''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

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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 in the American West, including Dodge City, Kansas, Dodge City, Wichita, Kansas, Wichita, and Tombstone, Arizona, Tombstone. Earp was involved in the gunfight ...

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, Colonel Roderick Hafford, and

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

Cast

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

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campaign. In an interview with '' IndieWire'', 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 Films with screenplays by Alex Cox Cultural depictions of Wyatt Earp Cultural depictions of Doc Holliday Cultural depictions of Big Nose Kate American Western (genre) films Crowdfunded films 2010s films about time travel 2017 Western (genre) films 2010s American films Films scored by Dan Wool English-language Western (genre) films