Episode 65, Part 1: Tombstone, the Best Wyatt Earp Movie, Starring Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday and Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp!

Get in, losers, we’re going to Tombstone. We’re back from hiatus, and we love this movie so much that it gets pretty embarrassing. But what are you supposed to do when gazing upon the majesty of Kurt Russell with ALL the eyeliner on, Sam Elliot and his magical moustache, Powers Boothe’s goofy, over-the-top Curly Bill, and, of course, the miraculous Val Kilmer’s virtuoso turn as Doc Holliday? 

Kevin Costner and “Boring Tombstone” catch plenty of strays as we praise this film’s costumes (no, seriously), the screenplay’s avoidance of clever subtext, it’s sort-of-a-scientology audit meet-cute scene between Wyatt and his eventual wife Josie, and so much more. 

Also, we loved this so much that we had to do this episode as a two-parter!  

Sources used in the episode include…

Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell

By Tom Clavin

The Last Gunfight : The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral—and How it Changed the American West

By Jeff Guinn

Lady at the O.K. Corral : The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp

by Ann Kirschner

Ride the Devil's Herd : Wyatt Earp's Epic Battle Against the West's Biggest Outlaw Gang

By John Boessenecker

The Making of Tombstone by John Farkis, and a note on John Farkis who is life goals - his bio: “Retired automotive executive John Farkis, is an historian and lifelong fan of the cinema.” He’s basically like, I am a fan of this movie and I am going to write a book and he DID. 

Also a podcast that I would recommend highly, It was a Shit Show, which did an episode about the behind of the scenes of this film, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCN_JF1kN-g 

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