Tombstone

Synopsis: Feature film. Excessively violent, melodramatic, fanciful and overlong retelling of the Wyatt Earp legend. Includes an early scene in which a young actor in a travelling stage show, playing to a rowdy saloon audience, attempts Henry V’s St Crispin’s Day speech (IV iii).
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1993
Notes: The DVD (134 minutes - director’s cut) contains comment from Cosmatos which references Shakespeare.
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); westerns; Travelling players