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The movie makes an effort to depict the racial/ethnic diversity of the West, but it definitely does not reflect the fact that white Americans were in the minority in the Southwest at the time. There probably would have been many more Spanish speakers especially, and their absence erased any racial tensions that would have also existed. Also, the movie was filmed in Monument Valley, which is substantially more interesting and dramatic geographically than the real relatively flat, scruffy Tombstone. -Mary Ann | The movie makes an effort to depict the racial/ethnic diversity of the West, but it definitely does not reflect the fact that white Americans were in the minority in the Southwest at the time. There probably would have been many more Spanish speakers especially, and their absence erased any racial tensions that would have also existed. Also, the movie was filmed in Monument Valley, which is substantially more interesting and dramatic geographically than the real relatively flat, scruffy Tombstone. -Mary Ann | ||
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| + | The introduction of the Earp brothers in the beginning of the movie was highly historically inaccurate. The brothers' arrival in Tombstone did not occur because they were driving cattle to California. Wyatt actually had hoped to start a stage line. Also, as a side note, Wyatt was actually younger than James in real life. --Erin L. | ||
== The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | == The movie as a primary source about the time/people who made it == | ||
