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Wyatt Earp (1994)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:11
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 32 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Epic biography about legendary cowboy Wyatt Earp. The film spans Earp's life, from his youth, when blood and gore made him deeply uncomfortable, to his role in the famous gunfight at the O.K.... Epic biography about legendary cowboy Wyatt Earp. The film spans Earp's life, from his youth, when blood and gore made him deeply uncomfortable, to his role in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, to his becoming a rigid, by-the-book sheriff. Also dramatized are Earp's relationships with his brothers and their wives, and with loyal friend Doc Holliday, who is dying of tuberculosis. [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey, Mark Harmon, Michael Madsen, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Pullman, Isabella Rossellini, Tom Sizemore, Mare Winningham, JoBeth Williams
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Screenwriter: Dan Gordon
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May 2, 2006
Reviews for Wyatt Earp
A great Western that was unfairly disparaged back in 1994. The authentic Wyatt Earp is actually a much-better film than the pulpier, more-popular Tombstone.
Beautifully shot and impressively directed, it's an ambitious Western in the classic mold, the kind of film that rarely gets made anymore.
Though handsome to look at (cinematography is by Owen Roizman), the movie is overlong, stately, and too detailed for its own good; director Kasdan claims his version if more accurate, which may be true, but it doesn't make for a good picture.
Well-meaning western yarn starring Costner in the title role but it's too slow-moving and uneven to digest as anything riveting regarding the Wild West. Kasdan's Wyatt Earp definitely ends up shoots blanks
A parabolic sagebrush saga about this legendary figure in the Wild West.
...hiding in this three-hour-plus extravaganza is a good two-hour movie. Too bad it's so hard to find.
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