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VHS : Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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starring: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland
directed by: John Sturges
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792109525
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 079210952X
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: February 19, 1997
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 14161
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 1957



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Novelist Leon Uris wrote the script for this Western directed by John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) and based on the life and times of Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and his sickly companion, Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas). The action inevitably leads to the legendary battle between the two heroes and the villainous Clanton gang, but the film is also very much about the conflicts each man faces with women, with one another, and with their own destinies. Lancaster is terrific as the downbeat Earp, and Douglas has one of his best roles as the consumptive Holliday. The thoughtfulness of the tale is matched by Sturges's captivating way with the dramatic duel. All in all, the film appeals both as a solid action piece and as a fascinating, two-character study. --Tom Keogh



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Classic Western
A legendary shoot-out at the OK Corral is brought to life in one of the great western films with 2 legendary stars. The beginning with the title song by Frankie Lane sets the tone for the story of a classic struggle of unmitigated evil against the not-so-clean good.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Get the Heck Outta Dodge--OK by ME
I was fortunate to see this movie the year it was released. I was a kid on a vacation with my family to the Rocky Mountains and we saw it in Dodge City, Kansas, of all places. Quite a big deal, locally. Although it was "glammed up" in costuming, sets, and charisma of the of the personalities (Burt as Wyatt and Kirk as Doc) for Fifties audiences, it was the epitome of Westerns for the time. It was an experience I will never forget--family together, great action on the screen and 'here we are in Dodge City.' Not very realistic, perhaps, but great entertainment.


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - A REMAKE
This movie hit the theaters on May 30 1957 starring Burt Lancaster as Marshal Wyatt Earp, Kirk Douglas as Doctor John Holliday and Rhonda Fleming as Laura Denbow. This movie was bad because it was a remake of My Darling Clementine and wasn't you seeing the plot the first time you don't want to see it again. Sure, this movie was the at the famous "Old Tucson" facility, not far from the real Tombstone. However, its "town street" set was used surprisingly as Fort Griffin, Texas, in the opening reels, while later Tombstone street scenes were shot in southern California, on the same Paramount Ranch set that was later used as Virginia City, Nevada, on TV's "Bonanza" (1959). The actual gunfight took place on 26 October 1881 and lasted a mere 30 seconds, resulting in three dead men after an exchange of 34 bullets. Compared to this adaptation, the movie gunfight took 4 days to film and produced an on-screen bloodbath that ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Yawn
Gunfight at the OK Corral is not only a silly retelling of the Earp legend, it is a yawner. It barely makes it as a "good western." Burt Lancaster is horribly cast as Wyatt Earp. We must remember that while Burt is good when type cast as the super cool good guy, he is horribly miscast as Wyatt Earp, he would have been better to have played a bartender in this film. Kirk Douglas is no better as Doc Holliday. This film may have been considered good during the McCarthy years in Hollywood, but since the early 90's we have seen what can be presented as a western, and OK Corral is no Tombstone.

This story travels far from the truth, only mixing some of the original stories to come up with a lame plot. No mention of Bat Masterson, no mention of Big Nosed Kate, no mention of Sheriff John Benham. In fact, this film would have us believe that Earp is hunting for Ike Clanton in Texas. Then we are blessed ... Read More



 

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