Tombstone (George P. Cosmatos, 1993)

[Fletch F. Fletch]

I've always enjoyed this movie on a pulpy, B-movie level -- especially Val Kilmer's performance which is easily a career highlight as he steals every scene he's in. I also enjoy all the character actors running around in this movie: Powers Boothe (always liked him, so cool to see him pop up in Sin City), Michael Biehn, Stephen Lang, Sam Elliott, etc.

I ran across an interesting bit about the movie on the Hollywood Elsewhere site. Apparently, Kurt Russell did an interview with True West magazine and claims that he ghost-directed the movie!

Here's the Elsewhere blurb.

And here's (a pdf of) the actual interview.

[Polybius]

especially Val Kilmer's performance which is easily a career highlight as he steals every scene he's in.

Agreed, and I can't stand him, normally.

I love Wyatt Earp films. I would honestly put this alongside, or at least somewhere in the vicinity of, My Darling Clementine, Gunfight at the OK Corral and Hour of the Gun.

[hangthadj]

For what it's worth Val Kilmer actuially showed up and held his own alongside Robert Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as well, which shocked the hell outta me.

[flyonthewall2983]

I thought he was excellent in The Salton Sea, but honestly I think Dennis Quaid did a better Doc Holiday in Wyatt Earp.