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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Movies to see this week: 'The Doors,' 'North By Northwest,' 'Hundreds of Beavers'
Showcases, a new midnight movie classic, and a chance to see one of the late Val Kilmer's best roles highlight the movie calendar this week. Here are the repertory movies you can catch around the Twin Cities during the week of May 21. Thursday, May 22, at the Walker Art Center The new film from Vera Brunner-Sung and producers Kazua Melissa Vang and Yeej, Bitterroot, has played in town a couple of times already, with screenings during the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival and last week at the Walker Art Center. This week, Vang and Yeej will curate a showcase of local Hmong artists and filmmakers, continuing some of the themes from their acclaimed film, which was shot in Missoula but featured talent from the Twin Cities Hmong community on-screen and in the production. 725 Vineland Pl., Minneapolis (free) Thursday, May 22, at Emagine Willow Creek Biopics on iconic musicians have become commonplace and are often a bit paint-by-numbers. The expected boredom has sullied expectations for the subgenre, even when there are thrilling examples of the form out there, like Oliver Stone's The Doors. The late Val Kilmer fully embodies Jim Morrison, singing, moving, and looking like him. The movie moves quickly at times, tracing Morrison's life from film school up through his death at 27 in Paris. 9900 Shelard Pkwy., Plymouth ($12.59) Saturday, May 24, at The Parkway Theater Hundreds of Beavers feels like what might have happened if a silent film director from the 1920s grew up on Adult Swim cartoons and made a Bugs Bunny-inspired comedy. With almost no spoken dialogue, a 19th-century fur trapper is tormented by rabbits, woodpeckers, raccoons, fish, and geese out on the frontier. Worst of all are the beavers, of which, you may have guessed, there are hundreds. With intentionally absurd special effects, he goes to war with a deluge of men in beaver costumes. It's already becoming a midnight movie classic, even though it really only hit theaters in 2024. 4814 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis ($16.73–$20) Sunday, May 25, at Emagine Willow Creek Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Thirst) doesn't pull punches in his films. Rather, he tends to set you up for a few final jabs that can be brutally stunning. That's the case in The Handmaiden, which starts as a dark drama when a Korean girl is hired to be the handmaiden to a rich Japanese heiress. The young woman, however, is actually a thief who has been hired to rob and seduce the heiress. Things get twisted and messy. 9900 Shelard Pkwy., Plymouth ($12.59) Monday, May 26, and Wednesday, May 28, at Heights Theater The Hitchcock Festival at the Heights Theater is long gone, but there's still more from the master of suspense coming up. Some of Alfred Hitchcock's most iconic films have scenes that burn so brightly in memory that those scenes stand in for the entirety of the film and can obscure their greatness. North By Northwest can feel that way. Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) gets mistaken for a government agent by a group of spies. It looks like a simple case of mistaken identity, but things go wrong over and over, pulling him deeper and deeper into danger. That includes falling for Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint). It's tense and delightfully frustrating every step of the way, especially if your memory of the movie is a bit obscured by its iconic plane scene. 3951 Central Ave. NE, Columbia Heights ($19–$19.75)More movies screening this week in the Twin Cities: May 21: 28 Days Later (2002) at Alamo Drafthouse, AMC Southdale, Emagine Willow Creek, and Oakdale Cinema May 21: Cooley High (1975) at Alamo Drafthouse May 21: Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) at AMC Inver Grove, Emagine White Bear, Oakdale Cinema, Parkwood Cinema, St. Michael Cinema, and West End Cinema May 21: Labyrinth (1986) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, and Emagine White Bear May 21: The Wiz (1978) at AMC Southdale, Oakdale Cinema and West End Cinema May 21: Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate) (1993) at The Main Cinema, part of the Minnesota Cuban Film Festival May 21: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) at Edina Mann Theatres May 21: Pride & Prejudice (2005) at St. Michael Cinema May 21: The Unborn II (1994) at The Trylon Cinema May 21: Moonstruck (1987) at The Parkway Theater May 21: Crossroads (2002) at Alamo Drafthouse May 21: Tall Tales (2025) at The Main Cinema May 22: Hmong Filmmaker Showcase at Walker Art Center May 22: Making Mr. Right (1987) in 35mm at The Trylon Cinem May 22: Phffft (1954) at Heights Theater May 22: Gather (2020) at Minneapolis Institute of Art (free) May 22: The Apartment (1960) at Grandview Theatres May 24: Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi (1983) at The Parkway Theater May 24: Hundreds of Beavers (2022) w/ costume contest at The Parkway Theater May 24: The '80s Action Extravaganza II: The Quickening at The Trylon Cinema May 24: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) midnight screening at The Parkway Theater May 25: Larry McDonough Quintet Jazz Music + Movie Series presents Miles Ahead (2015) at The Parkway Theater May 25: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) at Roxy's Cabaret May 25–27: Young Frankenstein (1978) at The Trylon Cinema May 25: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) at Roxy's Cabaret May 25 and 28: Blazing Saddles (1974) at Emagine Eagan, Emagine Lakeville, and Emagine White Bear May 25: Bree Way: Promise Witness Remembrance at Minneapolis Institute of Art May 25 and 29: Twilight (2008) at Grandview Theatre May 26: Terminating Mystery Movie at Alamo Drafthouse May 26 and 28: Jaws (1975) at Alamo Drafthouse May 26: Silver Bullet (1995) at Emagine Willow Creek May 27: The Vourdalak (2024) at Alamo Drafthouse May 27: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) in 35mm at The Parkway Theater
News24
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News24
Tom Cruise came dangerously close to tragedy in SA while filming the new Mission epic
The Mission Impossible film crew had fears that Tom Cruise was about to die after he appeared to pass out on the wing of a stunt plane over South Africa. Cruise, 62, is known for doing his own stunts. 'Tom had pushed himself to the point that he was so physically exhausted, he couldn't get back up off the wing,' said director Christopher McQuarrie. Tom Cruise's film crew on his latest Mission: Impossible epic feared the actor was about to die after he appeared to pass out on the wing of a stunt plane over South Africa. The 62-year-old, who does his own stunts and was flying the biplane alone, was laid out flat on the wing after spending 22 minutes out of the cockpit - 10 more than safety guidelines allowed, his director Christopher McQuarrie told a masterclass at the Cannes film festival, where Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning premiered on Wednesday. 'When you leave the cockpit of the plane, it's like stepping onto the surface of another planet,' McQuarrie said. 'The wind is hitting you in excess of 140 miles an hour (225 kph) coming off the propeller. You're breathing, but only physically. You're not actually getting oxygen. 'Tom had pushed himself to the point that he was so physically exhausted, he couldn't get back up off the wing. He was lying on the wing, his arms hanging over the front. We could not tell if he was conscious or not,' said the American filmmaker, who has shot the four last movies of the franchise. READ | Tom Cruise honours 'dear friend' Val Kilmer's legacy at CinemaCon with moment of silence Cruise, a trained acrobatics pilot, had agreed a hand signal to show if he was in trouble, McQuarrie said. 'You can't do this when you're unconscious,' the director told an audience at Cannes, with Cruise sitting beside him nodding sheepishly. To make matters worse, the plane had only six minutes of fuel left. But the star finally stirred. 'We watched Tom as he pulled himself up and stuck his head in the cockpit so that he could replenish the oxygen in his body, and then climb up into the cockpit and bring the plane safely down to land. 'No one on Earth can do that but Tom Cruise,' he said to rapturous applause. Asked about how he dealt with the fear, Cruise pointed to the years of preparation that went into the movies, which he compared to the workings of 'a Swiss watch.' But in the end, 'I like the feeling (of fear). It's just an emotion for me. It's something that is not paralysing.' 'I'm like, 'Oh, that's exciting'... I don't mind kind of encountering the unknown,' insisting that 'this is what I dreamed of doing as a kid.' It was far from the only scare the pair had on the $400 million epic, the eighth in the franchise known for its dizzying set pieces and heart-stopping action scenes. 'No way to test that thing' With fans fearing that The Final Reckoning title meant it would be the last in the series, McQuarrie said the plane scene was not the only one that could have ended everything. One of the new movie's most dramatic moments involves Cruise's character, Ethan Hunt, diving inside a sunk Russian nuclear submarine in the Bering Sea. McQuarrie said it took two and a half years to build the set in London. 'Remember that when you're watching Tom inside this semi-submerged rotating room inside the submarine that is housed inside a 60-foot diameter, 1000-ton, 360-degree rotating, fully submersible steel gimbal in an 8.5-million-litre tanker. And he's inside it,' he said. 'And what you're watching is us testing it. Because there is no way to test that thing.' 'We built a model, and we put a little plastic figure and a bunch of torpedoes in it and rotated it once, and they smashed the little plastic figure.' Neither Cruise nor McQuarrie would confirm or deny if the new movie was the final Mission: Impossible, with Cruise calling it the 'culmination of three decades of work.' The film, one of the most expensive ever made, had to struggle through Covid lockdowns and two Hollywood strikes. But the wait appears to be worth it, according to the Hollywood Reporter, which quoted critics emerging from the first press screenings calling it 'astonishing,' 'jaw-dropping,' and 'just insane,' the 'best action movie of the summer.' The film is being released in India, Australia, and South Korea this weekend, with audiences in Europe and the Middle East having to wait until 21 May and those in North America until 23 May.
Al Bawaba
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Tom Cruise reunites with Val Kilmer for Top Gun
Published May 11th, 2025 - 01:12 GMT Tom Cruise found it "very special" to have Val Kilmer return for 'Top Gun: Maverick' amid the late actor's health issues. Tom Cruise found it "very special" to have Val Kilmer return for 'Top Gun: Maverick'. The 62-year-old actor reprised his 1986 role of Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell for the 2022 sequel and found it "beautiful" that his co-star - who died last month from complications related to pneumonia following a long period of ill health - was able to make a brief comeback as his rival-turned-ally Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky, which was a "joyous" experience for them both. Tom told Sight and Sound magazine: "To come back all those years later, and it was amazing being on set for 'Top Gun: Maverick' because it was like time had not passed. We were laughing and it was joyous. "And then we started acting and it's just, you see it… he became Iceman. The power that this guy has, even not saying anything, to become that character. You see how even the sniff that he gave. He was Iceman. "And you saw the dynamic between these friends. It was very special, to say the least, for me personally. "I just tell people… you take Iceman from the first film and you look at it here, that whole journey, he became Iceman. And he didn't even have to speak."That's what he's able to do. Beautiful, really beautiful. A gift that he had and that he shared with all of us.' But Tom revealed things could have been very different because Val had originally turned down the role of Iceman in the original 'Top Gun' film. He said: 'I felt so grateful that he decided to make the film. We did a lot to get him in the movie. Originally, he just didn't want to make the movie, 'I don't want to be a supporting, I want to star in films.' "I was calling his agent, and Tony Scott was hunting him down and meeting in an elevator with Val, and he was like, 'Please, Val, please.' 'You just see what a great actor, charismatic guy he was. And in that scene, what I love about what he did and how he played it, he just knew that tone to hit. "He had to play it so you wanted these guys to be friends in the end. Do you know what I'm saying? And I remember those scenes like they were yesterday, acting with him, where he did the bite thing. You know when you're acting with somebody and you just see they're just on fire. It's exhilarating. I love when the scene just goes to a different place. "If you look at 'Top Gun', I think he's in the movie maybe ten minutes. That's the impact of an artist like that." Via Copyright � 2009-2022 BANG Media International
Daily Mail
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Tom Cruise speaks out on his late friend Val Kilmer's 'special and beautiful' return to screen for Top Gun: Maverick
has revealed how 'very special' it was to reunite with Val Kilmer in Top Gun: Maverick - just months before his co-star's tragic death. The Hollywood legend said it was 'beautiful' having Kilmer reprise his iconic role as Iceman in the 2022 sequel, more than three decades after they first flew together on screen. Kilmer - who passed away in April following complications from pneumonia - made a brief but powerful appearance in the film, despite years of serious health struggles. Cruise, 62, told Sight and Sound magazine: 'To come back all those years later, and it was amazing being on set for Top Gun: Maverick because it was like time had not passed. We were laughing and it was joyous. 'And then we started acting and it's just, you see it… he became Iceman. The power that this guy has, even not saying anything, to become that character. You see how even the sniff that he gave. He was Iceman. 'And you saw the dynamic between these friends.' He added: 'It was very special, to say the least, for me personally. 'I just tell people… you take Iceman from the first film and you look at it here, that whole journey, he became Iceman. And he didn't even have to speak. 'That's what he's able to do. Beautiful, really beautiful. A gift that he had and that he shared with all of us.' The reunion almost didn't happen, with Cruise admitting Kilmer originally turned down the role back in 1986. 'He didn't want to be a supporting actor - he wanted to star,' Cruise explained. 'We did a lot to get him in the movie.' 'I was calling his agent, and Tony Scott was hunting him down and meeting in an elevator with Val, and he was like, 'Please, Val, please.' 'You just see what a great actor, charismatic guy he was. And in that scene, what I love about what he did and how he played it, he just knew that tone to hit. 'He had to play it so you wanted these guys to be friends in the end. Do you know what I'm saying? And I remember those scenes like they were yesterday, acting with him, where he did the bite thing.' Val, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015, spent the later years of his life largely out of the public eye and tragically passed away in April following complications from pneumonia (Pictured in 2019) Looking back on their scenes together, Cruise also said Kilmer's impact on the original film was unforgettable, despite limited screen time. He added: 'If you look at 'Top Gun', I think he's in the movie maybe ten minutes. That's the impact of an artist like that.' Cruise, played Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell alongside Kilmer's Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky in the 1986 classic, with the pair reuniting onscreen for 2022's Top Gun: Maverick. Taking to the stage at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas for CinemaCon 2025, Tom paid an emotional tribute to Val Kilmer after his shock death last month. Cruise said per Variety: 'I'd like to honour a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer. 'I can't tell you how much I admire his work, how grateful and honoured I was when he joined Top Gun and came back later for Top Gun: Maverick. 'I think it would be really nice if we could have a moment together because he loved movies and he gave a lot to all of us. Just kind of think about all the wonderful times that we had with him. Cruise put his head down as he held his hands together while on stage at CinemaCon 2025 held at The Colosseum 'I wish you well on the next journey.' Cruise put his head down as he held his hands together while on stage at CinemaCon 2025 held at The Colosseum. The action star was the event to talk up his next film, Mission: Impossible -The Final Reckoning, which will open on May 23. Tom had said in 2022 that he was very pleased the Kilmer joined him on Top Gun: Maverick. 'I just want to say that was pretty emotional. I've known Val for decades,' Cruise said while on Jimmy Kimmel Live. 'For him to come back and play that character… he's such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again. You're looking at Iceman.' The movie's producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, told People in 2021 that Cruise 'was the driving force' in getting Kilmer to work on the film. Val, who rose to fame in the 1980s with roles in films such as Batman Forever and The Doors, died from complications related to pneumonia after a long battle with health issues. Val, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015, spent the later years of his life largely out of the public eye. Val is survived by his daughter Mercedes and son Jack, whom he had during his marriage to actress Joanne Whalley. Val Kilmer's heartbreaking final words before he lost his voice revealed Val Kilmer 's heartbreaking final words have been revealed from his final interview prior to him losing his voice. The Hollywood star, who passed away from pneumonia aged 65 on Tuesday, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and underwent surgery, including a tracheotomy which created an artificial hole in his neck to help him breath. However this significantly impacted his ability to speak and permanently damaged his vocal cords and forever altered his speaking voice. His last interview prior to the life-changing surgery was with Norwegian television at Val's Malibu home, thought to be recorded in 2014. During the reflective interview, Val made the heartbreaking admission that he wished he had 'loved more' and been a 'better person' when he was younger. Confessing that he was a nightmare to work with he said: 'I was a dumb actor. I complained quite a bit when I was younger. 'I didn't appreciate the business that afforded me the lifestyle that I very quickly enjoyed. Very quickly. I starred in my first movie. I was the lead in the first play I did professionally. 'And now that I don't have that privilege, I wish that I loved more. I want to be a better person. I try to figure that out every day, how to be more grateful.' Val was once one of Hollywood's most prominent leading men in the 1990s after his iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman and The Doors. However numerous spats with directors and co-stars and a series of flops dented his career and over the years, he gained a reputation as temperamental, intense, perfectionist and sometimes egotistical. Asked by the reporter in his final interview in what way he was so full of himself, Val jokingly replied: 'In every way.' He continued: 'I had ideas, I had insecurities about myself that I projected on to the movie business. Just the sounds from my mouth. So absurd. Absurdly unrealistic. Apparently, I had an evil twin.' 'Do you think that people found it difficult to work with you,' the journalist asked. 'Yeah, what's the one past he admitted, again laughing at himself. Speaking about how his career dried up the star explained: 'Yeah, I'm kind of blacklisted. I haven't gotten a studio job in 15 years.' Asked whether he wanted to get into the industry, Val confirmed: 'Yeah, I'd always watched movies and wondered what I'd be like in that part.' WHAT IS A TRACHEOTOMY? According to the NHS, a tracheostomy is a surgical opening in the wall of the trachea (windpipe) to facilitate ventilation. The term for the surgical procedure to create this opening is tracheotomy. The opening is usually maintained by use of a tracheostomy tube. A tracheostomy may be created for a number of reasons - including to deliver oxygen to the lungs when a person is unable to breathe normally after an injury or accident. Or it can be created because their muscles are very weak. It can also allow a person to breathe if their throat is blocked - this can be caused by a swelling, a tumour, or something stuck in their throat and to reduce the risk of food or fluid going into the lungs. 'If you get back, will you behave in another way?' the interviewer asked, as he admitted: 'Yes. In the way that gets me hired.' Val's voice was left forever changed after he was forced to undergo an emergency tracheotomy following his throat cancer diagnosis. After coughing up blood in 2014 he was rushed to hospital and had two emergency tracheotomies - where a hole is created in the neck and windpipe for a tube to be inserted to breathe - as well as chemotherapy and radiation. The cancer caused his tongue to swell and block his lymph passages and after the surgeries, he had to put a finger to the aperture in his throat to speak and be understood. The star revealed he had been free of cancer for four years in 2020, but the tracheotomies permanently affected his ability to speak. He lost his natural voice and had to use an electronic voice box to communicate, opening up about his struggles in his 2021 Prime documentary, Val. A voice box device is most commonly a battery-operated machine that produces sound to create a voice, and is used to help those suffering with throat cancer communicate. After stepping back from the public eye, he emotionally admitted it was 'difficult to talk and be understood' amid his lengthy recovery from throat cancer, which also saw him fed meals through a tube. 'I've tried to see the world, as one piece of life,' Val said using his voice box during his documentary. Though communication became more difficult for him, the Batman star insisted it was just like any other challenge he had to tackle in life. 'I'm doing great. I feel a lot better than I sound,' he told Good Morning America in a 2020 interview. Incredibly, Val's voice was recreated using AI technology, which was used when he emotionally returned to screens for the Top Gun sequel in 2022. London-based firm AI company Sonantic recreated his voice in a lifelike yet artificial mock-up, which Val was able to use to help him communicate in everyday life. Praising the results, the star shared: 'I'm grateful to the entire team at Sonantic who masterfully restored my voice in a way I've never imagined possible. 'As human beings, the ability to communicate is the core of our existence and the effects from throat cancer have made it difficult for others to understand me. The chance to tell my story, in a voice that feels authentic and familiar, is an incredibly special gift.'
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How Tombstone ended up in a movie and brought its infamous history to a new audience
Just south of Tucson, sits one of the last boomtowns of the American West. Tombstone, nicknamed "the town too tough to die," is chock-full of Wild West lore and historic landmarks. Whether you're wandering Allen Street, taking a ghost tour in the Bird Cage Theater or chatting with people wearing Old West getups, you can't help feeling like you've discovered time travel. Though the town has been infamous for more than a century, a 1993 movie brought its story to a new audience. "Tombstone", featuring the late Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday, was a box-office smash. The film centers around some of the most notorious characters of the West and, of course, their legendary showdown at O.K. Corral. Step back into the past. Here's everything you need to know about Tombstone, Arizona, and why you should visit. The legend of Tombstone began in 1877, when a down-on-his-luck prospector named Ed Schieffelin found himself searching for ore in the hills of the San Pedro Valley. As the story goes, Schieffelin was warned that all he would find would be his tombstone. When Schieffelin claimed mining rights over the rich silver deposits in the area, he named his discovery "Tombstone." Just four years later, the town was booming. Tombstone isn't notorious for it's minerals, though. Everything changed on Oct. 16, 1881, when a long-simmering feud erupted into a shootout near the now legendary O.K. Corral. City Marshal Virgil Earp appointed his brothers, Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday as deputy city marshals. The group strode through the streets with a concealed, sawed-off shotgun on a mission: disarm a no-good pack of ranchers and rustlers known as "the Cowboys." Firearms were not permitted in town, and tensions had been high between the two factions for months. It was the outlaws — Ike and Billy Clanton, Frank and Tom McLaury and Billy Claiborne — versus the lawmen. The Earps and Holliday faced off against the group in a vacant lot about 100 feet west of the back entrance to the O.K. Corral. It's still debated who fired the first shot that fateful day, but the 30-second gunfight killed the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton. The Earp brothers and Holliday were wounded. Two months after the shootout, Virgil Earp was ambushed and seriously wounded. Morgan was killed with a shot to the back shortly after. Wyatt Earp would set out on his "bloody Vendetta Ride" after no one was convicted of either crime. He tracked down and killed the men he deemed responsible for the murders of his brothers and promptly left Arizona Territory. More Arizona history: Have you heard of these seven Arizona ghost towns? Though Tombstone was a tourist destination before, a 1993 movie cemented its status as a Wild West town worth visiting. The 1993 "Tombstone" was directed by George P. Cosmatos and starred Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Powers Boothe, Bill Paxton and, of course, the late Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday. With Kevin Costner's big-budget "Wyatt Earp" set to hit theaters six months after the release of "Tombstone", Cosmatos' film was supposed to be the lesser of the two. It ended up becoming a favorite among modern Westerns. Val Kilmer's work in "Tombstone" is referenced amongst his greatest successes. USA TODAY reporter Brian Truitt described Kilmer's portrayal of Doc Holliday as "a wry guy who looked like death, drank laudanum like it was going out of style but was still dangerous as a rattlesnake." Kilmer even named his memoir "I'm Your Huckleberry" for his love of Mark Twain and an iconic line in the film. You can stream "Tombstone" on Hulu, AMC+ or Philo. If Wild West history interests you or if you're planning a state-wide road trip, Tombstone is an essential destination. Consider stopping by the O.K. Corral, which was expanded to include the actual site of the famous gunfight. It sits at 326 East Allen Street. Catch one of the shootout reenactment shows at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. daily. Tourists often frequent Boot Hill Graveyard, another Tombstone landmark and Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers' final resting place. You can also visit the blacksmith shop, the O.K. Corral Stables, C.S. Fly's Photographic Gallery, the Tombstone Courthouse Museum, the Tombstone Epitaph Newspaper (a museum dedicated to Arizona's oldest, still running, newspaper) and the Good Enough Silver Mine. Even without the shows or tours, just spending time in Tombstone is enough to make you feel the rich, and often violent, history rushing through the town's veins. Despite the town's historic designation, the government doesn't provide funding for upkeep. This means the magic of Tombstone is created by the employees and residents who work to preserve the town's 1880s vibe, while also following the strict rules laid out in the historic designation. To get there from central Phoenix, take Interstate 10 east past Tucson to Benson. Go south on State Route 80 (at Exit 303) to Tombstone. Arizona Republic contributor Roger Naylor, Republic reporter Bill Goodykoontz and USA TODAY reporter Bryan Alexander contributed to this article. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Tombstone, Arizona: How the movie highlighted its infamous story
