst on the scene, and Earp can´t keep his gun belt off any longer. The plot sounds routine, and in many ways it is, but Western buffs won´t mind a bit thanks to a fine cast and some well-handled action on the part of Rambo director George P. Cosmatos, who has yet to make a better film than this. --Jeff Shannon¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 22-Nov-2008, 6304711905717951000064, 240-440-056-WEB-AWB-UIB-EOB-0MB-LGB-8 
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