I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY!! *Tombstone* First Time Watching!

[@DosCavazos]

This one was really difficult to get up because of copyright! Sorry if there’s some skipping around in the reaction. Watch the full-length watch-a-long reaction on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/tombstone-1993-79471984

[@andrewlustfield6079]

The Cowboys really did exist--though I don't think they wore red sashes. They were one of the earliest forms of organized crime, but not the very first. Irish immigrants formed gangs much earlier, but out west---this was a very good example. There's a lot of good history in this movie, and some that isn't so good--overall it does well though--with a Hollywood ending regarding Wyatt and Doc tacked on.

[@tahnadana5435]

what the hell you edit out all the michael biehn scenes

[@trentroberdeau1462]

Wyatt, Earp and Maddie were never married…

[@williamsmith5340]

One of my favorite movies

[@nancyj795]

Fun fact: I found out Doc Holliday is a distant cousin. We share 10th great grandparents!

[@TheDarksweeney]

Val Kilmer not getting an Oscar nod for playing Doc Holiday is a travesty.

[@SmaugUKA]

It's because this movie came out after Oscar Nominations happened, and was too early in the year to be considered for the next year. Had Tombstone been eligible, it's widely agreed upon Val would have won Best Supporting Actor for his work as Doc.

[@jesses5463]

@@SmaugUKA That's a load of crap. Philadelphia was released just 2 days before Tombstone in 1993, and you know who won Best Actor for 1993? That's right, Tom Hanks in Philadelphia. Fact is Val Kilmer was not even nominated for an Oscar much less won one, and Tombstone had zero nominations. You're playing revisionist history, just like the Academy Awards plays favorites. Some movies like Tombstone stand the test of time and prove themselves to be much greater than the critics or the Academy believed at the time. Tombstone was neither a huge box office hit nor critically acclaimed so naturally it received no nominations. BTW, it certainly wasn't a travesty that Tommy Lee Jones won Best Supporting Actor that year for his work in The Fugitive.

[@SmaugUKA]

@@jesses5463 It's well known Tombstone was not eligible. Look it up for yourself.

[@randyedrozo2286]

Agree, Val Kilmer was the best Doc Holiday ever. He was a bad a** with some bad a** lines.

[@jesses5463]

@@SmaugUKA You are fake news. Tombstone came out in December of 1993 and thus was an eligible movie along with every other movie in 1993.

[@James-hx6dy]

Val kilmer should have definitely won an academy award for his performance in this movie. It was a masterpiece

[@RonnieG]

Agreed. One of the best acting performance characters.

[@toddjohnson5176]

When he played doc Holiday. Unprecedented genius. 👍🏾👍🏾🌝

[@rdramos13]

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: 1993: Gene Hackman - Unfogiven 1994: Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive This movie was released in December of 1993, so was to late to even be nominated for 1993. So he would've been eligible for a 1994 Academy Award and should've been nominated. That being said, Tommy Lee Jones was pretty good also.

[@asterix7842]

It was his role in The Fugitive that made me a Tommy Lee Jones fan.

[@James-hx6dy]

@@asterix7842 did you ever see the movie with natural Born killers, that was a huge role for Tommy Lee

[@xcmvp2007]

Every line delivery from Val Kilmer is a tiny Mona Lisa.

[@hardyharr9377]

"whyyy Johnny Ringo, you look like someone just walked all over your grave" My favorite line

[@Bob-vj2mu]

The real stars of the movie are the mustaches.

[@samuelhecocta7246]

Did anyone else notice that when doc refuses to shake hands with the local law Right before creek Johnson shoots the man who called him a cheat When the gun shot rings. Doc is the only one that doesn't react to the sound. Horses, pedestrians, even Erp ducks for cover but doc doesn't move. That's a bad man right there

[@Bob-vj2mu]

@@samuelhecocta7246 I'll have to check it out next viewing. That would be tough to do even when you know it's coming. I almost want to say it's his best work, but that Batman film was pretty world changing so I'll have to call the Doc Holiday role his 2nd best role. His role in MacGruber is a close third.

[@bigsarge8795]

Well said

[@geraldkramer267]

Doc Holiday is played by Val Kilmer, a great actor with many roles to his credit. The death scene with Doc saying "this is funny" while looking at his feet is simply recognition of his dying without his boots on, something he didn't expect. Almost every town in the west had a cemetery known as "boot hill" because most of those buried there "died with their boots on" while in a gunfight. Doc Holiday did actually die of tuberculosis in a hospital.

[@hanng1242]

If one is interested in seeing Doc Holiday's grave, it is in Linwood Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, CO. It is on a hill and about a 1/2 mile hike up. We don't know exactly where in the cemetery he is buried, but there is a memorial to him erected there.

[@deadeye4520]

Doc Holliday had a house in Fayetteville, GA. When I was in high school, the house was in a certain location close to the town square, and everyone knew about it. I don't think it's there anymore.

[@MARQUE9368]

Now from what I understand historically the term cowboy was a name given to guys whose job it was to tend to cows and horses. I think it was kinda derogatory cause blacks and maybe other nonwhites had that job but maybe certain titles had more than one origin as well

[@hanng1242]

@@MARQUE9368 I' don't think it is a pejorative. It is still used today. "Cowboy" is for cattle ranching the equivalent to "shepherd" for sheep ranching. In ranching, a herd of cattle is allowed to roam about the land (often owned by the Bureau of Land Management, which grants licenses for this) eating the whatever grass is out there. For the rancher, it means that he only needs to provide feed for the cattle during the winter. Cowboys are hired to stay with the herd as it roams and watch over the cattle to protect them from predators or thieves, as well as to keep the herd together and make sure individual cows don't wander off.

[@allenwhitmer8192]

@@MARQUE9368 The term cowboy was not originally intended to be derogatory. It was the English translation of vaquero, a Spanish term for men who tended cattle while on horseback. Later on it was understood that white men were called cowhands, and black men were called cowboys, stemming from slave days and plantations where the men, regardless of age, were called boys. In this movie, The Cowboys, or originally The Cochise County Cowboys, was nothing but a gang and they gained notoriety after killing Sheriff Wilson.

[@geraldkramer267]

The gunfight at the OK Corral is probably the most famous gunfight in western lore. It has been depicted countless times in other movies and TV shows. The OK Corral remains a major tourist attraction in Tombstone, Arizona today.

[@jamesalexander5623]

When my Brother and his Family moved to Phoenix, I visited Tombstone. I have been there now 6 times. They do a reenactment of the Gunfight at the O. K. Corral every day. It's a good show and very accurate. Each Character has a part before the Gunfight to tell their story. You can Visit the Boot Hill Cemetery and see the graves of those killed.

[@trentb3148]

Some interesting historical facts: Wyatt and Mattie weren't officially married; she was his common law wife, meaning that they presented themselves as married without ever actually taking vows. This was also the case of his marriage to Josephine. Mattie wanted to divorce Wyatt, but despite their status, Wyatt did not "believe" in divorce and denied it. She left him anyway, and they were long estranged by the time she passed away. Curly Bill's "murder" of Fred White was likely an accident. His firearm had a hair trigger, and as was presented in the film, discharged as he was handing them over. Fred White did not die for several days after he was shot, and believed it was a legitimate mistake on Curly Bill's part. And in spite of how Wyatt characterizes it in the film, Earp's testimony was actually part of the reason Curly Bill was acquitted, as he also believed it to be a legitimate mistake. Which is one reason he protected him from a lynch mob. The conversation in Latin between Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo were made up of mostly common phrases, that would commonly be taught in a Catholic school (Catholic masses at the time were said entirely in Latin). As having more than an elementary-level education was uncommon at the time, it was an interesting little detail alluding to the real Doc Holliday, who was unusual among gunslingers of the time for his level of education (he was a dentist by trade). Speaking of Holliday and Ringo, the circumstances behind Johnny Ringo's death remains unknown. The most likely explanation was that he killed himself, but alternative theories have floated around over the years. While the story of a faceoff between Holliday and Ringo is entirely apocryphal, the film does a great job at presenting the scenario in a plausible way, including the angle from which Holliday shoots and where it hits Ringo.

[@THOMMGB]

Thanks for filling in all the extra information. The one thing I noticed is that Johnny Ringo got one shot off. That makes the suicide scenario possible.

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@THOMMGB I'm not clear about your last statement but am assuming you meant to say that "it explains why a single bullet was fired and the hammer was still on that round" is what makes some people push the suicide theory ... i.e. "a single round was fired, and he had a single hole in his head, so he most likely killed himself. However, contrary to those notions, the movie depicts in a great way, not only that he got hit with an upward shot, but why an alternative theory is more plausible as to WHY he only got off 1 round, and WHY it wasn't a suicide. If you read up on it, there are accounts of him being found that exactly matches the description of the scenario we see in the movie. Update: It also explains why there are accounts of Wyatt stating that he was the one who killed Johnny Ringo ... because he was a Marshall and was covering for Doc's use of his badge to "make it legal". He knew he couldn't beat JR, and Doc, in his covert and sneaky manner, created a situation that might not look good or be taken well ... so he returned the favor (saving his life) and covered for Doc (i.e., nobody else needed to know any different).

[@houseofaction]

@@StevesFunhouse your last update doesn't make sense, doc holiday was literally legally deputized. the entire group that went along with wyatt were legally deputized nothing legal would have happened to doc

[@StevesFunhouse]

@@houseofaction Actually, I was discussing both, some things that appeared in the movie, some that didn't that I've read. Sorry about that but still, you are incorrect. Virgil DID deputize his brothers, but it isn't actually clear that he ever deputized Doc Holliday (there are debates about that fact). Even if he had, it would have been on a temporary, not permanent basis because deputies have to be paid $5/day to remain deputies, so they would only have been "legal" for brief periods and ONLY when accompanying a REAL Marshall or when performing certain tasks/assignments for him. At any rate, it makes sense to assume that Doc was no longer a deputy at the time of the gunfight because 1st, he was sick and in the hospital at the time, and because of the conversation that Doc had with Wyatt while there, when he cleverly asked him, "What's it like to wear one of those?", who in response, took off his Deputy Marshall's badge, placed it into Doc's hand and closed it. This makes it clear that he WASN'T a deputy at the time, and when he was, that they weren't issued badges because Doc was indicating that he had never worn one. Remember, at the gunfight, Doc showed the badge to Johnny Ringo and bragged that, "Now it's legal", which indicates that it would NOT be under normal circumstances.

[@chrisd7047]

Just as a fun additional fact, Doc graduated from dental school early and had to wait until he turned 21 to start practicing. Doc was also baptized Presbyterian, so likely learned his Latin in school rather than at mass. Either way, not only was he unusually educated for a gambler/gunslinger, he was, from the looks of it, extraordinarily intelligent.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

This film is based on historical events. In fact the dialogue at the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was nearly word for word accurate

[@hardyharr9377]

One of the things that isnt real in the movie is Johnny Ringo's story, Doc never had a gun fight with him, in fact, they never even met...Ringo was in and out of jail for most of his life

[@woodysthoughts4032]

@@hardyharr9377 Ringo was found dead in a grove of trees. He was shot in the head. His death was ruled a suicide, but there is still controversy to this day over the circumstances.

[@yourdashingheroidol7909]

Well, sure it depicted slices of history, but this was a stylized Hollywood western, not a bio-pic! They took some HUGE liberties and fictionalized within a historical template in order to make a great film, using a STACKED ensemble cast!

[@hardyharr9377]

@nicksterj I do know ringo was in and out of jail all the time and I think he did die a shitty death...dont quote me on that

[@biggt0820]

Yes, but if i remember correctly Doc Holliday was in a different state at the time, going thru a legal matter that involved a court appearance. ​@@woodysthoughts4032

[@icarus7217]

One of the best westerns made, Val Kilmer killed it as Doc Holiday !👍

[@FlickFreaks]

If you enjoyed this Val Kilmer movie, you might like another film he is in that is also based on an unbelievable yet true story called “The Ghost & The Darkness”.

[@RobynHoodeofSherwood]

Really tough getting anyone to react to this movie. To date, only 2 channels have done it. Everybody seems to want to do the same movies.

[@buckmeredith1720]

I agree,” The Ghost and The Darkness “, is a great movie.

[@rickyflinchum2909]

I love the movie the ghost and the darkness. Great historical movie. The true story of the ghost and the darkness is even more interesting than the movie.

[@auslandermercury972]

Such a good movie.

[@lucasrome2301]

Fantastic film. Both Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer kill it

[@TheBlond49]

Val Kilmer's performance as Doc Holliday was fantastic, dare I say his best.

[@johncasamassa2840]

Soldier is a very underappreciated Kurt Russell movie that you should absolutely react to!

[@anthonydean1743]

I loved the movie. Looking back I kinda feel like it might have been inspiration for the Halo games.

[@ericmaddox8516]

Kurt's son Wyatt (USAgent) is in that movie.

[@DarkParn]

@@anthonydean1743 There's also a Bladerunner reference when it show's the Soldier's battle history.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I would WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your comment. "Soldier" is woefully neglected.

[@evansutcliffe1099]

​@@DarkParn i thought soldier and blade runner share the same universe? could be mistaken though

[@ck_idgaf1680]

This is one of the best westerns ever made. And it is one of the most accurate. And you are right, the whole cast was spectacular. One of my all time favs. 👍👍👍

[@joshscott6914]

Except for Doc's triple shotgun blast. 😛

[@yourdashingheroidol7909]

Dude, ......one of the most accurate? I agree that this novie was amazing, but to say that this was very accurate is literally the definition of talking out of your ass! The characters were real ppl and there was indeed a gunfight at the O.K Corral, which the film depicted. Aside from that, this is stylized fiction w/a historical backdrop!

[@t0dd000]

I would put this in the top twenty western list.

[@jduncanandroid]

A truly legendary cast... Val Kilmer and Michael Biehn (a few years removed from The Terminator and Aliens) absolutely stole the screen, but Kurt Russell, Bill Paxton, and Sam Elliott were also excellent as the Earp brothers... Billy Bob Thornton in an early role is a treat, as was Billy Zane in here, before Titanic. Michael Rooker had a solid part in this, long before he had his more iconic characters in Guardians of the Galaxy and The Walking Dead, as did Thomas Haden Church, before anyone knew his name... also toss in Jason Priestley (90210) and Dana Delaney (China Beach at the time, and later Desperate Housewives), who were actually kinda hot commodities at the time and a cameo from Charlton Heston, and holy crap, what a cast

[@robertmohl171]

And Ed Bailey, the man Doc stabbed in his first scene, was played by none other than the great Sylvester Stallone's brother... Frank Stallone.

[@jesses5463]

Most people who saw this in the 90s recognized Thomas Haden Church for his work on the popular 90s sitcom "Wings". BTW, I just discovered that Mayor John Clum was played by Terry O'Quinn who won an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor for his work on the popular tv show Lost. BTW, Mayor John Clum was one of the notable people to attend Wyatt Earp's funeral.

[@jduncanandroid]

@@jesses5463 - gawd, I'd totally forgotten about Wings, and didn't recall he was in it until I pulled up some screenshots lol

[@jesses5463]

@@jduncanandroid Yeah, it's very easy to forget now, but back then everyone recognized him from that show.

[@3Rayfire]

@@jesses5463 I was about to say, he was in the middle of his run as the lovable simple mechanic on Wings, which ALSO had Tony Shalhoub. I always remembered that was where they started,

[@waterbeauty85]

I have a great fondness for the comedy "Captain Ron" (992) starring Kurt Russell. I use his line "Motivation's important! Learned that in rehab." whenever I work with students.

[@epotty21]

Kurt Russell really directed Tombstone. A lot of behind the scenes videos mention this. It was Kurt's passion movie. If you like the western genre I recommend BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, LITTLE BIG MAN, DANCES WITH WOLVES and the series DEADWOOD

[@TheGodfather-bm3ow]

Docs best line in this movie was when they asked him why he was helping Wyatt take out the cowboys ... " He's my friend." To which they reply , " He'll, I have lots of friends ." And Doc says , " I dont." Chokes me up everytime.

[@mikesied]

That's a good one. But The stand out has to be "I'm your Huckleberry. That's just my game"

[@sheldondyck8631]

“Nonsense, I’ve not yet begun to defile myself” is probably my favourite Doc Holliday line.

[@kacamatakk]

"I have two guns, one for each of ya. "

[@3Rayfire]

"Wyatt Earp is my Friend" it is by far the most serious line he says in the whole movie. No Snark, No Joviality. My Favorite line however is the Ringo Speech which is also delivered in a deathly serious manner, _"People like Ringo got a great big hole right through the middle of 'em. They can never kill enough, or steal enough, or...inflict enough pain...to ever fill it."_ _"What's he after Doc?" _ _"Revenge."_ _"For _*_what?"_* _"......being born." __ The reason Doc hated him really was because he reminded him of himself. Doc understood Ringo intimately...because Ringo is Doc if he never had any love or friendship...or hope.

[@STNeish]

Actually, Wyatt and Mattie weren't married, though they might have been considered common-law. Wyatt did have a wife some years before, but she died (I think it was cholera), and he went on kind of a bad turn, doing some pretty terrible things before settling down some. He's depicted here being somewhat more heroic than he was in reality, I'm not certain he left Mattie before she died or not.

[@chriswhinery925]

Actually one of the things I like about this movie is that Wyatt isn't portrayed as being all that heroic. He doesn't give a crap about the Cowboys until his brothers get involved... his loyalty to them is the only reason he confronted them at the OK Corral. And then his crusade against them at the end is driven by straight vengeance for the killing of his brother. He's maybe portrayed a little better than he was in real life and the Cowboys somewhat worse than they were in real life but he's a pretty gray anti-hero figure in this movie.

[@STNeish]

@@chriswhinery925 I don't disagree, I'm just saying he wasn't quite as heroic as he's shown in this film. He was actually a bit of a bad egg.

[@houseofaction]

the only thing he did was steal some horses

[@houseofaction]

@@chriswhinery925 nah if you research the cowboys the movie doesn't make them out to be as bad as they really were

[@donpietruk1517]

In real life Wyatt was a lot more in the grey area than portrayed in this movie. He was actually more of a professional gambler than a law man most of his life. Although like many gun fighters of that time he moved between law enforcement and criminal activities. While in Tombstone the Earp's not only controlled gambling but prostitution and eventually the theatres. So the conflict between them and the Cowboys was as much a territorial gang war as it was law enforcement. In actuality the gunfight at the Corral tarnished Wyatt's reputation in town and eventually is the reason he leaves.

[@lilrayreactionz2007]

Kurtt Russel also took over directing this movie after the original director quit half way through the movie. One of his and Val Kilmer best performances of all times!

[@cliffbruner4281]

No he didn't direct and Kevin didn't quit, he was fired. Michael has since clarified old wives tales like this in interviews.

[@Bruce-Wayne79]

" There's no normal life, there's Just life now get on with it Wyatt. " - Doc Holliday

[@RobertH-ol6mw]

Val Kilmer should have an OSCAR for this. Not very accurate but the one where Wyatt went into the stream was very much a real event, killing Curly Bill. He somehow faced down a hail of bullets and not a scratch. When the scene comes on where rando says "I've got lots of friends" and Doc says "I don't", gets me in my heart. Their relationship was a special friendship in reality, and mystified Wyatt's people.

[@gazoontight]

That's not a rando - that's John "Turkey Creek Jack" Johnson - he was a real person, and he really did ride with Wyatt against The Cowboys.

[@keithmays8076]

Wyatt was the luckiest gunman ever. Both him and Curly had double barrel 12gauges loaded with triple aught buckshot (basically a fist-full of .32s firing at the same time), and they were 50feet from each other before Wyatt let loose both barrels. Anything at that range became ground chuck. And when he tried to ride away, his gun belt slid down his legs hobbling him around his knees. So all the while this is happening, Curly's boys kept on shooting at him. Finally, after getting his belt up, Wyatt rides back to his buddies and that's where he found his coat shredded on both sides from triple aught buck and .45s, three holes through his pants, his saddle horn sheared off, the heel of one of his boots shot off, five through the crown of his hat, and three through the brim. His guardian angel was working overtime that day.

[@Contherage]

Not sure of what all westerns you've watched, but Support Your Local Sheriff is a pretty good one. It's a comedy with James Garner. I, myself, don't watch too many western films, but I usually do at least enjoy the ones that I watch. This one, Tombstone, is one that I enjoy a lot.

[@Rzo139]

"He stuck his finger at the end of your what?!"

[@jakewaters1546]

Lonesome Dove... That's it... That's all you need to know about the greatest Western Novel ever written!!!

[@drsavage3262]

If "This" is your introduction into westerns then you found an absolute classic to dip your toes into. I'm so glad you're starting with Tombstone. This movie is on my Mount Rushmore of favorite films!

[@paulcurlin2789]

Glad you are watching this ♥ Tombstone is in my top three favorite Westerns and has some of the most fearsome moustaches tamed for use in a motion picture 🙂

[@testfire3000]

Absolutely Ferocious!

[@JusBidniss]

At the end, when the narrator says Wyatt went to Hollywood and made friends with those early Western screen legends, one such actor not named here was a young fellow named Marion Robert Morrison. Years later, after becoming famous, he said in an interview that he adopted his distinctive manner of walking and talking in Westerns by imitating Wyatt. Tha actor's screen name? John Wayne.

[@wil_z9006]

Awesome movie! Kurt Russell played an amazing role here. You should check out Escape from New York and Stargate are a couple of his other great roles.

[@AregPone]

Soldier.

[@mikesied]

Vanilla Sky

[@vampyre_with_a_suntan]

"Unforgiven" starring Clint Eastwood is pretty much a must after this one.

[@Thepirireis]

An epic western!

[@scottdarden3091]

Outlaw Josie Wells

[@phillipribbink6903]

If you want Western Book recommendations, I highly recommend Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. It was later made into a mini-series starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall as the two main characters. In my opinion it's not only a great Western, but also an epic and probably the greatest story of friendship ever written.

[@DosCavazos]

Lonesome Dove is on my list!! 😁 -Kacee

[@jimmymcgill2772]

​@@DosCavazos you guys should react to the mini series as well. It's 4 parts so it's basically one long movie but it's soooo good. I watched before I read the book. Read the book once but I've lost count of how many times I've seen the movie. Comanche Moon is also great. Prequel to Lonesome Dove. Never read the book but the movie has Val Kilmer as well and it's pretty great.

[@woodysthoughts4032]

The movie, "Hud" (starring Steve McQueen) was also based on a book by McMurtry, as was "The Last Picture Show," "Terms of Endearment," and "Streets of Laredo." McMurtry was also screenwriter for "Brokeback Mountain," although he did not write the book that movie was based on.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Robert Duvals Augustus McRae, in Lonesome Dove, is my favorite character in cinema ever, so many memorable quotes and one-liners from him in that movie that I've stolen and used over the years. 😊

[@ademozkum2716]

Lonesome Dove also won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. It's in my top 10 favorite books. The mini-series has a star-studded cast and is terrific as well.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Tombstone! So I'm guessing Anthony had already seen Tombstone and doesn't want to react-spoil? Great film to react to!

[@shainewhite2781]

ONE OF MY FAVORITE WESTERNS OF ALL TIME! It has an outstanding cast: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Dana Delaney, Bill Paxton, Jon Tenney, Billy Bob Thornton, Powers Boothe, Robert Burke, Sam Elliott, Stephen Lang, Joanna Pacula, Jason Priestley, Michael Rooker, Billy Zane, And Charlton Heston. Narrated by Robert Mitchum.

[@hardyharr9377]

Same here, I watch this movie at least twice a year...and I do research on the movie and what really happened...

[@skywalker9379]

Facts i really love this movie so much my favorite western movie.

[@mickaleneduczech8373]

A little trivia: When a prospector told people he was going out into the desert (and Apache country) to look for minerals, he was told the only thing he'd find was his tombstone. So when he discovered a vein of silver, he named it the Tombstone Mine.

[@LeeCarlson]

Doc Holliday struggled with what they called "Consumption," and what we know today as Tuberculosis.

[@titaneyes1]

Tidbit of history... Wyatt Earp and his brothers grew up in Pella Iowa...not far from (Belle Plains, Iowa) where Tom and Frank McLaury grew up. The McLaury brothers were the bad guys killed at OK Coral by the Earps. And years later, Wyatt became a technical advisor in Hollywood for Western movies. One of the young upcoming cowboy movie stars, Marion Morrison.. would often have lunch with Wyatt... probably to discuss Iowa. See, Marion Morrison, also known as John Wayne, was born in Winterset, Iowa (about ninety miles from Earp's home in Pella).

[@randeecarreno4289]

Great reaction! 😊 RIP always to Bill Paxton, who played Wyatt's brother Morgan! This is one of my all-time favorite Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer movies. Both killed it as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday. And I love Sam Elliott as Wyatt's brother Virgil. If you want to see another great movie about the story about Wyatt Earp I very highly recommend the 1994 Kevin Costner movie "Wyatt Earp". That also has a great cast in it as well. Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊

[@thebkg]

Surprisingly this movie is more accurate than Costner's Wyatt Earp.

[@khaleesimandy74]

I'm so glad you're watching this. This and Young Guns 1&2 are my favorites

[@hardyharr9377]

you and I are the same

[@khaleesimandy74]

@@hardyharr9377 I can watch them 3 all day.

[@stevensauer8539]

For a couple of fun westerns I recommend Silverado and Quigley Down Under. Both are serious when they need to be, but still lots of fun.

[@Raixor]

*Quick answer to your question: The phrase is, "No holds barred". "Holds" as in wrestling holds, and "barred", as in prohibited, forbidden, etc.* *Historians say, this movie is the most accurate to the events depicted here. Except for the location of the OK Corral shootout ("six doors west of the O.K. Corral's rear"), and Johnny Ringo's actual cause of death.*

[@hardyharr9377]

Also, Ringo and Doc never met, if they did it was in passing. Ringo died of an apparent suicide

[@Raixor]

@@hardyharr9377 Oh, snap. I never knew that. I knew about Ringo's suicide, though.

[@hardyharr9377]

@@Raixor Ringo was in and out of jail his entire adult life, he would escape to various states, but would ultimately get caught here and there

[@hanng1242]

If you want more Val Kilmer in a good movie with an ensemble cast, check out "Heat" directed by Michael Mann. Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are the two leads, but Kilmer also has a pretty big role. As for Westerns, I think they fit into two broad categories: classic and subversive. "Tombstone" is an example of a classic Western in that there is a good guy protagonist and a bad guy antagonist, and, ultimately, there isn't a lot of moral ambiguity. Any Western starring John Wayne fits into this category; of these, I recommend "The Searchers." Similarly, you might want to check out "The Magnificent Seven" - a remake of the Kurosawa film "The Seven Samurai." The subversive Western is all about moral ambiguity in which the protagonist is sort of an anti-hero. This is the Clint Eastwood type of Western. In another Kurosawa remake (of "Yojimbo"), see "A Fistful of Dollars" directed by Sergio Leone and starring Eastwood (it was then remade again as "Last Man Standing" starring Bruce Willis). My favorite of Leone's Westerns is "Once Upon a Time in the West" starring Charles Bronson as well as Henry Fonda playing against type. I think the subversive Western is more appealing to contemporary audiences than the classic, and the best modern example of these films is "Unforgiven" which Eastwood directed and in which he starred. Interestingly, these two approaches to Westerns resulted in a sort of rift between Wayne and Eastwood. The latter was a fan of the former, and went to introduce himself to Wayne after getting some films under his belt, but John Wayne chastised Eastwood for "ruining" Westerns by subverting the tropes. Another film worth checking out that isn't technically a Western, but it feels like one, is "Legends of the Fall" starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Julia Ormand.

[@THOMMGB]

For another western, I'd strongly recommend Open Range. Also, it appears that Kurt Russell directed most of this movie. Going by memory here, but there were director troubles and there was a very real possibility the movie would be shut down. And maybe not start up again. So, to keep things moving, Kurt started directing. Every morning, he and Val Kilmer would put together a shot list and plan the days shooting schedule. Anyway, something like that.

[@thebkg]

I found Open Range quite boring until the end. I'd say Silverado or The Outlaw Josey Wales.

[@KrazyKat007]

So I know everyone in these comments is going to tell you that you got to watch “Unforgiven” immediately. And yes “Unforgiven” is a brilliant film. But the only reason everyone is going to tell you that you got to watch “Unforgiven” is because the that and “Tombstone” are the only two westerns reaction channels go to, thus the only westerns commenters can think to recommend. It’s become like a snake eating it’s own tail. But I would seriously advise you to hold off on “Unforgiven”, at least for now. And the reason why is (without spoiling anything) I’ll say “Unforgiven” very much has a meta quality to it, that’s essentially lost on you if you’re not familiar with the genre and it’s tropes. “Unforgiven” is a western Clint Eastwood made much later in his life, and it’s the last western he made. Eastwood actually bought the script back in the 70s and purposely sat on it for over a decade, waiting for the right time to make it. There are many classic westerns gong back decades. And honestly you’d be better off watching the westerns that made Clint Eastwood famous before watching “Unforgiven” I’m recommending this list of classic westerns that I hope you consider before you get to “Unforgiven” “The Searchers” (1956) “The Wild Bunch” (1969) “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962) “Once Upon A Time in the West” (1968) “Young Guns” (1988) and “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964) Dollars was the film made Clint Eastwood a star. And it’s the first film in what would become known as The Man With No Name Trilogy, which concluded with “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” which is one of the most iconic westerns of all time.

[@j.r.4769]

Doc Holliday was literally on borrowed time for alot of his life. He was the definition of a gangster. He always thought he was going to die in the street in a gunfight and tried to go out like that for many years. Great movie. Great reaction. Surprisingly enough, this movie is fairly accurate.

[@johnnytable844]

I'd suggest Deadwood to continue with the western theme. The best Western show of all time. One of the best shows of all time, period.

[@michaelcassidy2097]

I second Deadwood.

[@jimmymcgill2772]

Deadwood is amazing but I feel like the dialogue alone would make it a nightmare to edit for KZbin. Lol. Way too many f-bombs and c*cksuckers.

[@incrediblegary3307]

Overboard is a classic

[@anyname7878]

I love how you didn't recognize Val Kilmer!! Great reaction besides that.

[@Thepirireis]

Or Billy Bob Thornton as the gambler Johnny Tyler.

[@lonnieeastin6401]

I think Maddie was what they called a "Common Law Wife" of Wyatt. She gets introduced as his wife because they've been together so long, but they never did the ceremony to make it official.

[@richardpedrazine731]

Congratulations Jay and Amber on your 2 year anniversary!! You have been such an inspiration to me and all of us, I'm sure! I simply love your reactions!

[@spartacusx9349]

Westerns will always have a special place in my heart. One of my favorite movies has to be unforgiven. Or 3:10 to Yuma.

[@sherigrow6480]

Yes, both the original and recent remake are worth seeing

[@RustinChole]

“I found him a loyal friend and good company. He was a dentist whom necessity made a gambler; a gentleman whom disease had made a vagabond; a philosopher whom life had made a caustic wit; a long lean blonde fellow nearly dead with consumption, and at the same time the most skillful gambler, and the nerviest, speediest, deadliest man with a six gun I ever knew.” -Wyatt Earp speaking of Doc Holiday

[@ppjkb8]

The Searchers. John Ford masterpiece. Starring The Duke and Natalie Wood. Everyone should watch this movie!

[@ericmaddox8516]

Also starred pre-Star Trek Jeffrey Hunter.

[@JusBidniss]

Many reactors have commented about Wyatt's apparent unfaithfulness against Mattie with Josephine. Although historical accounts vary on some of the details, it seems Mattie was Wyatt's common-law wife for 6 years, until opiod addiction and her move to San Francisco ended their relationship. Josephine then became Wyatt's common-law wife for some 47 years. Both women had worked as prostitutes, and neither had an official marriage with Wyatt, whose only wedding ceremony was with his first wife Urilla, 11 years before these events in 1870, married for less than a year, when she died either from typhus or during childbirth. But as to whether Josephine wrecked Wyatt and Josephine's marriage? Likely it was the laudanum more than the 'lady Satan' that accomplished that, though Josie was seemingly not above such shenanigans, having broken up Johnny Behan's marriage 7 years earlier at the age of 14 while working in Prescott as a 'courtesan', then going on to become his common-law wife until the Earps and the Clantons had their run-in behind a certain corral. She went back and forth between being a performer and a prostitute in those early years almost as often as she went back and forth between San Francisco and Arizona Territory. She indeed had been an actress and singer with a company out of San Francisco, but her father, a German immigrant, was almost certainly a penniless baker instead of a rich one. The narration at the end, while true, did leave out some interesting facts. Wyatt did die in 1929, at the age of 80, after the couple had won and lost vast fortunes (often lost to Josie's gambling). Wyatt succumbed to a UTI during one of their thin financial periods, unable to afford the medications available at the time. Penicillin was discovered in 1928, but did not see widespread use as an antibiotic until 1941. Antibiotics before penicillin were primarily sulfa drugs, first used widely in the 1930s, but short-lived due to eventual bacterial resistance. In the 1920s, treatments consisted of herbal remedies, poultices, bloodletting and leeches, opiods, bed rest, etc. So if Wyatt had gotten his bladder infection a few years later, sulfa preparations may have saved him from it. But really, 80 was a nearly unheard-of long life at the time.

[@paulsmith3806]

I agree that this is one of Kurt Russell's best roles. However, you really need to check out the cult classic "Escape From New York" in his iconic role as Snake Plissken as well as his portrayal of the coach Herb Brooks of the famous U.S. Olympic Men's Hockey Team from the movie "Miracle" which is the story of their historic upset of the Soviet Union's men hockey's team.

[@professionalvampire1]

Three of my friends in college and I had this movie memorized back in the day. We had weekly screenings of it in our dorm rooms - that's how obsessed we were. 30 years later, I can still quote most of it. It's THAT good!

[@lldrax2]

John Carpenter and Kurt Russell? Try Escape From New York. As for westerns, I recommend Silverado, Quigley Down Under, and The Man From Snowy River.

[@AregPone]

You should watch Soldier. Another great(and highly underrated) Kurt Russell movie.

[@arodz21]

Notable cameos in this movie: The card player Doc stabs in the beginning is Frank Stallone. The Faro dealer that Wyatt throws out of the saloon is Billy Bob Thornton. The last man shot at the OK Corral was Wyatt Earp III, a descendant of Wyatt Earp. And in case you didn't recognize him, Ike Clanton is played by Stephen Lang (Don't Breath, Avatar). Personal note: The line: "You called down the Thunder well now you've got it", is one my favorite line reads of all time.

[@robhoskins8871]

Johnny Ringo actor (Michael Biehn) was also Kyle Reese in "Terminator".

[@aspelund76]

It's hard to do a reaction by yourself, but you did it rather well. I must have seen thus movie 10 timed, but since I had it in VHS. Fun watching a good movie you haven't seen in years.

[@davegnarlsson4344]

Wyatt's lady left him early on. She was a horrible addict. The events here are condensed. The actual gunfights took place over 18 months or more.

[@randycooper3428]

Tombstone and Unforgiven are my favorite 2 westerns of all-time. Both are must watch if you haven't seen them .

[@pjm582009]

And magnificent 7, new and old also make my list.

[@damonbryan7232]

Now you understand. When Michael Bean was in the mandolorian. Scene with the showdown. Everyone was wishing Mando said "I'm your huckleberry". That would have been epic.

[@przemysawpawlinski5536]

Michael Biehn (NOT Bean) actually.

[@joelhenry5489]

Doc is played by Val Kilmer. Since you're on a oldies movie vibe, you should check him out in Willow.

[@jmanganella123]

I just got back from Tombstone, I go there often. Lots of misleading things in the film like the cowboys never wore red sashes, that's a Hollywood thing. Doc didn't kill Johnny Ringo, they claimed it was suicide or possibly killed by buckskin Frank Leslie. The gunfight only lasted 30 seconds. Wyatt was actually sitting in the bar watching Morgan play pool when he was shot, one bullet went over Wyatts head. Anyway it's a fascinating story, and well worth visiting Tombstone. Great reaction darlin....

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

Tombstone might be the last great western. As for recommendations, "The Good, the Bad and Ugly" has held up surprisingly well for being as old as it is. It's 55 years old but feels fresh. The other two Man Without a Name movies are pretty good too. Additionally, the Outlaw Josie Wales is a personal favorite of mine.

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

Also Unforgiven is a good western movie.

[@marcw6875]

They might not be Tombstone level, but I greatly enjoyed the remakes of 3 : 10 to Yuma and True Grit.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

Notice how when the gun shot goes off doc is the only one who doesn’t flinch

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Loved your reaction, very insightful, yea Val not winning the academy for this portrayal was crap. Heard you say watching this you did the Thing and Big Trouble will l forward to watching those later tonight. Love how you did not forget the wife and hope'd he would do right by her before moving on. Good stuff :)

[@MissJojo7682]

My husband really got me into John Wayne movies. My 3 favorites are McLintock, Cahill, and The Shootist.

[@waterbeauty85]

Because it's good but under appreciated, I recommend "Boe Tomahawk" (2015). It's been called a horror western, but is more of a suspense drama western with some strong horror elements. It has great characters and dialogue that gets you emotionally invested in them and a growing sense of creepiness and dread as they track down their objective leading to some very intense violence.

[@tonyyul703]

It's not called Bo Tomahawk..... It BONE TOMAHAWK

[@BlueShadow777]

Come on! It’s a HORROR!

[@Rzo139]

@@BlueShadow777 Agreed. Even Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger) LOVES the movie and has been quoted numerous times saying it is one of the scariest movies he's ever seen.

[@G0Chiefs]

A bit of a different western but one of my all-time favorites is The White Buffalo with Charles Bronson. I just love the dialogue and the way all the characters talk.

[@Farmer_Dave]

As far as western books go I recommend anything by Louis Lamor. John Wayne's portfolio is extensive With titles like Rio Lobo, Eldorado, Big Jake and of course a western comedy McClintock McClintock missed the copyright deadline and is free to the public without any copyright trouble. It stars John Wayne his oldest son Patrick Wayne and his youngest daughter I forget her name. Also there is the 2010 remake "True Grit" it is amazing. And the Yellowstone Prequel 1883 is perfection.

[@Falcun21]

Louis L'Amour, the greatest Western writer. The man lived a legendary life. Cowboy, boxer, sailor, he was a rough, tough man of the OLD breed and he actually went to the locations he wrote about to verify that all the landmarks were exact, even talking to old timers to make sure everything was as accurate as possible.

[@TheCesarin1979]

I’m glad you’ve looked this western masterpiece, something funny I’ve just rewatched and came to your channel to see your reaction…one of my favorite westerns cheers

[@jimtatro6550]

Check out The Outlaw Josey Wales, it’s a incredible western starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. It’s a great movie

[@georgeplimpton9429]

Kirt Russell was also the uncredited director of this movie. There's some YT videos about how he had to take over when the actual director couldn't handle it. And Wyatt and Maddie were not married. She was someone who was clinging to him thinking she was his wife, even used his last name, but they weren't married.

[@tduffy5]

The shots of the Four Horsemen, riding into the breach, are epic!

[@mikefetterman6782]

Val Kilmer was on a roll at the time, the ICEMAN in Top Gun, Jim Morrison in THE DOORS, and the lead in THUNDERHEART all within months of each other, and then this came out right in that mix. Clearly one of Americas best actors of the past 40 years.

[@PhenomProductions23]

Also he was Batman after Michael Keaton and before George Clooney.

[@kirkcasteel7070]

Fun fact that one of Wyatt Earp's nephews was a producer on the movie. Also the fact Kurt was also the actual director for the movie. And that river scene is based on an actual incident. The scene with Val at the end is an ironic one because doc holiday had stated that the only way he would die is with his boots on. So the line of how it was funny when he died at the sanitarium without his boots on.

[@ricmotta2495]

Young Guns, Outlaw Josey Whales, Tombstone, 3:10 to Yuma in no particular order and oddly Maverick mood dependent, are my favorites.

[@JoeMama410]

My personal recommendations for Western movies are (and I recommend watching them in release order) High Noon The Magnificent Seven The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Good the Bad and the Ugly True Grit Unforgiven Open Range (my favorite) Others will have plenty of other great recommendations too.

[@ac7268]

Wyatt Earp: “Sunabitch must pay!” Oh wait. Wrong Kurt Russell movie. 😂

[@toddjohnson5176]

Your reaction was phenomenal. This cast is unprecedented and unreplacabe. It would be hard to give one actor or actress a academy award after these performances. Thank you so much for this. You are amazing. 👍🏾👍🏾🌝

[@patrickcrippen880]

I'm glad ur interested in westerns, and don't ever complain about reactions, but this edit KILLED me 😂 LOL. Wow almost every great line and scene cut in the edit... appreciate ur time though.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

The gunfight in the river actually took place. That wasn't made up just for the film. One of my favorite westerns. As we say here in Texas; Y'all be safe.

[@DeathswingKettlebell]

I grew up in Colton CA. Wyatt's brother who got assassinated is buried there because their parents lived there. Originally buried in an old creepy graveyard off of ague mansa. Then moved to hermosa cemetery. The colton library museum has some guns from the OK gunfight.

[@erivera700]

All parties did a phenomenal job. RIP Bill Paxton. One of his best roles.

[@johnfrilando2662]

It's really nice watching this with a book lover. I've seen about 20 reactions to Tombstone and yours was very refreshing.

[@George-kv6gm]

For old Western novels, I'd recommend Zane Grey. His most famous book was Riders of the Purple Sage. The first of his books that I read was Lone Star Ranger. It describes a young man who started out moving towards the wrong side of the law, and then later became a lawman himself. Zane Grey's landscape descriptions are plentiful, and spectacular. You might really enjoy them. Thanks for the Tombstone reaction!

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

My favorite movie friends of all time...Sam and Frodo, Andy and Red, and Doc and Wyatt.

[@K1NG0FW0LV35]

Im sure youve learned all of this by now but I love the historically accurate elements of this movie! Doc's line "you're a daisy if you do" was actually said by him. Wyatt really did march down the river dodging gunfire and singlehandedly dispatched them... It was said by one of the surviving cowboys that he nearly cut curly bill in half with those shotgun blasts. The most miraculous thing was that Wyatt's coat was covered in holes but he himself was unscathed. The story was probably exaggerated over time as it was passed from person to person. Doc's last line "that's funny" was overheard by one of the nurses tending to him... Doc had always thought he'd die with boots on his feet.

[@mikeduplessis8069]

The last time I was in Tombstone AZ they had a shoot-out in the middle of the preserved main street for the benefit of the tourists. I don't know if they still do it.

[@truththruthespirit2659]

John Wayne knew Wyatt Earp when he was a young man helping out on the movie sets. Wayne said his trademark walk was patterned after Wyatt.

[@SolidSnake8295]

She spent half the reaction talking about the dope fiend wife. 🤣

[@boyd0324]

The ambush scenes in real life were months apart. This is what started the famous Vendetta ride afterwards.

[@kevinrodriguez5288]

"hell's commin with me" like he was the fourth horsemen of apocalypse. A great line

[@OcotilloTom]

One of my favorites. I had an ancestor that killed the last Earp in Arizona in a gun fight on July 6th 1900 in Wilcox, Arizona. Warren Earp was the youngest of the Earp brothers. He did not take part in the gunfight in Tombstone but did take part in the Vendetta ride. El Mirage, Arizona

[@cuerpo869]

If you haven't seen them here are several good westerns: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), with Clint Eastwood...The Gunfighter (1950) with Gregory Peck as Johnny Ringo..and The Fastest Gun Alive (1956 ) with Glenn Ford.

[@VendettaProduction01]

Fun fact: doc was a dentist named John Henry Holliday. And his last words were “this is funny” after asking for a shot of whiskey.

[@woodysthoughts4032]

Doc Holliday once had a dentist office on the same street corner where the tallest skyscraper in Dallas, Texas now sits. This was before he went to Dodge City.

[@Biorythym]

It wasn't confirmed till years later, but Kurt Russell was also the director

[@Minion_of_Cthulhu]

Great reaction! It's nice to see some reactions to western films since it's a bit of an overlooked genre at the moment. Some other films you might want to check out are: Maverick (1994) with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster would be a fun western to react to. It's based on the old Maverick TV series from the late 1950s and early 1960s. The series was more serious, but the film is adds quite a lot of humor. I think I previously recommended The Dollars Trilogy with Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly), but just in case I didn't I'm doing I'm recommending it now. They're classics of the Spaghetti Western film era. Eastwood's other must-watch western is Unforgiven (1992), which he directed and starred in. It's a deconstruction of the classic western film. Instead of mythologizing gunfighters as heros it looks at what a successful outlaw and gunfighter (i.e., one who lived) might be like later in life. The Quick and the Dead (1995) brings together Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio in one of his early roles. Another western related film you might enjoy is True Grit. I haven't seen the original with John Wayne, but the 2010 remake with Jeff Bridges was quite good. However, it's really only a "western" because it takes place during the period and isn't really a standard western film. Speaking of John Wayne, if you want to go back to the truly classic western films of old then you'll need to watch at least one John Wayne's movie. His breakthrough role was in 1939's Stagecoach but 1962's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1952's The Searchers, and 1972's The Shootist are often considered some of his best western films. Also, if you haven't seen the romantic comedy Overboard (1987) with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn then you should definitely add that one to the list.

[@bamageek4246]

Always great to see another western fan! and your reaction was top notch. BTW as far as books go the best western book I've ever read is Lonesome Dove, you should for sure check that out sometime.