Daily Dialogue — January 20, 2015

Wyatt Earp: All right, Clanton… you called down the thunder, well now you’ve got it! You see that? [pulls open his coat, revealing a badge] It says United States Marshal!
Ike Clanton: [terrified, pleading] Wyatt, please, I…
Wyatt Earp: [referring to Stilwell, laying dead] Take a good look at him, Ike… ’cause that’s how you’re gonna end up! [shoves Ike down roughly with his boot] The Cowboys are finished, you understand? I see a red sash, I kill the man wearin’ it! [lets Ike up to run for his life] So run, you cur… RUN! Tell all the other curs the law’s comin’! [shouts] You tell ’em I’m coming… and hell’s coming with me, you hear?… [louder] Hell’s coming with me!

— Tombstone (1993), written by Kevin Jarre

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Threat. Today’s suggestion by James Schramm.

Trivia: Kevin Jarre’s original script for Tombstone was significantly longer than the final film. It was intended to be an epic, detailing the lives of all the combatant parties in the story. After Jarre was fired as director, George P. Cosmatos hired John Fasano to trim the script to focus primarily on the Earp family (to make the already-delayed shoot more manageable). Fasano received co-author credit in early promotional materials, but his name was removed from the film’s credits (probably due to Writer Guild arbitration). Instead, Fasano was given an Associate Producer credit.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by James: “Is there a bigger threat one can make than bringing all of Hell with them? Great scene.”

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