Tombstone. Dir. George P. Cosmatos. Perf. Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. 1993. DVD. Walt Disney Video, 1997.I suppose there's something about Wyatt Earp that makes a Shakespearean presentation in Tombstone inevitable.
In the 1993 film Tombstone, we are taken to the Bird Cage Theatre (the theatre we almost got to in My Darling Clementine— for which, q.v.). But we don't get Hamlet this time. Instead, Henry V is on the bill:
In My Darling Clementine, the soliloquy from and allusions to Hamlet seem to underline deeper considerations. In Tombstone, the scene seems almost obligatory—or, at best, to have a meaning nearer to the surface. Could the shootout at the O.K. Corral be considered Wyatt Earp's Agincourt?
Still, it's Shakespeare, and we're all ready to cry "More Shakespeare!" whenever possible.
Links: The Film at IMDB.
Links: The Film at IMDB.
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Thanks so much for a wonderful blog. I shall certainly be coming back. I loved the South Park one, but alas, cannot help the PhD candidates with the original language. Full episodes are not available in Paris. Boo!
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