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* PowerWalk: The Earps and Doc Holliday heading to O.K. Corral to face the Cowboys. This is, by the by [[TruthInTelevision what really happened]].


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* TeamPowerWalk: The Earps and Doc Holliday heading to O.K. Corral to face the Cowboys. This is, by the by [[TruthInTelevision what really happened]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Virgil Earp returns from UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar in a wagon, he says he brought his brother James back with him, then looks back at the bed of the wagon, as if to imply that James is dead and Vigil is bringing his body home. Then James sits up, having merely lied down to fall asleep while Virgil drove the wagon.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When Virgil Earp returns from UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar in a wagon, he says he brought his brother James back with him, then looks back at the bed of the wagon, as if to imply that James is dead and Vigil is bringing his body home. Then James sits up, having merely lied laid down to fall asleep while Virgil drove the wagon.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Mostly averted, especially compared to other movies about Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral shootout. Even the minor details of extra Earp brothers - oldest brother James and youngest brother Warren - being present in Tombstone at the time but not taking part in the fighting are shown. The movie also attempt to setup the main historical grievance that led to the shootout - accusations from the Cowboys and Behan that Doc was involved in a stagecoach robbery - that other movies ignored until this one.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Mostly averted, especially compared to other movies about Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral shootout. Even the minor details of extra Earp brothers - oldest brother James and youngest brother Warren - being present in Tombstone at the time but not taking part in the fighting are shown. The movie also attempt attempts to setup set up the main historical grievance that led to the shootout - accusations from the Cowboys and Behan that Doc was involved in a stagecoach robbery - that other movies ignored until this one.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Bat Masterson is embarrassed when his brother reveals that his first name is Bartholomiew.

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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Bat Masterson is embarrassed when his brother reveals that his first name is Bartholomiew.Bartholomew.



* GiveMeASword: {{Subverted|Trope}}. A prisoner, faced with a lynch mob, screams at his jailer, Wyatt Earp, to give him a gun so he could defend himself. Wyatt tells him that if he doesn't shut up he will give him over. Then he walks out and talks the mob down.

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* GiveMeASword: {{Subverted|Trope}}. A prisoner, faced with a lynch mob, screams at his jailer, Wyatt Earp, to give him a gun so he could defend himself. Wyatt tells him that if he doesn't shut up up, he will give him over. Then he walks out and talks the mob down.



* GreyAndGrayMorality: Unlike other movies about the OK Corral, this movie does not attempt to paint the Earps and Doc in a heroic light. It shows Wyatt's early history of criminal behavior, warts and all. The movie also does show the Earps attempting to position themselves as both business and political forces in Tombstone, running for the sheriff's office against Behan and making political enemies while doing so. However, the Cowboys are not shown in any flattering light: they are showed as more calculating and dirty-handed, and that the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order.
* GunsAkimbo: Wyatt Earp's party is ambushed in a canyon by allies of the Clantons and [=McLauries=]. One mook draws down on Wyatt with two pistols and begins firing them with a cocky grin on his face. Wyatt ''calmly walks over to his horse, grabs a shotgun, approaches the mook and blows him away at POINT BLANK RANGE.'' The look on the mook's face turns to abject horror as every one of his shots misses wide and Wyatt approaches with his boomstick. It's absolutely priceless.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Wyatt is an idealist in the beginning of his lawman career. He fights crime and progressively he becomes a hardened vigilante. In the end, he goes on a murderous personal vendetta.

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Unlike other movies about the OK Corral, this movie does not attempt to paint the Earps and Doc in a heroic light. It shows Wyatt's early history of criminal behavior, warts and all. The movie also does show shows the Earps attempting to position themselves as both business and political forces in Tombstone, running for the sheriff's office against Behan and making political enemies while doing so. However, the Cowboys are not shown in any flattering light: they are showed portrayed as being more calculating and dirty-handed, and that while the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order.
* GunsAkimbo: Wyatt Earp's party is ambushed in a canyon by allies of the Clantons and [=McLauries=]. One mook draws down on Wyatt with two pistols and begins firing them with a cocky grin on his face. Wyatt ''calmly walks over to his horse, grabs a shotgun, approaches the mook mook, and blows him away at POINT BLANK RANGE.'' The look on the mook's face turns to abject horror as every one of his shots misses wide and Wyatt approaches with his boomstick. It's absolutely priceless.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Wyatt is an idealist in the beginning of his lawman career. He fights crime and progressively he becomes a hardened vigilante. In the end, he goes on a murderous personal vendetta.



* ImmuneToBullets: Wyatt. TruthInTelevision as every eyewitness account of the gunfights he was in proved he walked away from each of them without a scratch. Highlighted in both the OK Corral itself as well as the infamous shootout at Iron Springs during his Vendetta Ride. Lampshaded by Mattie towards the end, who finds it funny ''and'' horrifying that Wyatt can't get shot, even as she pulls out a gun and shoots at him while she's drugged by the laudanum.

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* ImmuneToBullets: Wyatt. TruthInTelevision as every eyewitness account of the gunfights he was in proved he walked away from each of them without a scratch. Highlighted in both the OK Corral itself as well as the infamous shootout at Iron Springs during his Vendetta Ride. Lampshaded by Mattie towards the end, who finds it funny ''and'' horrifying that Wyatt can't get shot, even as she pulls out a gun and shoots at him while she's drugged by under the influence of laudanum.



* ShamingTheMob: Wyatt manages to stop the mob that wanted to lynch Tommy Behind-The-Deuce. He says that he will defend the prison, that he will probably be killed in the process, but not before having shot down several angry townfolk.

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* ShamingTheMob: Wyatt manages to stop the mob that wanted to lynch Tommy Behind-The-Deuce. He says that he will defend the prison, that he will probably be killed in the process, but not before having shot down several angry townfolk.townspeople.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Mattie after Wyatt leaves her is not showed.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Mattie after Wyatt leaves her is not showed.shown.
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* SiblingTeam: The Wyatt brothers fight crime together.

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* SiblingTeam: The Wyatt Earp brothers fight crime together.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Virgil Earp returns from UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar in a wagon, he says he brought his brother James back with him, then looks back at the bed of the wagon, as if to imply that James is dead and Vigil is bringing his body home. Then James sits up, having merely lied down to fall asleep while Virgil drove the wagon.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Wyatt tries to run away to join the Army, he insists he's doing the right thing. His father says that if he thinks that's true, then why'd he wait until his father wasn't around to do it?


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* DirtyBusiness: Shotgun guard Dutch is upset about having to shoot the horse of a stage robber.


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* EducationPapa: Mr. Earp is very optimistic about having Wyatt, Morgan, and Warren become lawyers.


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* ImprovisedWeapon: The first time Wyatt is challenged to a gunfight, he throws a pool ball at his challenger, knocking the wind out of him.


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* LetThePastBurn: When his first wife dies, Wyatt burns their house and belongings due to his depression.


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* UndyingLoyalty: Sherman [=McMaster=], who is portrayed as being a Tombstone deputy (which isn't accurate to real-life), remains loyal to the Earps even during the vendetta ride.
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''Wyatt Earp'' is a 1994 {{Western}} film directed by Creator/LawrenceKasdan, starring Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DavidAndrews, Creator/LindenAshby, Creator/JeffFahey, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/BillPullman and Creator/IsabellaRossellini.

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''Wyatt Earp'' is a 1994 {{Western}} film directed by Creator/LawrenceKasdan, starring Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DavidAndrews, Creator/JimCaviezel, Creator/LindenAshby, Creator/JeffFahey, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/BillPullman and Creator/IsabellaRossellini.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The film depicts Curly Bill Brocious as deliberately murdering Marshal Fred White, when by all accounts (including Wyatt's) White's death was a drunken accident.

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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The film depicts Curly Bill Brocious as deliberately murdering Marshal Fred White, when by all accounts (including Wyatt's) White's death was a drunken accident. While he is depicted as smug and sneering over it in the movie, the real Brocious was guilt-ridden and devastated over killing White, whom he had an adversarial but respectful relationship with.
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* NiceGuy: Ed Masterson, too nice to be in law enforcement in his friend Wyatt's opinion.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Unlike other movies about the OK Corral, this movie does not attempt to paint the Earps and Doc in a heroic light. It shows Wyatt's early history of criminal behavior, warts and all. However, it also shows the Cowboy faction as more calculating and dirty-handed, and that the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order. The Cowboys are not shown in any flattering light, but the movie does show the Earps attempting to position themselves as both business and political forces in Tombstone, running for the sheriff's office against Behan and making political enemies while doing so.

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Unlike other movies about the OK Corral, this movie does not attempt to paint the Earps and Doc in a heroic light. It shows Wyatt's early history of criminal behavior, warts and all. However, it also shows the Cowboy faction as more calculating and dirty-handed, and that the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order. The Cowboys are not shown in any flattering light, but the movie also does show the Earps attempting to position themselves as both business and political forces in Tombstone, running for the sheriff's office against Behan and making political enemies while doing so.so. However, the Cowboys are not shown in any flattering light: they are showed as more calculating and dirty-handed, and that the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order.

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Unlike other movies about the OK Corral, this movie does not attempt to paint the Earps and Doc in a heroic light. It shows Wyatt's early history of criminal behavior, warts and all. However, it also shows the Cowboy faction as more calculating and dirty-handed, and that the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Unlike other movies about the OK Corral, this movie does not attempt to paint the Earps and Doc in a heroic light. It shows Wyatt's early history of criminal behavior, warts and all. However, it also shows the Cowboy faction as more calculating and dirty-handed, and that the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order.
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order. The Cowboys are not shown in any flattering light, but the movie does show the Earps attempting to position themselves as both business and political forces in Tombstone, running for the sheriff's office against Behan and making political enemies while doing so.



* ImmuneToBullets: Wyatt. TruthInTelevision as every eyewitness account of the gunfights he was in proved he walked away from each of them without a scratch. Highlighted in both the OK Corral itself as well as the infamous shootout at Iron Springs during his Vendetta Ride.
** Lampshaded by Mattie towards the end, who finds it funny ''and'' horrifying that Wyatt can't get shot, even as she pulls out a gun and shoots at him while she's drugged by the laudanum.

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* ImmuneToBullets: Wyatt. TruthInTelevision as every eyewitness account of the gunfights he was in proved he walked away from each of them without a scratch. Highlighted in both the OK Corral itself as well as the infamous shootout at Iron Springs during his Vendetta Ride.
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Ride. Lampshaded by Mattie towards the end, who finds it funny ''and'' horrifying that Wyatt can't get shot, even as she pulls out a gun and shoots at him while she's drugged by the laudanum.
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** Lampshaded by Mattie towards the end, who finds it funny ''and'' horrifying that Wyatt can't get shot, even as she pulls out a gun and shoots at him while she's drugged by the laudanum.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Mostly averted, especially compared to other movies about Wyatt Earp and the O.K. Corral shootout. Even the minor details of extra Earp brothers - oldest brother James and youngest brother Warren - being present in Tombstone at the time but not taking part in the fighting are shown. The movie also attempt to setup the main historical grievance that led to the shootout - accusations from the Cowboys and Behan that Doc was involved in a stagecoach robbery - that other movies ignored until this one.


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** The Cowboys are not shown in any flattering light, but the movie does show the Earps attempting to position themselves as both business and political forces in Tombstone, running for the sheriff's office against Behan and making political enemies while doing so.


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* PowerWalk: The Earps and Doc Holliday heading to O.K. Corral to face the Cowboys. This is, by the by [[TruthInTelevision what really happened]].

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Unlike other movies about the OK Corral, this movie does not attempt to paint the Earps and Doc in a heroic light. It shows Wyatt's early history of criminal behavior, warts and all. However, it also shows the Cowboy faction as more calculating and dirty-handed, and that the Earps were more honest about upholding law and order.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Wyatt is an idealist in the beginning. He fights crime and progressively he becomes a hardened vigilante. In the end, he goes on a murderous personal vendetta.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Wyatt is an idealist in the beginning.beginning of his lawman career. He fights crime and progressively he becomes a hardened vigilante. In the end, he goes on a murderous personal vendetta.



* ImmuneToBullets: Wyatt. TruthInTelevision as every eyewitness account of the gunfights he was in proved he walked away from each of them without a scratch. Highlighted in both the OK Corral itself as well as the infamous shootout at Iron Springs during his Vendetta Ride.



* PistolWhip: Wyatt's preferred method of dealing with troublemakers while a deputy in Dodge City. While it seems harsh, the fact that 1.) those he smacks are usually drunk, violent, and armed, and 2.) he could just as easily shoot them if he really wanted to, makes him seem also reasonable.

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* PistolWhip: Wyatt's preferred method of dealing with troublemakers while a deputy in Dodge City. While it seems harsh, the fact that 1.) 1) those he smacks are usually drunk, violent, and armed, and 2.) 2) he could just as easily shoot them if he really wanted to, makes him seem also reasonable.



* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: While peacekeeprs in Dodge City, Ed Masterson disapproves of Wyatt's preference to PistolWhip people first and ask questions later, feeling that they could be more effective and civil if they just tried to talk people down first. When he tries to do just that, he's promptly shot and dies in his brother's arms, suggesting that Wyatt's more physical way of keeping the peace was right all along.

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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: While peacekeeprs peacekeepers in Dodge City, Ed Masterson disapproves of Wyatt's preference to PistolWhip people first and ask questions later, feeling that they could be more effective and civil if they just tried to talk people down first. When he tries to do just that, he's promptly shot and dies in his brother's arms, suggesting that Wyatt's more physical way of keeping the peace was right all along.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Wyatt gets this both from Mattie as their marriage deteriorates, and from Virgil's wife Allie who rips into Wyatt for leading the Earp family into a bad situation in Tombstone.
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* PistolWhip: Wyatt's preferred method of dealing with troublemakers while a deputy in Dodge City. While it seems harsh, the fact that 1.) those he smacks are usually drunk, violent, and armed, and 2.) he could just as easily shoot them if he really wanted to, makes him seem also reasonable.
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* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: While peacekeeprs in Dodge City, Ed Masterson disapproves of Wyatt's preference to PistolWhip people first and ask questions later, feeling that they could be more effective and civil if they just tried to talk people down first. When he tries to do just that, he's promptly shot and dies in his brother's arms, suggesting that Wyatt's more physical way of keeping the peace was right all along.
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* ShamingTheMob: Wyatt manages to stop the mob that wanted to lynch Tommy Behind-The-Deuce. He says that he will defend the prison, that he will probably be killed in the process, but not before having shot down several angry townfolk.


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* TorchesAndPitchforks: An angry mob wants to lynch Tommy Behind-The-Deuce and goes to the prison where he is jailed.
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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: A guy offers to buy a meal for Wyatt, who is an alcoholic tramp by that time. By way of thanks, Wyatt robs him and steals his horse.


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* GoodSamaritan: The guy who offers to buy a meal for Wyatt, who is an alcoholic tramp by that time. By way of thanks, Wyatt robs him and steals his horse.


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* RecoveredAddict: Wyatt stops drinking alcohol after being bailed out of jail. He always orders coffee.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Mattie after Wyatt leaves her is not showed.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The film depicts Curly Bill Brocious as deliberately murdering Marshal Fred White, when by all accounts (including Wyatt's) White's death was a drunken accident.

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* GiveMeASword: {{Subverted|Trope}}. A prisoner, faced with a lynch mob, screams at his jailer, Wyatt Earp, to give him a gun so he could defend himself. Wyatt tells him that if he doesn't shut up he will give him over. Then he walks out and talks the mob down.
* GunsAkimbo: Wyatt Earp's party is ambushed in a canyon by allies of the Clantons and [=McLauries=]. One mook draws down on Wyatt with two pistols and begins firing them with a cocky grin on his face. Wyatt ''calmly walks over to his horse, grabs a shotgun, approaches the mook and blows him away at POINT BLANK RANGE.'' The look on the mook's face turns to abject horror as every one of his shots misses wide and Wyatt approaches with his boomstick. It's absolutely priceless.



* LawmanGoneBad: After the murder of Morgan, Wyatt, who is a town marshal, goes after the members of the "Cowboy" gang to kill them.



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* SiblingTeam: The Wyatt brothers.

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* TheSheriff: Sheriff Behan is depicted as a corrupt and sleazy guy (he does not want to fight the "Cowboy" gang and he makes fun of his girlfriend Josie).
* ShowdownAtHighNoon: {{Subverted|Trope}} all to hell in an early scene. The first gunfight of the film is between two angry drunks, staggering around about ten feet from each other and firing wildly. Both men shoot each other at about the same time, and we (and young Wyatt) are treated to the sight of one of them bleeding out from a [[GroinAttack shot to the crotch]] while a horse that caught a stray bullet screams in pain until it's put down.
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* YoungGun: Wyatt Earp in the beginning: he dreams of becoming a soldier and fighting in the Union Army. Later, Morgan Earp, who looks up to Wyatt as a mentor figure. In the end, Warren Earp shows up in Tombstone and wants to fight the "Cowboy" gang.

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It is a {{Biopic}} about the life of Wyatt Earp (played by Costner), which feature the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Bat Masterson is embarrassed when his brother reveals that his first name is Bartholomiew.


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* LivingLegend: Wyatt Earp has this status by the end of the film. In the boat to Alaska, a young man recognizes him and recounts one of his legendary feats.
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* TheMourningAfter: Wyatt cannot get over the death of his wife Urilla. He cannot have any other romantic relationship. Finally {{Subverted|Trope}} when he meets Josie.


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* SiblingTeam: The Wyatt brothers.
* StressVomit: The young Wyatt vomits when he sees a gunfight for the first time.
* TheWestern: Set in TheWildWest in the late 19th century.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the end, captions inform us about the fate of the main characters after the events of the film.
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''Wyatt Earp'' is a 1994 {{Western}} film directed by Creator/LawrenceKasdan, starring Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/BillPullman and Creator/IsabellaRossellini.

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''Wyatt Earp'' is a 1994 {{Western}} film directed by Creator/LawrenceKasdan, starring Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/DavidAndrews, Creator/LindenAshby, Creator/JeffFahey, Creator/MarkHarmon, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/BillPullman and Creator/IsabellaRossellini.
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''Wyatt Earp'' is a 1994 {{Western}} film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz, starring Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/BillPullman and Creator/IsabellaRossellini.

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''Wyatt Earp'' is a 1994 {{Western}} film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz, Creator/LawrenceKasdan, starring Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/BillPullman and Creator/IsabellaRossellini.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Mattie attempts to commit suicide several times because of Wyatt's relationship with Josie. She puts laudanum in her whisky.


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* HowWeGotHere: The opening sequence shows Wyatt drinking coffee before the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The bulk of the film is a long flashback, which recounts his life up to that point.


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* OffTheWagon: Wyatt stops drinking alcohol after being bailed out of jail, but he orders a bottle of alcohol after Mattie attempts to commit suicide.
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''Wyatt Earp'' is a 1994 {{Western}} film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz, starring Creator/KevinCostner, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/BillPullman and Creator/IsabellaRossellini.

It is a {{Biopic}} about the life of Wyatt Earp (played by Costner), which feature the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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* {{Biopic}}: The film recounts the life of Wyatt Earp, from the time of the American Civil War to the Klondike Gold Rush.
* DistantFinale: The epilogue is set years after the climax of the film. Wyatt and Josie are on a boat going to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush.
* DrowningMySorrows: After the death of his wife Urilla, Wyatt becomes an alcoholic and he steals to buy drinks.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Wyatt is not romantically involved with Mattie. She is just a sex partner for him. He is very clear about it, but Mattie is in love with him.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Wyatt is an idealist in the beginning. He fights crime and progressively he becomes a hardened vigilante. In the end, he goes on a murderous personal vendetta.
* InMediasRes: The opening sequence shows Wyatt drinking coffee before the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Then a long flashback recounts his life up to that point.
* TheLostLenore: Wyatt Earp's wife Urilla Sutherland dies from typhoid fever early in the film. It is very difficult for Wyatt to recover from that loss. Years later, it is still difficult for him to have a romantic relationship.
* LoveTriangle: Wyatt has a sex relationship with Mattie and he falls in love with Josie. Mattie is very jealous of Josie.
* AMinorKidroduction: The prologue shows Wyatt as a teenager dreaming of fighting for the Union Army.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After the death of Morgan, Wyatt and Doc Holliday go after the cowboys to kill them.
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