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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
GenreWestern
Written byDan Ullman
Rob Word
Directed byPaul Landres
Frank McDonald
StarringHugh O'Brian
Bruce Boxleitner
Paul Brinegar
Music byDana Walden
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerStanton Rutledge
ProducersPhil May
Joseph J. Shields
Production locationsTombstone, Arizona
Sonoran Desert
CinematographyJames W. Roberson
EditorsDavid Gaudio
Mark Ruggio
Jayme Wing
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesAssociated Images
CST Featurization
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseJuly 1, 1994 (1994-07-01)
Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp (with Adele Mara)

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone is a 1994 American Western television film starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, featuring new footage mixed with colorized sequences from O'Brian's 1955–1961 television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.[1]

The supporting cast for the new footage includes Bruce Boxleitner, Paul Brinegar, Harry Carey, Jr., Bo Hopkins, and Don Meredith. The colorized flashback archival footage from the original television series features Douglas Fowley as Doc Holliday and Lloyd Corrigan as Ned Buntline.[2] The movie was directed by Paul Landres and Frank McDonald.

Cast

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Production

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In November 1993, it was announced episodes from the television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp would be colorized and re-edited into three to six television films in order to tap into renewed public interest in Wyatt Earp with the upcoming releases of Tombstone and Wyatt Earp.[3] CST Entertainment Imaging, a company specializing in film colorization, created a new division called Featurizations Inc. whose intent was to find dormant older black-and-white television series that would be good candidates for re-edit and colorization to television films.[3] Original series star, Hugh O'Brian, was brought back to shoot wraparound footage that would serve to bookend the repurposed footage which would be shot in black-and-white and then colorized in order to make the film quality match.[3]

In February 1994, it was announced CBS had acquired the first film, Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone for broadcast during Summer around the theatrical release of Wyatt Earp.[4]

Unrealized follow-ups

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Featurizations Inc. had planned for two to five additional colorized television films with the second entry Wyatt’s Women announced to have been in pre-production in February 1994.[3][4] Ultimately no further films were made.

References

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  1. ^ "Retro : The Wonder of Wyatt : MIXING THE OLD SERIES WITH NEW SCENES BRINGS EARP BACK TO TV--AND TOMBSTONE". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  2. ^ Shillingberg, William B. (Summer 1976). "Wyatt Earp and the Buntline Special Myth". Kansas Historical Quarterly. 42 (2): 113–154.
  3. ^ a b c d "Colorized 'Earp' prepped for TV". Variety. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "CBS takes a shot with assembled 'Earp' pic". Variety. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
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