{"id":131789,"date":"2024-06-13T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2040371"},"modified":"2024-06-13T14:00:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:00:03","slug":"how-costners-wyatt-earp-set-the-stage-for-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/how-costners-wyatt-earp-set-the-stage-for-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"How Costner\u2019s \u2018Wyatt Earp\u2019 Set the Stage for \u2018Horizon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Costner\u2019s \u201cHorizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1\u201d isn\u2019t the first time the actor took a massive risk in presenting a lavish, three-hour western during the summer movie season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thirty years ago, during the busy summer of 1994, Costner headlined Lawrence Kasdan\u2019s \u201cWyatt Earp.”<\/p>\n

Kasdan\u2019s film, which covers a lot of the same ground as George P. Cosmatos\u2019 \u201cTombstone\u201d (or Kurt Russell\u2019s \u201cTombstone,\u201d depending on whose account you believe) arrived six months in theaters after \u201cTombstone\u201d (1993).<\/p>\n

To put it mildly, the timing of the release and the comparison between the two films put Kasdan\u2019s film at a major disadvantage.<\/p>\n

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In the most expansive and thorough manner imaginable, Kasdan presents Earp\u2019s childhood with his strong, inspiring father (Gene Hackman), Earp\u2019s early marriage that ends in tragedy, then his transformation from a criminal into an infamous law enforcer, to the central figure of the gunfight at O.K. Corral.<\/p>\n

We get much more, although the film stops short of giving us Earp on his deathbed.<\/p>\n

To cut to the point: I\u2019m a fan of this movie, which has wonderful moments, but sitting through the three hour and 11-minute running time is like binge-watching a series that is sometimes rewarding, sometimes frustrating.<\/p>\n

\u201cWyatt Earp\u201d deserves to be rediscovered and is far better than its reputation, though the quicker on its feet \u201cTombstone\u201d is, without a doubt, the stronger and more focused of the two. Kurt Russell as Earp and Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday remain iconic figures in western cinema history, as does \u201cTombstone\u201d itself.<\/p>\n

Kasdan\u2019s film is a true western saga, a sprawling character study of how Earp learns to become like his father: tough as leather, impossible to knock over and forever devoted to family. The story is about the development of a killer instinct and how it serves a young man who grows up amongst the most lawless and murderous creatures of the wild west.<\/p>\n

Earp is introduced as na\u00efve, boyish and inexperienced, aiming his pistol at the moon. As the story progresses, we see how cold, hardened and unflinching he is, as steely a killer as he is a lawman.<\/p>\n

Earp\u2019s dark night of the soul (after losing the love of his life) goes on too long and is the first instance where the film\u2019s pacing starts to work against it. \u201cTombstone\u201d barely knew what to do with its female characters – the scenes between Russell and Dana Delaney are embarrassing.<\/p>\n

The love stories within \u201cWyatt Earp\u201d are handled far better.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Costner reflects on releasing his Western epic Wyatt Earp just six months after Kurt Russell played Earp in the 1993 action film Tombstone. https:\/\/t.co\/C2eQY6ZspB<\/a><\/p>\n

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