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Yep. The resemblance between Kurt Russell and the real Wyatt Earp is pretty amazing. And most movies about the O.K. Corral (and after) always cast Doc Holliday with an older actor (which I guess is plausible given how ill he was,) but the man was thirty years old when he was in Tombstone. He died at 36.
I also think that Robert Mitchum as the narrator was perfect as well. I often think about him describing Wyatt Earp's funeral where "Tom Mix wept." Tom Mix played Earp in an early movie about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Earp was on set as a consultant where the ex-lawman and the actor became friends.
There's a Blake Edwards movie from 1988 that imagines Wyatt Earp (played by James Garner) and Tom Mix (Bruce Willis) teaming up to solve a murder mystery in Hollywood. It didn't do well at the box office, but I like it a lot.
Edit: Sunset. The movie is called Sunset. Don't know why I left that out.
Comment by doktor_wankenstein at 15/01/2025 at 23:37 UTC
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"Tom Mix wept."
I have no idea why, but that line always hits me right in the feels.
Comment by MarlonShakespeare2AD at 15/01/2025 at 21:46 UTC
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Agree completely!