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 - Wyatt Earp DVDThis is an excellent movie that was somewhat overlooked on it's release. Fans of "Tombstone" should give it a chance. Rating: - ExcellentI have Tombstone as well, and watch both movies at different times. The Dennis Quaid portrayal of Doc Holliday in this movie is so much better than the "comedy" of Val Kilmer in the other. Rating: - When Are We Gonna See The Expanded "Wyatt Earp" on Blu-ray??Without a doubt, one of the singular most underrated western epics ever made, if not one of the most underrated films period! WYATT EARP, with its epic scale, vast landscapes, gorgeous cinematography that captures a past era not with special effects, but natural period beauty, is truly an example of filmmaking at its finest, but at a scale no longer appreciated by today's ever-sinking standards. And what a shame that is. Lawrence Kasdan and Kevin Costner are both obviously in love with the epic westerns of the 40's and 50's, the works of legends like John Ford and Anthony Mann, and it was that combined love they put together to create the life story of Wyatt Earp to the big screen in 1994. It bombed theatrically, but garnered a devout cult following when it hit video and cable, and still remains one of today's most popular contemporary westerns. Warner Brothers, if you're reading this, excellent work on the Blu-ray release and very much thankful that the featurette gem "Walk With A Legend" is included! BUT.......... When are we going to see the Expanded Edition you released on VHS years ago on Blu-ray??? I've held onto my VCR for the sole reason of having a source to watch the only version of WYATT EARP's Expanded Edition on the market - it's the only VHS tape set I still own! For those of you not familiar with the Expanded Edition, it includes expanded scenes between Wyatt and Doc Holliday that strengthen the bond between the two legends, added footage of Wyatt's childhood, additional scenes better-explaining the reasons behind the fued between the Earp's and Clanton's, a crucial element unfortunately glossed over in the theatrical version, and several other key elements. It's about 20 minutes longer than the theatrical version. WARNER BROTHERS - please, please, please release the Expanded Edition on Blu-ray soon!! Maybe even include a new retrospective documentary or at least a commentary by Costner and Kasdan - I can't tell you how many times I've heard Costner asked about his love of westerns, and he always talks about this film. WYATT EARP has fans, big time! This is what we're asking for! Rating:  - A near flopWhen I am asked to sit down and watch an almost four hour movie, I want to be impressed. I was not impressed with Wyatt Earp, though I did enjoy it and would recommend it to others. The film suffers most from Kevin Costner. Here's a guy who has thought it his calling to make a string of 3 to 4 hour movies. Postman, Waterworld, Dances with Wolves, and Wyatt Earp add up to a bunch of time, and a big so what. All of the movies are good and enjoyable, and equally not great. What must Costner have been thinking? I can imagine. "Well, I've made so many long, long movies, but none of them have truly been westerns. Sure, The Postman was close, and many of my movie buddies were in it with me. Dances.... had Native Americans and the U.S. Cavalry, but it was soooo esoterically lost that it would be hard to call it western. So, I felt a need, a desire, a calling to make a western, so I jumped when Wyatt Earp was conceived." Surely, he knew that Tombstone was in the making. Or was he so OUT of touch that he just didn't see it coming. Was it the pressure of making a tv movie that caused him so much stress? Heck, he didn't even look that convincing when he portrayed Lt. Dunbar, even though we know he was actually Kevin Costner. Dennis Quaid hands in an admirable job as Doc Holliday, but nowhere near Val Kilmer's status as a Doc Holliday. Nonetheless, he was incredible, and easily a highlight of the show. Gotta go. My eyelids are heavy, and I need to see about getting some Rating: - Wyatt rules!Although this production goes somewhat flat after the sequence showing Wyatt as a buffalo hunter, the fault lies with the Director for trying too hard to show Earp as suddenly devoid of emotional response and empathy. In this, the movie tries a little too hard to "explain" him. The production is, however, pretty historically accurate and the revisionists don't take over the film completely. However,the person responsible for deciding to "slick down" Costner's hair, (even when no portraits of Earp show him wearing his hair like that, and Costner's hair is too thin to look right greased down anyway)should be shot - it bugged me for the rest of the movie. The action is realistic, with out being gratuitous, and Dennis Quaid is SUPERB as Doc Holliday, the acting is generally fine, with excellent film work. Earp was a freind of my Grandfather, who never represented him as anything but a common man, reacting to uncommon circumstances, with the honor, honesty and determination required by the times; this production remains true to the man. Well worth the time!
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