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Analysis Of The Movie Tombstone

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Tombstone “Tombstone” the movie was based on the historical events that actually took place in Tombstone, Arizona. A ex sheriff, Wyatt Earp came into town to reunite with his two brothers and a old friend, Doc Holliday. They planned on getting rich and settling down in Tombstone, Arizona to retire. Their plans however were interfered with by a group of outlaws called the cowboys, who were causing problems for the people in Tombstone. The 3 brothers ended up becoming sheriffs and planned to deal with the cowboys once and for all, the cowboys having mutual feelings which lead to the battle at the O.K. corral. The scene where the Cowboys shot the people at the church right after a couple had gotten married stood out to me. It showed how much they take their gang seriously since the groom had killed a cowboy. They had shot and killed multiple people, including a priest and the groom, leaving the wife crying over her husbands body. The …show more content…

Wyatt was caught cheating on Mattie with a woman, doesn’t say whether or not it was Mattie or not, and they broke up. Wyatt and Josie ended up together in the end, just like in the movie. Another Inaccurate thing that happened in the movie was the scene where Wyatt, Doc Holliday, and two ex cowboys went after all the cowboys, killing them off. They did this, but it said they killed about 27 cowboys in the movie when only four cowboys deaths were actually recorded.
I think the movie showed factors of being political. The cowboys were basically a group of guys that refused to listen to the law, and the lawman tried their best to enforce the laws in the town. That makes it seem political in my point of view because politics have to do with government and law. The sheriffs had to take the law in their own hands, and bring peace and justice back to the town. This is just like how things are done with our own police forces and government

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