Tombstone

Karl Hungus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwEIkXMfL1E

Damn, I just love Tombstone. Used to love it as a kid, taped it off the TV and watched it over and over. As I had been getting back into Westerns, and re-watching a lot of the films I'd seen as a kid, it's one film that I couldn't get on DVD after being out of print. Then I saw the 2 Disc Director's Cut in HMV for 7.99 and shat my pants with joy.

What a film. What a cast. Still as awesome as ever. Michael Biehn and Powers Boothe are absolutely terrific bad guys. Even some of the smaller roles have some terrific actors behind them, like Terry O'Quinn, Michael Rooker, Thomas Haden Church and Billy Bob Thornton. Terrific film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTWujsOsxNk

ziedth

i also love this film, val kilmer is just class in it. I love the stand off at the end and the look on michael behin's face when he walks out to face him off. See also the scene when VK starts twirling the cup around his fingers.

Actually, now that i think of it at the end during the voice over what is the significance of him saying some guy wept at the funeral? (i can't remember his na,e)

Karl Hungus

ziedth wrote: »

Actually, now that i think of it at the end during the voice over what is the significance of him saying some guy wept at the funeral? (i can't remember his na,e)

That'd be Tom Mix.

Magic Eight Ball

Apparently Kurt Russell directed Tombstone himself, just didn't take the credit.
There's even talk of Russell re-editing the movie and adding in the 'lost footage' for a special dvd edition.

This might interest some of you.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/93006/russell.pdf

Auvers

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Apparently Kurt Russell directed Tombstone himself, just didn't take the credit.

Thanks mate I didnt know that and I see from your link that Stallone used the same guy on Rambo 2

Mackman

Ive never seen it, i was just in the video store looking for it, alas they didnt have it so i rented Silverado instead

washiskin

One of my favourite movie shots ever is the opening shot of the town of Tombstone - pure class.

Also Sam Elliot was just amazing in it.

longshanks

great fuckin movie....

dazberry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqW5rGCwrAo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGpajGj07BU

I'm your dazhuckleberry. That's were it came from!

D.

Karl Hungus

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Apparently Kurt Russell directed Tombstone himself, just didn't take the credit.
There's even talk of Russell re-editing the movie and adding in the 'lost footage' for a special dvd edition.

This might interest some of you.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/93006/russell.pdf

That was a great read.

Neo#

Hadn't seen this in years. Just watched it again and it was excellent. Val Kilmer is excellent in it.

L31mr0d

Just seen this movie tonight actually for the first time. It really is a great Western. Val Kilmer really does steal the show. Loved his final line in the film.

I also couldn't keep count of the amount of times I said "oh look who it is..." throughout the whole movie.

Karl Hungus

L31mr0d wrote: »

I also couldn't keep count of the amount of times I said "oh look who it is..." throughout the whole movie.

Indeed, I think it's one of the best casts in any film, a lot of absolutely terrific actors.

TheDoc

Fantastic piece of cinema. One I love watching time and time again. There is no doubt Val Kilmer stole the show, and I'm a big fan of Michael Biehn and thought the confrontation between the two was tremendous.

A fantastic gritty film, joyous to watch.

Would be in my top 5 westerns of all time without a doubt, if not tethering for top.

MagicMarker

I watched this the other week for the first time in years. I was amazed to see Billy Bob Thornton, never noticed him before but then again I was very young.

Of course what gave him away was the voice! I had to check IMDB to confirm because he just doesn't look like himself.

Makaveli

Karl did you get it in HMV recently? This has always been a DVD that has eluded me.

Makaveli

Makaveli wrote: »

Karl did you get it in HMV recently? This has always been a DVD that has eluded me.

It was in Tesco a few weeks ago when the Directors Cut was released.

Karl Hungus

Makaveli wrote: »

Karl did you get it in HMV recently? This has always been a DVD that has eluded me.

Aye, just the other week. According to Amazon, this edition was released in April 2009, the previous edition had been out of print, so not only was it extremely hard to get, it was often sold expensively on ebay.

MagicMarker

I have this on VHS, that's right... oldschool.

JP Liz

I'm your huckleberry

TheDoc

I was always eyeballing this on dvd years ago.

It was always 35 euro ( similarly to carlitos way) in hmv.

I was not going to pay that outragous price for it, even in the sales it kept its high price tag.

Then one day I say it going for 4 euro and chuckled merrily as I made my way to the checkout...with carliots way at 4 euro also.

Persistance persistance

Locamon

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Apparently Kurt Russell directed Tombstone himself, just didn't take the credit.
There's even talk of Russell re-editing the movie and adding in the 'lost footage' for a special dvd edition.

This might interest some of you.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/93006/russell.pdf

Kilmer almost lost out to Defoe and Russell to Gere... how close great things come to ruination -Kilmer makes this movie and Russell is spot on.

Funnily enough it has eluded my DVD collection -price price... I think I will have to look out for those €4 copies:D

Favourite scene...
Kilmer with tin cup gun play in the saloon!?

sunzz

Kilmer and the tin cup as stated above was just sublime!