Synopsis Of The Movie 'Thoughts On Doc Holliday'

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Thoughts on Doc Holliday
Dr. John Henry Holliday was born on August 14th, 1851. was a gambler, dentist, and gunman. He was also a good friend of Wyatt Earp. He is best known for his role as a temporary deputy marshal in the events leading up to and following the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. When he had tuberculosis, "Doc" decided to travel west. The Doctors had told John that the drier air of the west would be good for his disease. He was only given one year to live.
He discovered that he was very good at poker, and his new life began. However, gambling in the west was nothing to mess with. Doc carried a six gun on his hip and one on his shoulder along with a knife and used them at will. As Doc ran through towns across the west, his reputation was growing. Many believed that Doc …show more content…

The movie focused on the world around Doc Holliday and while he was one of the most major characters in the movie, there were many times it would spotlight the events of people like Wyatt Earp over him. This helped separate the movie from being more of a biography movie and focused more on the background of his group of peers, which helps give a better understanding to the people he worked with. The book tells the story from a first-person perspective. It describes what is happening in the world with Doc Holliday’s thoughts and words. I do not like this as much as the movie’s approach, as it gives a more limited view on emotions and motives of the other people in his life. To the book’s credit, however, this does give a more in-depth view on Doc’s character himself. In the movie, there are many scenes where Holliday is drunk, under a strong medicine that weakens him, or he is not even in the scene at all. While the movie shows us many scenes of other people, it comes at the cost of being able to focus on Doc

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