Wyatt Earp

Adventure, Western, Action, Biography

Kevin Costner	Wyatt Earp
Dennis Quaid	Doc Holliday
Gene Hackman	Nicholas Earp
David Andrews	James Earp
Linden Ashby	Morgan Earp
Jeff Fahey	Ike Clanton
Joanna Going	Josie Marcus
Mark Harmon	Johnny Behan
Michael Madsen	Virgil Earp
Catherine O'Hara	Allie Earp

Director	Lawrence Kasdan
Producer	Kevin Costner; Lawrence Kasdan
Writer	Lawrence Kasdan; Dan Gordon
Cinematography	Owen Roizman
Musician	James Newton Howard

This movie is the story of Wyatt Earp’s life. The movie starts with a young Wyatt Earp (Kevin Kostner) moving west after his brothers return from the Civil War. Next, he is happily married when his wife dies from Smallpox. After she dies, he hits rock bottom and resorts to horse thievery, a capital offense. His father tells him to get out of town and never come back. After a few years, you see Wyatt now a professional buffalo hunter. He hires two skinners, Ed and Bat Masterson (Bill Pullman, Tom Sizemore). The movie then moves onto his career as a lawman where he earns his good reputation. He moves to Dodge City where the Masterson brothers are his deputies. It is also here that he becomes romantic with prostitute, Mattie Blaylock (Mare Winningham). During his law years he is also introduced Doc Holliday (Dennis Quaid). He then leaves for Tombstone with his brothers and the famous Gun Fight at the OK Corral ensues. While in Tombstone he falls in love with actress Josie Marcus (Joanna Going). The movie wraps up with an older Wyatt and his wife Josie living in Alaska during the gold rush.