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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
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great film! NO special edition!,
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This review is from: Wyatt Earp: Two-Disc Special Edition (DVD)
If the film Tombstone was a cheeseburger and fries, then Wyatt Earp is a nice thick ribeye. After an inexplicably long wait however, Wyatt Earp arrives on DVD in only a decent package at best. The picture's new digital transfer and the remastered 5.1 soundtrack are terrific. Two nice documentaries (albeit brief) are added as well as the trailer and the extra scenes from the expanded edition. What are disappointments are the fact that the extra scenes were not incorporated in the film here (only accessable as an extra feature), no commentary from ANYONE, no animated menus, no biogrophies or filmogrophies. You can't really call this a special edition, especially after you compare this with Tombstone's double disc pack. The cast (especially Dennis Quaid) is what makes this film great. Costner, who traditionally doesn't hold up strong playing legends certainly made one tough gunslinger and a VERY believable Wyatt Earp. With that moustache, hat, and cold stare, he sure was intimidating! While Tomstone's cast looked like actors playing cowboys, Wyatt Earp aims for realism and hits its mark dead on. If you're a fan of this film, then this DVD is definitely worth getting. However, if you only collect DVDs with a lot of extra glitz, this will be a bit of a letdown.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
WHY???????,
By Joseph Murillo (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wyatt Earp: Two-Disc Special Edition (DVD)
Why wasn't the expanded VHS edition released on DVD??? Why were the excellent added scenes on that earlier version, which only made this great film all the more greater, put as "lifted scenes" here? Was this simply done to add more stuff to the special features menu? I don't know for sure if this was director Lawrence Kasdan's idea or not, but I got news for him and the folks at Warner Bros. who released this disappointing cut of the film: there ain't no better special feature than an improved version of a movie. If you don't believe me just ask all the sci-fi/fantasy fans who made the extended versions of THE LORD OF THE RINGS series top sellers. Oh well. Had this been the long version of WYATT EARP my rating would easily have been five stars. Peace, bro.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Had hoped to buy this, but...,
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This review is from: Wyatt Earp: Two-Disc Special Edition (DVD)
...after reading from other reviewers that this is not the full-length version as presented in the "Director's Cut" VHS-release, that those extra scenes are instead presented as extras on the second disc, I have to give this a pass and wait even longer to own one of my favourite westerns of all time on DVD; fortunately I still have my VHS Director's cut and a machine to play it on. :P
I have watched the director's cut so many times over the years that now when I watch the Theatrical release, it just seems incomplete and hacked. I keep waiting for certain beloved scenes to come up, but just don't, such as the scene with young Wyatt talking to his mother on the caravan as the family travels out to California. If anyone from WB Home Video ever reads these reviews, please take these comments, and the comments of those similar to mine, to heart and release Kasdan's FULL-LENGTH Director's Cut on DVD!
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