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The Alamo

REMEMBER THE ALAMO.

thealamoNot all films with a troubled history turn out as disasters. This one took forever to get into theaters, but itā€™s an earnest attempt to portray the 1836 massacre at the Alamo in a way that wasnā€™t done in the 1960 John Wayne movie. Instead of his swaggering we get Billy Bob Thornton as the ā€œrealā€ Davy Crockett, the man, not the legendary figure. The filmmakers’ nuanced depiction of the people and the events includes a look at what the Mexicans were thinking as well. Impressively staged in many ways, but never quite as engrossing as one would hope for.

2004-U.S. 135 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed byĀ John Lee Hancock. Screenplay: Leslie Bohem, Stephen Gaghan, John Lee Hancock. Cast: Billy Bob Thornton (Davy Crockett), Dennis Quaid (Sam Houston), Jason Patric (James Bowie), Patrick Wilson, Emilio EcheverrĆ­a, Jordi MollĆ”.

Trivia:Ā Co-producer Ron Howard was originally going to direct the film, with Russell Crowe in the lead, but dropped out.

 

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