EARLY ACCESS: Tombstone!

I would enjoy seeing Ashley compare "Tombstone" to the Kevin Cosner version on the story in "Wyatt Earp". Both of them have star loaded casts and there are things I prefer in each of these versions. It is just crazy they were made/released so close together (1993 and 1994).

Where is the Watch Along for Tombstone?

Crystal Wood

I saw this movie once and remember thinking “That was a really really really well done movie...that I will probably never watch again.” I was just there to enjoy Kurt Russell. Your reaction reminded me it IS so well crafted. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes the genre.

Heather Qualy

I wrote something similar on the Youtube page. Personally I could do without it at all and it's unnecessary extra work.

Kenton Kruger

I personally prefer no filler music while someone is talking. It's unnecessary.

Edward Olson

I'm so old I can remember going to a drive in with my parents to see Sam Elliot in a weird horror movie called "The Legacy" from 1979 he costarred with his wife Katherine Ross....I believe they met while filming "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"(1969) and are still married today

I don't think I've ever seen a Sam Elliott performance that I didn't like. I forgot Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton were in this movie.

primatador

This is one my favorite. My brothers my Dad all my friends quote this movie. Great review

Mike Johnson

Same....

ROG

That music you used in the beginning and end while you were talking was a bit too high in the mix and was a bit distracting, just a heads up :)

Rick Deckard

One of my favourite movies, however there are one or two things (well...one major scene) that people these days may find 'problematic', so approach with caution.

Rick Deckard

Sam Elliott is in so many things. I remember him as the Marlboro man in Thank You For Smoking (2005).

Be Kind

Ashleigh you saw Kurt Russell in The Thing, I’m surprised you didn’t recognize him here!

Gio Vidrio

Thank you for the clarification, Edward. I wasn't aware (obviously) Forgot about that trivia tidbit, Paul. Thank you.

Billy Dancel

The narrator was Robert Mitchum another actor from the golden age of Hollywood and the star of a few classic Westerns

Oh my. Clearly we're going to have to add the original Magnificent Seven to your to-watch list! :)

Nessa Arandur

Great flick glad you liked it...Wyatt(Kurt Russell)was MacReady in "The Thing"....Morgan(the late Bill Paxton) and Johnny Ringo(Michael Biehn)were respectively Hudson and Hicks from "Aliens"...Virgil(Sam Elliott) is probably best known today for "Road House"(1989)with Patrick Swayze and for that "You're a special kind of stupid" internet meme...a couple of great modern Western to see would be "The Wild Bunch"(1969) and "The Outlaw Josey Wales" with Clint Eastwood....also another great Kurt Russell movie worth checking out is "Breakdown"(1996)....and oh yeah Curly Bill(the late great Powers Boothe)'s "Well....BYE." is one of my all time fave movie quotes!

Fisful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, and Hang em High are all great Eastwood westerns.

Bill Bevins

Awesome movie, and a great choice! Bravo! If you want more westerns, The good, The Bad and The Ugly is another classic. It stars Clint Eastwood, and it has great action and plenty of humor. Great stuff.

I worked at Old Tucson Studios from 94 to 95, starting a month after this movie was released. I was working every day in and around the exterior buildings they used. Some of them were just fake fronts, but some were actual buildings. I was working there in April of 1995 when a fire broke out in the building that was the front for the barber shop where Doc was getting a shave when he confronted the Cowboys. None of the staff members trained to use the on-site fire engine were at work that day. The fire spread quickly and burned almost the entire of the filming location down. I got on a microphone and guided all the staff and guests to get out of the site. The only lives lost were a pair of rabbits. That location had been used to film many of the greatest Westerns since 1939. The locations that burned down that were in this film were the train station (and the train itself got so hot that the metal softened and drooped. It was an actual train from the 1800s), the theatre front (where they dance in the snow at the end), the street with the barbershop with the church at the end) and the street with the gambling establishment that Doc robs at the beginning. The Spanish Mission was also at Old Tucson but didn't burn down.

Edward Olson

Charlton Heston had 10+ film roles after this, and more on TV, voice-acting, etc.

Edward Olson

The scene where Wyatt and Josephine meet on horses... The "oak" comment actually originates in the saloon right before they meet the first time. Watch it again and listen to Doc and Wyatt closely (it's interpreted as an erection joke) but he might have meant it too Before the shootout with the cowboys, it's mentioned how they're waiting by the O K Corral. A movie called Gunfight at the O K Corral is a different take on this story. Towards the end, right before the Doc and Johnny Ringo have the showdown, they were at the home of Henry Hooker. He was played by the very famous western film actor, (I'm hoping you'll recognize the name), Charelton Heston (his final role) As famous as The Princess Bride is with it's multiple quoted lines.... Tombstone holds it's own with theirs!!

Billy Dancel

You have good taste in men. The guy you liked is Sam Elliott. He’s like a real cowboy. Always seems to embody the best characteristics of being human, and it feels like he’s playing himself. He’s a good, solid dude.

Be Kind

Great Movie! So glad a Patron asked for this. And thanks Ash for doing full length movie reactions. I like them better than the edited versions. "Im your Huckleberry"... love it.

ROG

I’m going to mention SILVER STREAK (1976) again. Most of the movie takes place on a train. Beautiful, blue-eyed Gene Wilder on a train. Mystery, suspense, action, comedy ... Choo-choo! (Does that entice you?)

Be Kind

Loved Silverado. The Long Riders from 85 also.

Bill Bevins

In my mind, it was SILVERADO (1985) that gave Hollywood hope that the western genre could be revived. It feels more modern but really good. Highly recommend.

Be Kind

You keep mentioning how much you’d like to ride a train. You have a few right in Knoxville. At least one even has Halloween & Christmas Eve specials. You should check them out after covid and maybe film it? That would be cool.

Be Kind

Fantastic pick! Can't wait to watch this with you.

Thomas Yanez

Such a great movie with so many quotes. My friends and I still say “I’m your huckleberry” whenever someone asks about getting together or whatever. I’ve actually been to Tombstone and it is a trip. A lot of the buildings are still standing and it’s a real town. You can actually go to the cemetery where the McLaurey brothers and Ike’s brother are buried. The headstones with the messages are real. They have been replaced over the years, but they had/have photographs of the originals with those epitaphs on them. Some are pretty funny/catchy.

Charles Edwards

Bill Paxton was the one in Aliens who say “Game Over, man!” I can’t recall the characters name.

Charles Edwards

It wasn’t Kilmer who starved himself. There were actually two movies on the same topic being shot and released around the same time: this one, and Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner as Wyatt and Dennis Quaid as Doc. You’re thinking of Quaid, he’s the one that starved himself to play Doc.

Charles Edwards

YAAASSSS!!! Young Guns!!!

I'm so glad you watched this movie and liked it, I like it too. I can't wait to see your reaction to Groundhog Day! A movie with a truly brilliant concept!

Michael Waldrep

go glad you liked it. so yes Wells Fargo was around back then. The guy that Wyatt slaps around to take over the card table is a young Billy Bob Thorton. Right before Doc dies he looks at his feet and says, "Ill be damed, now thats funny" is because he didnt die with his boots on, Kurt Russell who plays Wyatt is McCready from The Thing and Sam Elliot who plays Virgil has been in a lot of movies and TV shows, if you ever watched Parks and Rec he played Ron Dunn in the later seasons, he also does a bunch of commerical voice over work.

Bleedingreen

I just love your reactions, and I needed the laughs, especially today, so thanks tons! This is one of my favorite Westerns. For strictly entertainment purposes, Young Guns is a great Western, as well. Can't wait for Monday! Take care, be safe!

Michael Sailor

Ashleigh I thought the braids looked great by the way. I forgot how many great actors were in this!

My favorite western is YOUNG GUNS 2

Kurt Russell, who played Wyatt, was the helicopter pilot in The Thing. Johnny Ringo was played by Michael Biehn, who was Hicks in Aliens. Bill Paxton was Morgan was also in Aliens as one of the soldiers. Sam Elliot was Virgil. He has done a lot of voice over work and acted in many movie over the years. Wells Fargo was around back then. They founded the Pony Express, which was a way to try to get mail across the country as fast as possible. The mustaches were probably the most historically accurate part of this movie. If you Google Wyatt Earp, his picture looks a lot like Kurt.

Bill Bevins

They still have a stagecoach on their advertising.

Thomas Ivie

I'll be your huckleberry. The gunfight at the OK Corrall was a real event. You mentioned you didn't know if the Earl Brothers were good guys or bad guys. Like a lot of lawmen in the old west they kind of straddled both sides of the law. The gunfight has been made into movies numerous times and is been elevated to mythological status. Right after this one, Kevin Costner released Wyatt Earp, which was a 3 hour movie about Earps life. Other really good westerns you need to check out are Silverado, The Long Riders and Unforgiven.

Bill Bevins

Just got done watching Tombstone. Kurt Russell is the main guy in the THING. Also Wells Fargo was around back then. I believe it was the first bank from the U.S.

Val Kilmer starved himself to play the part of Doc Holliday. He wanted to look gaunt for the role. Pocket watches were invented in Switzerland in 1574. So they did have watches...for 300 years.

Joseph Burt

Ok that makes for a good first western I don't quite count blazing saddles or back to the future 3

ingibingi2000

Your posts always make me so happy

Joseph Burt