''Tombstone Rashomon'' is a 2017

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film directed by

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and starring Adam Newberry and Eric Schumacher. It tells the story of the

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a thirty-second shootout between lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that occurred at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in ...

in Tombstone,

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, from multiple differing perspectives in the style of

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's 1950 film ''

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''.

Plot synopsis

A film crew travels back in time to film the

. They arrive after the gunfight, however, and can only interview those involved. They interview

Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. Earp took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which law ...

Doc Holliday John Henry Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887), better known as Doc Holliday, was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. A close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp, Holliday is best known for his role in the event ...

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Ike Clanton Joseph Isaac Clanton (1847 – June 1, 1887) was a member of a loose association of outlaws known as The Cowboys who clashed with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp as well as Doc Holliday. On October 26, 1881, Clanton was present at the Gunf ...

, Colonel Roderick Hafford, and

Johnny Behan John Harris Behan (October 24, 1844 – June 7, 1912) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as Sheriff of Cochise County in the Arizona Territory, during the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was known for his opposit ...

, each of whom has a different take on the events.

Cast

* Adam Newberry as

* Jesse Lee Pacheco as

* Christine Doidge as

* Eric Schumacher as

* Benny Lee Kennedy as

* Richard Anderson as Hafford * Jason Graham as

Virgil Earp Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona City Marshal when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfig ...

* Shayn Herndon as

Morgan Earp Morgan Seth Earp (April 24, 1851 – March 18, 1882) was an American sheriff and lawman. He served as Tombstone, Arizona's Special Policeman when he helped his brothers Virgil and Wyatt, as well as Doc Holliday, confront the outlaw Cochise C ...

* Michele Bauer as

Allie Earp Virgil Walter Earp (July 18, 1843 – October 19, 1905) was both deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone, Arizona City Marshal when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunf ...

* Haydn Winston as

Frank McLaury Frank McLaury born Robert Findley McLaury (March 3, 1849 – October 26, 1881) was an American outlaw. He and his brother Tom owned a ranch outside Tombstone, Arizona, Arizona Territory during the 1880s, and had ongoing conflicts with lawmen W ...

* Bradford Trojan as

Tom McLaury Tom McLaury (June 30, 1853 – October 26, 1881) was an American outlaw. He and his brother Frank owned a ranch outside Tombstone, Arizona, Arizona Territory during the 1880s. He was a member of a group of outlaws Cowboys and cattle rustlers th ...

* James Miller as

Billy Clanton William Harrison Clanton (1862 – October 26, 1881) was an outlaw Cochise County Cowboys, Cowboy in Cochise County, Arizona Territory. He, along with his father Newman Haynes Clanton, Newman Clanton and brother Ike Clanton, worked a ranch nea ...

* Callie Hutchison as Mattie Earp * Rogelio Camarillo as

Billy Claiborne Billy Claiborne ( – November 14, 1882) was an American outlaw cowboy, drover, miner, and gunfighter in the American Old West. He killed James Hickey in a confrontation in a saloon, but it was ruled self-defense. He was present at the begin ...

* Brenda Jean Foley as

Mollie Fly Mary Edith "Mollie" Fly (1847–1925) was a late 19th and early 20th century American photographer who co-founded and managed Fly's Photography Gallery in Tombstone, Arizona, with her husband, photographer C. S. Fly. She ran the studio solo for a ...

* Frank Gonzalez as Ned Boyle * Wade Everett as William B. Murray * Pablo Kjolseth as

C.S. Fly Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly (May 2, 1849 – October 12, 1901) was an Old West photographer who is regarded by some as an early photojournalist and who captured the only known images of Native Americans while still at war with the United States. H ...

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as Charles Shibell * Merritt Crocker as Bill Leonard * Carlos Abdalla as Albert Behan * Oz as William Baron (barber) * Frank Balden as Keefe * Jeremy Hamley as Sheriff's Deputy * Susan Sebanc as Interviewer * William Long as Bartender * Khameiah Williamson as Butcher * Steve Burton as Blacksmith * Charles Scanlon as Ed Schieffelin

Production

As with his previous film ''

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'' (2014), Alex Cox used

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to finance the production of the film. This time he used an Indiegogo campaign. In an interview with ''

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'', Cox stated, "I was thinking it would be a conventional western, but Rudy (Wurlitzer) wants to give it a science fiction angle — from the perspective of time-traveling women historians from the future. They’ll time-travel back in time to film at the OK Corral, but they get the day wrong and they miss it by a day, so they have to interview the survivors." Wurlitzer was involved in early stages, but not credited as a writer on the final film, the screenplay is solely credited to Cox. In an interview with ''

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'', Cox stated that he had originally planned to film in

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, but then decided to shoot in

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instead. Filming took place at the

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west of Tucson. In an interview with ''

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'', Cox stated that the producers of ''

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'' matched the funds already accumulated, helping Cox to complete the film.

Release

The film screened as a work in progress at the

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at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at the Cinedelphia Film Festival at 7:00 p.m. on April 15, 2017, and at the Loft Film Fest on May 27, 2017.

References

External links

* {{Alex Cox 2017 films 2010s English-language films Films directed by Alex Cox Films set in the 1880s Films shot in Tucson, Arizona Films set in Arizona Cultural depictions of Wyatt Earp Cultural depictions of Doc Holliday Cultural depictions of Big Nose Kate American Western (genre) films Crowdfunded films Films about time travel 2017 Western (genre) films 2010s American films