![]() Upon arrival they meet up with their good friend and Ally Doc Holliday and before long they've acquired a share in a thriving little saloon and card game. It opens with Earp ending his stint as a Kansas law officer and heading for Tombstone with his brothers Virgil and Morgan and their families in toe. Tombstone on the other hand, begins when Earp and his brothers move to the town named in the title and is - for the most part, a far more direct and satisfying approach. It couldn't help but feel plagued by a yawn inducing 183 minute running time and an uncharismatic turn from Costner in the lead. Although it was a fairly decent effort, offering a consuming account of the gunslinger's whole life from his humble upbringing and the death of his first wife to his renowned battles with Outlaws like the infamous shoot-out at the Ok Corral. Wyatt Earp boasted an interesting cast in Gene Hackaman, Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid with strong assistance from an excellent ensemble that included Tom Sizemore and Michael Madsen. ![]() Hot on the heels of those modern-day classics came two individual accounts of Wyatt Earp's legendary life as a lawman. The 1990s looked set to be a promising decade for the Western genre after the Oscar darlings Unforgiven and Dances with Wolves cleared up the Academy respectively in 90 and 92. Not in any language.ĭoc Holliday: Evidently Mr. Tombstone Marshal Fred White: Come on boys. Johnny Ringo: Eventus stultorum magister.ĭoc Holliday: In pace requiescat. I'm sure of it, I hate him.ĭoc Holliday: Credat Judaeus apella, non ego. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of. What do you think, darling? Should I hate him?ĭoc Holliday: Yes, but there's just something about him. ![]() The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. Johnny Ringo: And you must be Doc Holliday.ĭoc Holliday: And you must be Ringo. Wyatt Earp: Winner to the King, five hundred dollars. Law Dog, 'cause law just don't go around here. He died on November 8, 1887.Curly Bill: Wyatt Earp, huh? I heard of you. He had separated from Wyatt Earp by then because his health was failing him. John “Doc” Holiday succumbed to TB at a hotel in Glenwood, Colorado. During that time, many killings took place. Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp rode for years in the name of this feud. When Wyatt Earp’s brother, Morgan Earp, was killed, a feud began between Wyatt Earp and his brother’s killers. Doc Holliday was one of them who sustained a gunshot wound. During the gunfight, several men were killed and several were wounded. His friendship with Earp got him involved in the now famous shoot-out at the OK-Corral. In 1880, he moved to Tombstone to be near his friend Earp and fought alongside him. He traveled for a while and became friends with Wyatt Earp and some of his family members. He graduated from dental school in Philadelphia in 1872. To work through his grief, he studied long and hard. His mother had died of TB when he was fifteen and he did not want to have his life cut short like his mother had. When he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he thought he needed a different climate if he was going to live. ![]() He is less well known for having graduated from dental school and having a dental practice in Atlanta, Georgia. John Henry Holliday is best known for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his gambling and gun fighting practices in the Wild West. Doc Holliday: Facts & Information About the Wild West Gunslinger Close ![]()
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