Kevin Cosner in Wyatt Earp and Kurt Russell in Tombstone
Kurt Russell's 1993 Western, Tombstone, successfully beat out the Wyatt Earp movie Kevin Costner released a year later for one big reason. Tombstone is largely praised as one of the best Westerns of the 1990s, revitalizing the genre after its release. One of the many films that came after Tombstone's wave of success was Costner's Wyatt Earp, which covered the same events of Tombstone with more historical accuracy, as many moments in Tombstone were completely made up.
Val Kilmer's Performance Clinches Tombstone's Victory Over Kevin Costner's Wyatt Earp Movie Kilmer's Version Of Doc Was More Compelling Than Dennis Quaid's In Wyatt Earp Close ✕ Remove Ads Val Kilmer's smooth and charming performance as Doc Holiday clinched the victory for Tombstone over Dennis Quaid's depiction of the same character in Costner's Wyatt Earp.
9 ✕ Remove Ads By contrast, Kilmer's version of Doc Holiday in Tombstone is much more smooth and charming, with his line delivery resulting in his character being the most quoted from the film. Kilmer's Holiday is personable and wise, but he is also unpredictable and world-weary, making his darker moments both jarring and almost tragic at times.
Those choices by Kilmer and Russell made Tombstone truly great as it demonstrated exactly why the story of these Western legends stood the test of time.
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