| | | A Lawrence Kasdan Film.
Features: DVD
Kevin Costner plays the most famous lawman ever to stride the Wild West. In a gritty, complex portrayal hailed as a "classic American performance" (Bob Campbell, Newhouse Newspapers), Academy Award winner Costner (Dances with Wolves, The Bodyguard) plays the man who became a myth in acclaimed director Lawrence Kasdan's (The Big Chill, Silverado) epic, action-filled saga. Gene Hackman, an Oscar winner for Unforgiven, as Wyatt's iron-willed father, and Dennis Quaid (The Big Easy, The Right Stuff) as Earp's deadly best friend Doc Holliday add power to this mammoth, hard-hitting Western. From Wichita to Dodge City to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp is a thrilling journey of romance, adventure and desperate, heroic action.
"...a sprawling epic of the Old West." Bob Fenster, Arizona Republic
"A masterpiece! Romantic, heroic and passionate." Pat Collins, WWOR-TV
"...sweeping landscapes and visual splendour..." Sight and Sound Magazine
"Spectacular. Kevin Costner Is riveting. Dennis Quaid is dynamite." Susan Granger, CRN, American Movie Classics
Editor's Note
An epic (at least in length), personal telling of the life of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. This dark film traces the early development of his strong sense of family loyalty and follows his career as a marshal with his brothers and his friend Doc Holliday. Academy Award Nominations: Best Cinematography.
Plot Summary
Epic biography about legendary cowboy Wyatt Earp. The film spans Earp's life, from his youth, when blood and gore made him deeply uncomfortable, to his role in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, to his becoming a rigid, by-the-book sheriff.| Also dramatized are Earp's relationships with his brothers and their wives, and with loyal friend Doc Holliday, who is dying of tuberculosis.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 12/8/2009 |
| Original Release Date: 1994 | | Catalog ID: 74492 | | UPC: 00012569744929 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1995) | | | Owen Roizman, Nominee, Best Cinematography |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Sweeping landscapes and visual splendour..." 09/01/1994 p.53-4New York Times
"...[A film of] vast, strong ambition....[Doc Holliday is] spectacularly played by [Quaid]..." 06/24/1994 p.C1 USA Today
"...WYATT EARP is meaty enough to make you want to bone up on its legendary subject..." -- 3 out of 4 stars 06/24/1994 p.1D Los Angeles Times
"...Of all the almost numberless picture made about Earp and Tombstone, this is probably the most true to life..." 06/24/1994 p.F1 Uncut
"Quaid won huge praise for his withered, consumptive Doc Holliday..." 03/01/2005 p.65 Premiere
"[A] monumental take on the legendary gunfighter..." 06/01/2005 p.123 ReelViews 7 of 10
Wyatt Earp is visually impressive, but that's no big surprise. Any western, and certainly any would-be epic, has to boast a good cinematographer (in this case, it's Owen Roizman)...Because of its recent release, Tombstone comparisons are inevitable. The biggest advantage the late-1993 film has over this one is length (Tombstone clocks in at 2:08), but that's about it. Wyatt Earp's script is less confusing, the characters are better developed, and the acting is a notch higher. - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
Wyatt Earp plays as if they took Tombstone and pumped it full of hot air. It involves many of the same characters and much of the same story, but little of the tension and drama. It's a rambling, unfocused biography of Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner), starting when he's a kid and following his development from an awkward would-be lawyer into a slick gunslinger. This is a long journey, in a three-hour film that needs better pacing. - Roger Ebert
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