Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 60th Anniversary (BD) [Blu-ray] [2017]

Great film highly recommend for anyone who likes westerns

great film and stars

great movie

one of the best westerns ever made

Just a classic movie watched when I was Child and that’s fifty years ago just good movie .

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.

Screen legends 'Burt Lancaster' and 'Kirk Douglas' lead the cast list as'Wyatt Earp' and 'Doc Holliday' in this classic version of the 'Gunfight atthe O.K Coral'This the first time the 1956 western has been distributed on the Blu-rayformat.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 andaround '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 theshowdown 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 eachtelling a, in some cases slight difference in events before during and after thegunfight.This film suggests 'Wyatt' at the end leaving to marry 'Laura Dembow' all I knowfor 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 areburied 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, thanit really was, obviously for entertainment rather than historical purposes.(as I've previously mentioned before, it was my good fortune to visit both 'Boot Hilland the Town of Tombstone which has been well preserved (saw a re-enactmentof the gunfight whilst there)Although the film does not necessarily follow historical accuracy it is a very entertainingand 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 newsbeing the disc is region-free)Well worth a nostalgic spin.

Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957) is a film based on a real event which took place on October 26, 1881. It was directed by John Sturges and features a screenplay written by novelist Leon Uris, starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas; the movie's supporting cast included Rhonda Fleming, John Ireland, Jo Van Fleet, Martin Milner, Dennis Hopper, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef, DeForest Kelley, Earl Holliman and Charles Herbert.The Gunfight at the OK Corral was a gunfight that took place at about 3:00 pm on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, and is generally regarded as the most famous gunfight in the history of the American Old West. The gunfight, believed to have lasted only about thirty seconds, was fought between the outlaw Cowboys Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and his brother Frank McLaury, and the opposing lawmen:Virgil Earp and his brothers Morgan and Wyatt Earp, aided by Doc Holliday acting as a temporary deputy of Virgil. Cowboys Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran from the fight unharmed, but Ike's brother Billy Clanton was killed, along with both McLaurys. Lawmen Holliday and Morgan and Virgil Earp were wounded. Only Wyatt Earp came through the fight unharmed. The fight has come to represent a time in American history when the frontier was open range for outlaws opposed by law enforcement that was spread thin over vast territories, leaving some areas unprotected.So much for an excerpt from Wikipedia, which has a "true" and a "film" article under that title, which run to many pages, but which are not really relevant for the appreciation of the movie. The movie, perhaps a bit on the long side, develops the story and its many windings in a clear way and has excellent direction and camera work. Acting is also notable, impeccable for the males.192 - The Gunfight at the OK Corral (John Sturges, 1957, 122') - 10/7/2012