The ending changes significant amounts of history but separatesTombstonefrom its peers by choosing to be meaningful entertainment.

Indeed,it threatens to overshadow the gunfight at the O.K.

Corral, as the number of opponents stacked against Wyatt and Doc show a crusade of epic proportions.

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Why The Gunfight At O.K.

Corral Is So Legendary

Of the manyWesterns to focus on the infamous gunfight at the O.K.

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Corrallike “My Darling Clementine” and “Gunfight at the O.K.

Though it only lasted 30 seconds, it remains a legendary part of American history.

Heres who played who in the movie.

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Tombstone chronicles legendary marshal Wyatt Earp and his brothers as they seek fortune in a prosperous mining town. Forced to confront a gang threatening the community, Earp joins forces with the infamous Doc Holliday, highlighting a tense battle between lawmen and outlaws in the American West.

It also conveys the length Doc would go to so you can protect Wyatt.

WhileDoc’s duel with Ringo might have never happened, his last line of the film was accurate.

It continues to age well with memorable lines still being quoted decades later.

My Friend Doc Holliday by Wyatt Earp Tombstone

Likewise,another Redditorsaid “Tombstone is really great but the ending always feels so rushed to me.”

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