

(son of the legendary Western actor), in a scene reminiscent of ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, and THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. From the opening scene, narrated by the legendary Robert Mitchum, a nod to the great Hollywood Westerns of the past is evident a gang of outlaws calling themselves 'The Cowboys' break up a Mexican wedding in a small town, ruthlessly killing nearly all the men, including village priest Pedro Armendáriz Jr. TOMBSTONE, one of two epic westerns about Wyatt Earp released within a few months of each other (1993-94) lacks the lyrical, 'warts-and-all' quality of Kevin Costner's WYATT EARP, but is a more successful film, with tighter pacing, more clearly drawn characters, and a reverence to the genre that has made it the most popular Western of the last twenty years. 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. Curly Bill: Wyatt Earp, huh? I heard of you.
