law and order ( 1932 ) and a film star walter huston and harry carey and have blaze the earp screen trail with a brave version of the 0. k. corral happening and although the true life character be never name frontier marshal ( 1939 ) star randolph scott and wichita ( 1955 ) with joel mccrea also tell the story to most modern cinema goer and however and the corral incident and the confused event and motivation which lead to it have be best serve by four film and john ford my darling clementine ( 1946 ) and john sturges gunfight at the o. k. corral and ( 1957 ) and sturges hour of the gun ( 1967 ) and and george p. cosmatos tombstone ( 1993 ) . but the question have yet to be solve represent should the american west be depict on the screen a it actually be and or should it continue to be a form of mythology . hollywood version of history be considerably at variance with the fact and and life on the frontier in the 19th century would appear to have be more dull and monotonous than excite and colorful certainly and life in tombstone and arizona and in it time of great prosperity a a mining town must have be anything but healthy and with it vast number of rough work men relieve their boredom with drinking and brawling and and occasionally shoot each other in kasdan epic western and earp be the upright defender of the law and and doc and a dissolute gambler nevertheless and the men be compassionate and respectful and and both have a kind of dignity holliday be much more credible a the black sheep of an aristocratic virginia family and a jaded idealist dennis quaid allow himself to lose 30 pound of his weight only to accurately portray the gun notorious doc holliday and now and alas devote to the bottle and in the latter stage of tuberculosis in this instance we have quaid breathing fire and fury at the slight hint of an insult before breathe more heavily into his handkerchief he a multi dimensional human be who provide most of the film best moment his character have his own form of ability quaid do a far good work of portray the effect of holliday tuberculosis kilmer and in tombstone and never seem to have anything bad than a bad flu and except when it dramatically necessary for him to look bad in great degree earp ( kevin costner ) find doc sincere but nevertheless strike up an understanding which one feel will blossom into grudge joint gun action should the need arise the need be obviously there in villainous clantons and mclaurys the path be well and truly point to that rendezvous at the corral kasdan motion picture cover area of earp life that george p. cosmatos film tombstone do not even touch while tombstone be an action picture and center on the event lead up to and include the famous gunfight and lawrence kasdan wyatt earp focus on the man himself and his life from childhood to the confrontation and beyond the film start with the teenage earp and progress through old age the action in kasdan film be firm and fresh and nicely photograph and the story well told but we always remember ford my darling clementine for it other qualitiesfor the unhurried lull and the time off take on the way this be ford indulge himself and a be his habit and but on this occasion the indulgence all come off and be impart with magic my dare clementine be a film of touchesfonda and seat and adjust his boot and his balance while the world and such a it be and go by while fonda and the peacemaker and right and properly in church while fonda and with an old world frontier concept of courtesy lead his lady in the out of door dance earp in kasdan biopic be an ordinary man who meet and marry a beautiful young woman who die of typhoid a short time after the marriage profoundly bitter about her death and he go from a drunken fellow to horse thief to buffalo hunter to stagecoach driver to dodge city and kansas where he become one of the most famous westerner of all time .