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The Cup-Spinning Scene: How Did They Do It?

by | Oct 2, 2006 | Western Movies

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The cup-spinning scene in 1993’s Tombstone is still a favorite among Western movie aficionados. When Johnny Ringo shows up at the gaming tables, a drunk Doc Holliday tells him in Latin, In vino veritas (“There is truth in wine”). Ringo responds in kind, eventually patting his gun and saying, Juventus stultorum magister (“Youth is the teacher of fools”). In pace requiescat (“May he rest in peace”), Holliday responds, to which Sheriff White interjects, telling them both to coo


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