a an owner of the wyatt earp extend director edition i can tell you that i think the film be neither too long or too slow a some attention span deficient critic have labled it . admittedly and i have see short movie and movie with more wall to wall action and but i be patient enough to enjoy the slow envelop experience of a tarkovsky film . when this film come out and i couldn not convince anyone to see it with me and so i have to go alone . i be blow away by the cast and the performance and the writing and the movie . the cast be terrific . even bit character be well know actor in this film . gene hackman be his superb self a wyatt stern but love father . the film do not skip over significant element in wyatt life like most of the filmed version do . his transformation from a young adventure seek farmer son to a fearless and fear lawman be believable and compelling . the cinematography be fantastic and be deservedly write up in an issue of american cinematographer magazine . on a side note and i think this film work well a an allegory to current event . the united state be represent by wyatt and the wild west be the world . like the u. n. and ed masterson try to get wyatt to become less strict and hard nose in the application of law . ed get kill because he be too affable . like france and russia and the corrupt sheriff johnny behan ( mark harmon ) try to get wyatt to sell out and because there be enough money for everybody if he just look the other way . wyatt be too rigidly principled for either of these two men but retain his dignity and honor .