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An excellent revisionist western that plays fast and loose with the facts of the life of Doc Holliday, “Doc” manages to transcend the latter limitation due to sharp writing by the Lare Pete Hamill, sharp direction from Frank Perry (pay close attention to his framing, use of negative space and composition). The cherry on the cake are the performances from Stacey Keach, Faye Dunaway (she is a bit miscast in terms of looks as “Big Nose” Kate Elder) and the underrated character actor Harris Yulin. The supporting cast includes Michael Witney as Ike Clanton and Richard McKenzie. The musical score is the legendary Jimmy Webb (“Wichita Lineman”, “By The Time I Get to Phoenix”).
Doc Holliday (Keach) is on his way to Tombstone, Arizona at the request of his friend Wyatt Earp (Yulin). Earp’s going to be running for town sheriff in the election and wants Holliday there because of the difficulty he’s having with the Clanton’s. On the trip in, he meets Kate Elder (Dunaway) and hooks up with her.
This is largely a character study with a bit of action so don’t expect “High Plains Drifter”.
Thr Kino Blu-Ray looks marvelous with eich color, textures and nice depth, delineation. This is from a new 2K transfer. The audio is clear and with a nice mono presentation.
The previous UK release looked pretty good but this beats it completely. It did have more special features and it’s a pity we didn’t get more but the higher bit rate translates to a better quality picture and depth.
There’s a commentary track by film director Alex Cox. A bit of trivia is that the film win the Western Writer’s
of America Spur Award.
Yulin’s authoritative, quietly powerful performance is complimented by Keach’s world weary Doc in this underrated western.
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DOC HOLLIDAY IN TOMBSTONE 1881
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 25, 2019
DOC HOLLIDAY IN TOMBSTONE 1881
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 25, 2019
This made at a time when the old clean-cut cowboy image of the '50s and much of the '60s became a thing of the past, the actors could now get dusty and unshaven (a trend also of course seen in The Spaghetti Westerns around that time)Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 25, 2019
The film tells of Doc Holiday (Stacy Keach) a feared gunman linking-up with Kate Elder (Faye Dunnaway) a good-time gal' as a result of winning her in a card game.
The two head for Tombstone to link-up with Doc's old friend Wyatt Earp (Harris Yulin) a regional Marshall who is trying to get elected as the town sheriff with a mind to clean-up the town in more ways than one.
Wyatt has a problem with local Cowboy-Member Ike Clanton, an issue that was set to boil over leading to the legendary gunfight at the O.K Coral October 26th 1881
Other than the lead acts Stacy Keach and Faye Dunnaway, the remainder of the casting is perhaps a little weak.
The storyline itself though often gritty with a few violent and threat sequences is somewhat historically fanciful, it's a Hollywood make-over.
(only three died during the gunfight)
I myself have seen several versions of the events surrounding the infamous gunfight, the most accurate probably being the Kevin Costner 1994 film WYATT EARP, the most entertaining probably Kurt Russell 1993 version TOMBSTONE .....(both worthy of a viewing)
The picture quality on Blu-ray okay but not brilliant.
Footnote - The film can be hired/bought to watch currently on Prime also.
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