If you took Val Kilmer’s “Doc Holliday” out of “Tombstone” it would have been a boring film.
“If you took Val Kilmer’s “Doc Holliday” out of “Tombstone” it would have been a boring film.”
Well, it is true that Kilmer made that film. His performance was riveting. Without him playing off the other actors, it may have been a bit wooden. I also did not like the love affair of Earp and that theatre gal angle in Tombstone. Silly. It was the relationship of Earp and Holliday that made the drama crackle in the movie. It also made for really good gunslinging scenes. Earp’s adulterous leanings did not need to have such an exalted place in the film’s unfolding drama. I don’t keep up with awards, but did Kilmer get any kind of official recognition for the Doc Holliday portrayal? He should have gotten an academy award in my opinion. I never tire of that performance.
So true. Almost every one of his lines is a quotable classic. "Why, Johnny! You look like someone just walked over your grave!"