Synopsis:

The life and adventures of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp as he navigates the challenges of the American frontier and becomes an iconic figure in the history of the Wild West. The official Special Expanded Edition of the film was only ever released on VHS and Laserdisc, running over 3 and a half hours, so this edit aims to take all those exclusive scenes and create a nice, new, clean version of that cut. 22 new deleted and extended scenes have been reintegrated into the film, with over 20 minutes of new footage, painting a more detailed picture of the myth that was Wyatt Earp.

Intentions:

Smoker1 asked me to do this edit, and I thought it sounded interesting, so I decided to work on it. Pretty simple story.

Change List:

Editing Details: I lined the laserdisc up to the theatrical blu-ray, and found every instance of new and extended footage, and then colour graded it all to match. I tried to use as much of the deleted scenes from the Blu-Ray, but much of the footage still comes from the laserdisc. I did not upscale the new footage as I do with many of my edits, but the results just came out looking far worse, so I opted to leave them as is. They still look good, but there is a noticable drop off. I reccommend this for big Wyatt Earp fans only! Cuts and Additions: - added young Wyatt talking to his mother about the future, and following in his father's footsteps - added young Wyatt and the encampment in a sandstorm - added Wyatt & Urilla talking about staying in Missouri and the fear of leaving - added extended wedding celebration, with the Earp brothers jokingly flirting with the bride - added Wyatt, Ed and Bat drying bison pelts, while some Sioux watch over them, disapprovingly - added Wyatt and the Sheriff talking about what makes a good person, while two criminals confront them - extended scene with Wyatt meeting Morgan's wife, Lou - added Wyatt joking that the town has been so quiet, he's had time to buy shoes - extended scene with a boy walking through the Tombstone market and bringing milk to the Earps - extended scene with Wyatt and Virgil patrolling the town - added Wyatt in bed with Mettie, thinking about his meeting with Josie - added Wyatt and Doc Holiday being confronted by a cowboy, who threatens to shoot them right there - added Wyatt walking into the Oriental, and interrupting a card game with Doc Holiday, Kate and Lawrence Kasdan - added Josie leaving Johnny Behan because he never married her - added Frank McLaury, Billy Clanton & Billy Claiborne are riding into town - added the men who died in the shootout being displayed in the funeral parlor - added Wyatt having his wounds treated from the shootout - added Wyatt and Doc Holiday being escorted to the town jail - added Wyatt and Doc Holiday in their cell discussing their history behind bars - added Wyatt and Morgan walking through town, as Wyatt asks him if he's had enough of Tombstone yet - added Wyatt and his group riding out of town for the last time - added Johnny Behan and his group riding through the mountains as Wyatt and Doc Holiday watch them from above

Other Sources:

- Wyatt Earp Blu-Ray: The main film came from here, and used as the base of the edit - Lifted Scenes: Some of the laserdisc footage was put on the Blu-Ray, but not all, so I managed to use what I could from here - Special Expanded Edition Laserdisc: Most of the new material came from here, and a lot of the audio too, all matched to the Blu-Ray

Special Thanks:

Smoker1 for asking me to do this edit, and providing the laserdisc to use for the cut willarob for taking Smoker1's laserdisc and capturing it so I could use it for this edit