Screenwriter Dan Gordon reveals the real story behind the making of the blockbuster biopic. When it comes to the events in Tombstone on October 26, 1881, if any question is more open to debate than whether the Earps or the Clantons were the villains, it is the question of whether Wyatt Earp or Tombstone is the definitive telling. Warring factions are still debating who actually directed Tombstone, but few are aware of the convoluted path that led to the film Wyatt Earp and what was lost along t


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