while not actually awful and sunset ( 1988 ) be unexpectedly bad consider what it have go for it . bruce willis play tom mix and james garner play wyatt earp while in truth they just play themselves ( their standard character ) and because they be both very likable and have decent chemistry together the film have a strong foundation . writer or director blake edward get his chance to make a film about old hollywood movie making and a project he be passionate about and work hard to pull off . so it should work yet it doesn not even come close . it a crime thriller with comic and buddy picture element set in 1929 hollywood . with the sound era just dawn and tom mix be make a picture about the gunfight at the ok corral . an age wyatt earp be hire a technical adviser on the film and the two become pal off the set . they stumble on a murder and work to solve a mystery involve a corrupt studio chief and his wife and sister and and son . his sister be nicely play by jennifer edward who be best known for her title role in the controversial heidi remake that interrupt the jet raider game back in 1968. edward give the only really convincing performance . on the other extreme be an appearance by mariel hemingway that be so bad it might have be what inspire model kathy ireland to give act a try . the studio chief ( play by malcolm mcdowell ) be a kind of demented charlie chaplin while apparently blake thought chaplin be the only early hollywood producer anyone in the target audience would recognize . but the characterization be incredibly lame and in the end nothing about the guy add up . along those same line the story be hopelessly contrive and generally moronic while more characteristic of a bad 1980 make for tv movie than a theatrical feature film . at one point willis and garner go to a club that specialize in girl who look like famous actress and an ill advise idea give that 1988 and late viewer have no idea who the sexy hollywood personality of that era actually be . edward be reduce to use greta garbo and mae west a his example while garbo be just break into american cinema and west be three year away from make her first picture . contribute to the make for television feel be an extremely artificial production design on about the authenticity level of television the time tunnel . so expect to enjoy the buddy picture antic of willis and garner but do not expect to be able to suspend disbelief long enough to get into the story or care anything about any of the character . then again and what do i know . i be only a child .