The Flick Files

EP. 6 - DIGGING THROUGH THE FILES - TOMBSTONE (1993)


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Time to jump back into the good old filing cabinet! This week we go back to last year when we had a long talk about some manly men with mustaches. This flick will make you want to put on a holster, jump on a horse and yell "I'm coming! And hell's coming with me!" Join us as we discuss "Tombstone".

Recorded: 04.03.2025

- Flick Details -

Origin: US

Release Date: December 25, 1993

Run Time: 2 Hr 10 Min

Director: George P. Cosmatos

Writer: Kevin Jarre (helped direct a little bit also)

Composer: Bruce Broughton

Cast: Kurt Russell (Wyatt Earp), Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday), Sam Elliott (Virgil Earp), Bill Paxton (Morgan Earp), Powers Boothe (Curly Bill Brocius), Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo) 

Genre: Western Epic, Biography, Drama

Rating and Why: R for violence, language, drinking

Film Location: Arizona

Budget: 25M

Box Office: 56.5M worldwide, 6.5M opening weekend (US & Canada), 56.5M gross (US & Canada) - only showed in US

Awards: Nominated for 2 MTV movie awards - best male performance and most desirable male (Val Kilmer)

Timeframe: 19th century, 1880s, 1881

Synopsis: A bunch of manly men with mustaches shoot each other in the wild west!

Tagline: “I’m your huckleberry!”

Watch On: Hulu, Peacock, Rent on Prime/Amazon

IMDb - 7.8

Letterboxd - 3.8

Rotten Tomatoes - 73% critic, 94% audience

Metacritic Metascore - 50

- Our Ratings -

Dylan: 3.9

Jesse: 4.4

Dawson: 4.4

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