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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792172703
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792172701
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 22, 2003
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 13694
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 1957
Editorial Review:
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Novelist Leon Uris wrote the script for this Western directed by John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) and based on the life and times of Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and his sickly companion, Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas). The action inevitably leads to the legendary battle between the two heroes and the villainous Clanton gang, but the film is also very much about the conflicts each man faces with women, with one another, and with their own destinies. Lancaster is terrific as the downbeat Earp, and Douglas has one of his best roles as the consumptive Holliday. The thoughtfulness of the tale is matched by Sturges's captivating way with the dramatic duel. All in all, the film appeals both as a solid action piece and as a fascinating, two-character study. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A REMAKE
This movie hit the theaters on May 30 1957 starring Burt Lancaster as Marshal Wyatt Earp, Kirk Douglas as Doctor John Holliday and Rhonda Fleming as Laura Denbow. This movie was bad because it was a remake of My Darling Clementine and wasn't you seeing the plot the first time you don't want to see it again. Sure, this movie was the at the famous "Old Tucson" facility, not far from the real Tombstone. However, its "town street" set was used surprisingly as Fort Griffin, Texas, in the opening reels, ... Read More
Rating:  - Yawn
Gunfight at the OK Corral is not only a silly retelling of the Earp legend, it is a yawner. It barely makes it as a "good western." Burt Lancaster is horribly cast as Wyatt Earp. We must remember that while Burt is good when type cast as the super cool good guy, he is horribly miscast as Wyatt Earp, he would have been better to have played a bartender in this film. Kirk Douglas is no better as Doc Holliday. This film may have been considered good during the McCarthy years in Hollywood, but since ... Read More
Rating:  - Gunfight at OK corral
I saw this film when I was a teenager and liked it a lot; however, after having grown up and seen Wyatt Earp and Tombstone, Gunfight at OK Corral is definitely outdated. The production design, customs, etc., belong to the 1950s Hollywood. Burt Lancaster has a modern haircut and no mustache, and the rest of the characters are somewhat robotic with clean clothes most of the time. The best thing about this film is Dimitri Tiomkin's score, who gets most of my three stars.
Rating:  - Still a Classic Movie Western
Though historical innaccurate Gunfight At The OK Coral is still one of the great western movies fifty-plus years after it's initial release. This is pure entertainment --- forget the inaccuracies. Forget that the actors look nothing like their real-life counterparts. Just enjoy a gem. No cursing, no nudity, just class. And enjoy the acting, from the stars such as Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas to the character actors such as DeForrest Kelley and Frank Faylen. FrankieLaine's title song who haunt you, ... Read More
Rating: - VERY subtle in comparison to "Tombstone" or "Wyatt Earp," but still solid
If you've seen and enjoyed "Tombstone" or "Wyatt Earp" before watching "Gunfight At The OK Corral," I'm not sure what you'll think of it. "Tombstone" was like a raw nerve stretched out over a couple of hours and featured career-best performances from Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer and Powers Boothe.
In "Gunfight," Burt Lancaster's Wyatt Earp is less complex and not as tightly defined. Kirk Douglas approaches Holiday from the standpoint of a man who knows he's dying, and...despite his outward apathy ... Read More
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