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Doc [DVD] [1971]
enlarge	Director: Frank Perry Actors: Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin, Faye Dunaway Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £4.54 as of 24/11/2009 09:24 GMT details You Save: £8.45 (65%) New (9) from £4.54 Seller: cavalcade-of-dvds Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 16901 Format: PAL Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 92 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5055201804471 ASIN: B001AOHPOY Theatrical Release Date: 1971 Release Date: September 8, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Gritty, with more than a touch of Leone June 20, 2009 J. Severidt (Rovaniemi, Finland) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful A few things happened in the mid to late sixties which influenced this movie, making it different from any other take on the Earp-Holliday story: br /The start of the Vietnam War, the Summer of Love, and the birth (and incredible success, in Europe anyway) of the so called Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio(s) Leone, Corbucci and Molina. br / br /The war made for a changed, dark outlook on things. Many films from the early 70s have no happy endings, and even the ones who do, offer rather bleak perspectives. Even though the outcome of this film's plot is known (the Earps and Holliday walking away from the OK Corral), this movie doesn't feel positive, and there is no catharsis. It almost revels in the fact that Holliday is going to die anyways, and soon, Clantons or no Clantons. It also depicts the Earps (quite accurately) as men protecting business interests, rather than knights in white shiny armor, standing up for justice. br / br /Both the war and the summer of love made for a changed vocabulary. Dialogs like the following simply weren't possible in movies before: When one of the Earp's wives comes to ask (prostitute and Holliday lover) Kate Elder to church, she answers that "For now, when I am on my knees, it's not in prayer." In the same vein is her greeting of her companion: "Hello bones." To which he responds "Hello bitch." Or when Holliday quite needlessly kills a young man, and Earp asks him "Why the boy", Holliday's answer is laconic: "I guess he reminded me of too many things". This makes for a very different mood throughout the film: None of the romanticism of John Ford's or Kevin Costner's Earp-movies; nor is this comparable to the typical action flic tough talk of John Sturges' and J.P. Cosmatos' versions. br / br /"The three Sergios" that made Clint Eastwood a star and redefined the Western genre had an enormous impact on cinematography. The first 15 minutes are so obviously Leone-ish, one is surprised every time the camera comes back to Stacey Keach: One is automatically expecting Clint Eastwood. The use of Landscape is typical of the so called Spaghetti Western, too: There are no breathtaking vistas, no gorgeous mountain ranges looming on the horizon. These are psychological landscapes, barren, fruitless and hard, depicting the inner lives of the men who struggle through them. The camera work at times is pure Leone, too. Close-ups of less than a whole face; and that face sweaty, motionless, and less than handsome. br / br /These influences make for an intense, and quite different movie experience. Clearly this cannot please the crowds today. But it is a treasure for knowing fans of the Western. br /Keach and Yulinn deliver intense performances, with Keach the most realistically dying Doc, ever. Faye Dunaway as Kate Elder is one of the very few truly remarkable female characters in the Western genre (there are no more than a handful, with Claudia Cardinale in Once upon a Time in the West leading the list). br / br /As far as historical accuracy goes (since this seems to trouble some viewers): First of all, there are much more opinions on the matter than there are people in the know. If you are really interested, read Casey Tefertiller's Wyatt Earp, The Life behind the Legend. You will find that not one film so far is even remotely accurate. There are minor inaccuracies in all of them (how many people got shot at the OK Corral - three, and probably tow of them unarmed). br /Above all, though, Wyatt Earp only died in 1929, with mass media (including the movies) already in play. Not a stupid man, he quickly grasped that there was little demand for facts - but a huge demand for legends. So he rewrote his own story to fit market demands. br /Accordingly, all but this film brush up the Earps picture considerably (they were called "the fighting pimps" by some). br /So, if accuracy is a measure, there is only bad news to be had and each and every film on the subject is badly wanting. But then, why should it matter? These are not documentaries, and I recommend you take each one on its own terms and simply see do you enjoy it or not. My personal favorite is John Ford's My Darling Clementine, which is cinematographically head and shoulders above all others. But "Doc" comes in second with me. br / Stacy Keach as Doc Holliday November 18, 2008 JESSICA'S DAD (Trichur East, Kerala State, India) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful Doc [1971] br /Faye Dunaway plays Kate Elder, a prostitute won by Doc Holliday in a card game, in this sort of remake of gunfight at the OK Corral (1957). Doc Holliday is played by Stacy Keach and Harris Yulin is Wyatt Earp. The film picks up the story as notorious gunfighter Doc Holliday arrives in Tombstone, Arizona to help his old mate Earp rid the town of outlaws. Holliday, who is dying of an incurable disease probably figures he has nothing to lose, which is just as well, because the subsequent shoot-out with the Clanton gang resulted in the most famous of all Western legends. It is still a lot of fun with a magnificent score by Jimmy Webb.

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