Overview:
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.| Status: | Released (2004-04-07) |
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| Awards: | 1 nomination total |
| BoxOffice: | $22,414,961 |
| Screen: | Leslie Bohem, Stephen Gaghan, John Lee Hancock |
| Productions: | Imagine Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Español |
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Casts
- 6065: Dennis Quaid - Sam Houston
- 879: Billy Bob Thornton - Davy Crockett
- 12261: Jason Patric - James Bowie
- 17178: Patrick Wilson - William Travis
- 263: Emilio Echevarría - Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
- 56679: Edwin Hodge - Joe
- 25933: Emily Deschanel - Rosanna Travis
Crews
- 4501: Dean Semler - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1225: Carter Burwell - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 5541: Philip Steuer - Executive Producer - Production
- 54040: John Lee Hancock - Director - Directing
- 6159: Ron Howard - Producer - Production
- 6184: Todd Hallowell - Executive Producer - Production
- 2945: Stephen Gaghan - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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Welcome to the murky middle ground where legend and history meet. I enjoyed this movie as an earnest attempt to tell this iconic legend in a slightly different way. Its variance from the legend may make cinema purists uncomfortable, but I have read a lot about the Alamo over the past ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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Didn't enjoy this. <em>'The Alamo'</em>, to me at least, is an incredibly slow-paced and rather boring 137 minutes. Not even the free-for-all action sequences bring any true entertainment, due to the chaotic filming nature of them; I get there's supposed to be pandemonium, but the ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Unfortunately, you have to compare this with the John Wayne version from 1960, and it doesn't really hold up very favourably. Patrick Wilson is Colonel Travis trying to command a garrison of Texan freedom fighters holed up in an old Catholic Mission against the overwhelming forces of ....
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