# Tombstone, has it been re-edited? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621 "2005-02-18T00:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/1 "2005-02-18T00:10:59Z")
I was watshing Tombstone the other day on Showtime (or one of the others that shows movies uncut) and something is bothering me. There is a scene near the end of Tombstone where Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp and his gang are hunting down the remaining Cowboys after Doc has dispacthed the main bad guy. Here is the scene I saw: There is a Comboy on as horse running for all it’s worth, he reaches down and unlashes his red sash, letting it fly. Cut to Wyatt and gang just behind them. Kurt reaches down to his right then leans up and high fives the guy riding next to him. Now this isn’t the first time I’ve seen it this way, TBS was running it extensively a while back, so I assumed that the scene was altered for broadcast. Here’s the problem: I remember the scene as: There is a comboy on as horse running for all it’s worth, he reaches down and unlashes his red sash, letting it fly. Cut to Wyatt and gang just behind them. Kurt reaches down to his right, snatches up the sash (it hadn’t yet hit the ground), catches then shoots the cowboy throwing down the sash on top of the dead Cowboy. Now I admit, that I prefer my scene, due to the nature of the Cowboys, and maybe misremembering it, however my wife also remembers it my way. Anybody else remember it my way? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/2 "2005-02-18T00:20:26Z")
I just checked the DVD and the Cowboy throws his sash down, but Earp holsters his gun and shakes hands with Doc Holiday and the two continue riding off. The next scene takes place at the sanitarium. ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/3 "2005-02-18T00:50:14Z")
No, it was always like that. I remember, because I was like Fred Savage in **The Princess Bride** , “That guy gets away?!?” If there was one guy who had it coming, it was that coward. ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/4 "2005-02-18T00:54:20Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > If there was one guy who had it coming, it was that coward. It was Ike, right? ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/5 "2005-02-18T00:57:46Z")
Yep. He should have died in the bar when he threaten the Earps. He should have died at the corral, but he yelled that he didn’t have a weapon. He should have died when he tried to shoot the Sam Elliot character on the train. He should have…ad infinitum ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/6 "2005-02-18T01:37:27Z")
They didn’t shoot him because he was too pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/7 "2005-02-18T02:10:07Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > No, it was always like that. I remember, because I was like Fred Savage in **The Princess Bride** , “That guy gets away?!?” > > If there was one guy who had it coming, it was that coward. I too felt like he should not have gotten away. But they kept their word - they had said that anyone wearing the bandanna would be shot. ---
**Author:** ![Jplacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jplacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jplacer)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/8 "2005-02-18T06:16:28Z")
“I see a red sash, I kill the man wearing it” ---
**Author:** ![DataZak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@DataZak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataZak)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/9 "2005-02-18T06:37:01Z")
[Hijack] I’ve always wanted to know whether the coward who got away was historical or fictional? [/Hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tombstone-has-it-been-re-edited/290621/10 "2005-02-18T06:40:27Z")
Historical. Ike Clanton I think ended up getting killed sometime later for unrelated business.