Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster are very good as the eponymous duo. The gunfight is well staged, the acting solid and the story well told. Very good western. Very good price for an HD digital copy from Amazon.

A Kirk Douglas classic movie

Class is movie, top cast, well worth it👍

Probably not historically accurate but a good movie nonetheless Lancaster/Douglas are a good pairing and the Blu Ray provides a fine image

Screen legends 'Burt Lancaster' and 'Kirk Douglas' lead the cast list as 'Wyatt Earp' and 'Doc Holliday' in this classic version of the 'Gunfight at the O.K Coral' This the first time the 1956 western has been distributed on the Blu-ray format. Telling the version of events that led to the infamous gunfight in Tombstone. The story starts with 'Wyatt' as marshal in 'Dodge City' where 'Wyatt and 'Doc's' path cross, early beginnings of a friendship perhaps. The film highlights the love-hate relationship between 'Doc Holliday' and 'Big-Nose'' Kate Fisher' 'Doc' and 'Wyatt' stood side by side throughout several skirmishes in and around 'Dodge' The story then takes us to 'Tombstone' where 'Wyatt' responds to brother 'Virgil's call for help, he's having bother from the 'Clanton' gang. In this film 'Doc' rides into 'Tombstone' with 'Wyatt' to join forces with 'Virgil' and 'Morgan' Trouble between the 'Earp's' and the 'Clanton's' rumble on until reaching the showdown at the O.K coral. The banter between 'Burt Lancaster' and 'Kirk Douglas' is brilliant viewing. There of course have been many movies telling the tale of the historic events, including....'Kevin Costner's' -'Wyatt Earp'.....'Kurt Russell's' -'Tombstone' and 'James Garner's' -'Hour of The Gun'.....each. well worth viewing, and yes each telling a, in some cases slight difference in events before during and after the gunfight. This film suggests 'Wyatt' at the end leaving to marry 'Laura Dembow' all I know for sure that his long term partner after events had wound up in 'Tombstone' was 'Josephine Sarah Marcus' who died in 1944 and was buried with 'Wyatt' who died in 1929 in 'Los Angeles' In this film all six that faced the 'Earp's' and 'Doc' at the O.K coral all died including 'Ringo' and 'Ike Clanton' the facts are that just three died in the fight and are buried side by side in 'Boot-hill' 'Billy Clanton' 'Frank Mclaury' and 'Tom Mclaury' The gunfight itself made somewhat lengthier and more dramatic in the film, than it really was, obviously for entertainment rather than historical purposes. (as I've previously mentioned before, it was my good fortune to visit both 'Boot Hill and the Town of Tombstone which has been well preserved (saw a re-enactment of the gunfight whilst there) Although the film does not necessarily follow historical accuracy it is a very entertaining and lively account of events starring two 'Hollywood' legends in 'Burt Lancaster' and 'Kirk Douglas' The film is currently available to order on 'Amazon' via the U.S.A.( The good news being the disc is region-free) Well worth a nostalgic spin.

A classic western and it’s been given a great release, originally shot in Vistavision which is basically a higher resolution 35mm frame that yields finer detail, back in the seventies and all the way through the nineties they used to shoot the effects sequences for films using Vistavision, you will see it listed for movies like Star Wars or Titanic. This release has never looked as good as it does here, the fine film grain is present and with it all the rich detail and the colours look absolutely superb, you get the original mono sound or a 5.1 remix which widens the music score, it’s mostly front heavy the 5.1 track as is to be expected but it’s my preferred option as it does make the excellent music score sound fuller and more engaging. I like the film a lot, the two lead actors Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas are wonderful and the supporting actors are all very good, great direction from John Sturges too, I highly recommend this 4K UHD release.

Very good Western

Excellent

Buena imagen y buen sonido. El doblaje no es en castellano es en latino

Me justo mucho recordar una clásica muy buena 2 famoso del cine clásico lo q mas me justo fue que viene en audio latino

It was a great movie

suggest you buy it

It is years since I first saw this classic and one gets a little confused with all the TV interpretations of Doc Holiday, the Clantons and Wyatt Earp. But this is the definitive version with outstanding performances by Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas et al. Interesting to note that the screenplay was by Leon Uris and had tremendous direction. This film was produced before the special effects of derring-do which are now popular with Craig Stevens' James Bond movies. Maybe it's me looking back but I like these old understated tales where first-class acting and great photography rtake precedence over unreal feats.