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Directed by John Sturges
USA 1957
A gang of ruthless outlaws…a pair of larger-than-life heroes…a timeless tale of good versus evil. Blended together, the result is a sprawling, epic adventure bigger than the wild frontier—Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Screen legends Burt Lancaster (Vera Cruz) and Kirk Douglas (Lonely Are the Brave) team up to rid Tombstone, Arizona of the murderous Clanton gang in this all-star, action-packed classic. When lawman Wyatt Earp (Lancaster) and gunfighter John “Doc” Holliday (Douglas) ride into town, they find themselves pitted against one of the biggest foes ever encountered, in the form of Ike Clanton (Lyle Bettger) and his posse of cutthroats. It isn’t long before the confrontation explodes into a survival-at-all-costs battle, with Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland, Dennis Hopper, DeForest Kelley, Martin Milner and Lee Van Cleef among the screen luminaries swept into the drama and excitement of the Wild West’s most legendary six-gun showdown. Shot by Charles Lang (How the West Was Won), scored by Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon), scripted by Leon Uris (Exodus) and staged magnificently by John Sturges, director of Bad Day at Black Rock, The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. *** Of the many filmed versions of the October 26, 1881, O.K. Corral shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was one of the most elaborate and star-studded. Burt Lancaster plays Wyatt Earp, the renowned lawman, while Kirk Douglas is consumptive gambler (and gunfighter) Doc Holliday -- the two meet in difficult circumstances, as Earp discovers that Holiday, for whom he initially feels little but loathing, is being held on a trumped up murder charge and being set up for a lynching, and intercedes on his behalf. The action shifts to Dodge City, Kansas, where Earp is marshal and Holiday, hardly grateful for the good turn, shows up right in the middle of all kinds of trouble, this time mostly on Earp's side of the ledger. And, finally, the two turn up in Tombstone, Arizona, where Wyatt's brother Virgil is city marshal, and where Wyatt finally gets to confront the Clanton/McLowery outlaw gang (led by Lyle Bettger as Ike Clanton). Since the time-span of the actual gunfight was at most 90 seconds, the bulk of the film concerns the tensions across many months leading up to the famous battle. |
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Theatrical Release: October 21st, 1994
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Runtime | 2:02:51.197 | |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 2339 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2339 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1.85:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 99,202,697,315 bytesFeature: 97,001,347,008 bytesVideo Bitrate: 77.40 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video
Edition Details: 4K Ultra HD disc • NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner and Film Historian Henry Parke (True West Magazine)
Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner and
Film Historian Henry Parke (True West Magazine)
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On their
4K UHD and
Blu-ray,
Kino give the option of strong DTS-HD Master tracks in either 5.1
surround or dual-mono (24-bit) in the original English
language. "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" is filled with various types of
gun violence with some crisp separations in the surround.
They remain authentically flat in the 2.0 channel. The
score was by
Dimitri Tiomkin
(High
Noon,
Angel
Face,
Strangers on a Train,
The Men, Dial
M For Murder,
The Thing From Another World,
Undercover Girl
etc. etc.) supporting the film
adeptly. The film opens and closes to Frankie Laine singing Gunfight
at the O.K. Corral (voted as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all
time - eyebrows raised), has the Barroom Piano from
Cherokee Strip by John Leipold, Buffalo Gals, Leo Shuken's
Varsovienne (Varsoviana) from
The Furies (1950), and Claude Debussy's The Girl with the Flaxen
Hair (La fille aux cheveux de lin) whistled and echoed in the
score.
Both discs offer optional English subtitles - and the
4K UHD is region FREE,
playable worldwide. The second disc
Blu-ray
is Region 'A'-locked.
The only
extra on the
4K UHD disc - is an
audio commentary by C. Courtney Joyner
(author of
The Westerners:
Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers) and
Henry C. Parke (Henry's
Western Round-up,
The Greatest Westerns Never Made.) They discuss many comparative
films made in the era, Sturges, producer Hal Wallis, screenwriter Leon Uris,
bartender Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's father!,) Stuart Lake's biography
Wyatt Earp: Frontier
Marshal published two years after Earp's death - the great Jo Van Fleet
(Cool
Hand Luke's mom,) Lancaster (why his "Wyatt Earp" didn't have a
mustache,) Kirk Douglas, Earl Holliman, Lee Van Cleef,
brilliant DoP Charles Lang, Edith Head costumes, the history vs. the myth
etc. etc. It's a great discussion - so detailed. The
Blu-ray
also has the commentary and a handful of western, and other, trailers - one
for "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
John Sturges' "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" is loosely based on
the actual event in 1881. There are obvious historical inaccuracies taking
liberties.
10-years later John Sturges made a more historically authentic film version;
Hour of the Gun with James Garner as Wyatt Earp, Jason Robards as
Doc Holliday and Robert Ryan as Ike Clanton. The most notable version was,
my favorite,
John Ford's
My Darling Clementine with Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp, Victor Mature
as Doc Holliday, and it had John Ireland (who plays Johnny Ringo in "Gunfight
at the O.K. Corral") as Billy Clanton in the iconic 1946 western.
Holliday's tuberculosis is referenced - the classic story expressed with
Burt and Kirk plus a wonderful supporting cast - including DeForest Kelley (ToS
Dr. McCoy) as Morgan Earp, Martin Milner as James 'Jimmy' Earp, Lee Van
Cleef as Ed Bailey, Jack Elam as Tom McLaury, Earl Holliman as the Deputy,
Dennis Hopper as Billy Clanton and gals Rhonda Fleming as Laura Denbow and
Jo Van Fleet as Kate Fisher - longtime companion and common-law wife of Old
West gambler, gunfighter and tuberculosis-infected Doc Holliday.
Kino's
4K UHD
release of John Sturges' "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" is
probably at the mercy of the Dolby Vision Master by Paramount but
many will appreciate the improvement over the old
Blu-ray.
It has a new excellent commentary. Difficult for die-hard western fans to say
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