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List Price: $12.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3656
Released: May 2, 2006 |
| Our Price: $5.41 |
| Used Price: $3.77 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Kevin Costner plays the most famous lawman ever to stride the Wild West. In a gritty, complex portrayal hailed as a "classic American performance" (Bob Campbell, Newhouse Newspapers), Academy Award winner Costner (Dances with Wolves, The Bodyguard) plays the man who became a myth in acclaimed director Lawrence Kasdan's (The Big Chill, Silverado) epic, action-filled saga. Gene Hackman, an Oscar winner for Unforgiven, as Wyatt's iron-willed father, and Dennis Quaid (The Big Easy, The Right Stuff) as Earp's deadly best friend Doc Holliday add power to this mammoth, hard-hitting Western. From Wichita to Dodge City to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, Wyatt Earp is a thrilling journey of romance, adventure and desperate, heroic action.
Description of Wyatt Earp (Single Disc Edition):
This massive, in-depth study of the dark Western icon comes off with mixed results. Trying to capture the whole life, (warts and all) of the lawman-criminal-brother-fortune hunter, director Lawrence Kasdan gains points for sheer scale, giving us a rich epic painted in dark colors with gritty settings. But the visual poetry and extensive foreshadowing ruin the dramatic drive. Some scenes have as much impact as stalker movies; you're just waiting for someone to get knocked off. As Earp, Kevin Costner is not afraid to look rumpled and play colorlessly (as in The Bodyguard), but it saps the energy of this 3-hour-plus film. The only relief is Dennis Quaid as a droll Doc Holiday, a much more engaging character. New faces Linden Ashby and Joanna Going (as an Earp brother and a lover, respectively) are solid finds, though the remainder of the female cast is barely given anything to do. Best is the first half, with Costner, as hip as he was in his Silverado days, going through a series of ups and downs until he accidentally finds his profession. Great set design (Ida Random) utilizes dozens of similar settings that always look distinctive. Recommended to fans of the star and the genre, but the story never justifies its length. --Doug Thomas
Wyatt Earp (Single Disc Edition) Reviews:
Rating depends on your like of the movie itself 
2009-10-20 - The rating you will give this movie will depend almost solely on your like of Kevin Costner and the Wyatt Earp (Cowboy) saga. I give it 4 stars because I'm a Costner fan and I love the Earp Cowboy story. I just can't give a good Cowboy tale less than four starts. I would give City Slickers 4 starts, cause I love Billy Crystal...
Now, is this movie anywhere as good as Tombstone... I say no way... Yes it does go way more indepth into who Wyatt Earp is and where he came from but Kevin Costner is just not good enough to overpower the great supporting cast in "Tombstone"
I think Costner is a way better actor, therefore, he gets the nod over Kurt Russell in Tombstone, but Val Kilmer is what puts Tombstone over the top... His role in Tombstone is classic and leagues better than Dennis Quad in the Wyatt Earp film.
From a Blu-Ray perspective it really all depends on how much you are paying attention. Is it as explosive and as ALIVE as a BLU-RAY cartoon movie or GLADIATOR... NO. But, is it horrible, NO. It's an improvement on the standard DVD and that is what your paying for so I have no complaints. Would I buy this movie on BLU-RAY if I already have Wyatt Earp on Standard DVD... No... But I can say that for any movie I have already...
Best Wyatt Earp Movie
2009-09-12 - I expected this to be something like Tombstone but it wasn't anything like it at all, I like both of these movies but if I where to choose it would be this one due to the fact that this one tells almost the whole story of Wyatt Earp and how he became famous. I would recommend this movie to anyone that is a fan of Wyatt Earp.
Wyatt Earp
2009-09-07 - GREAT seller... I'd buy again from this seller in a heartbeat. DVD was entertaining and loved Kevin Costner's performance and Dennis Quaid's performance as Doc Holiday was outstanding! I'd recommend this DVD!
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2009-07-06 - I received this order in a couple of days after I ordered it. The service was excellent and would recommend them to anyone.
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2009-07-05 - Wyatt Earp (Single Disc Edition)
This item was delivered quickly - great communication & follow up before and after the purchase. Seller was great! I bought used - saved money and I am completely satisfied. The DVD was packaged nicely and came as described. Glad I didn't buy new. Would use this seller again.
