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DVD : The Alamo (Widescreen Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio EchevarrÃa, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson directed by: John Lee Hancock  List Price: $14.99 Amazon.com's Price: $11.99 You Save: $3.00 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780788849244 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0788849247 Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 28, 2004 Running Time: 137 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 2004 Sales Rank: 7450 MPN: DISD32656D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: From the studio that brought you PEARL HARBOR ... Academy Award(R) winner Billy Bob Thornton (SLING BLADE, Best Adapted Screenplay, 1996; BAD SANTA), Dennis Quaid (THE ROOKIE), and Jason Patric (RUSH) team up for the acclaimed action epic about one of the most important events in American history! It's the heroic tale of the 200 brave men who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom defending a small Texas fort for 13 days against an entire army! Commanded by three men -- Lt. Col. William Travis (Patrick Wilson), James Bowie (Patric), and David Crockett (Thornton) -- their against-all-odds courage at the Alamo would forever live on as a rallying cry for liberty and independence! Amazon.com: Despite a troubled production history including a switch in directors, budget overruns, and delayed release dates, The Alamo turned out to be a remarkably intelligent mini-epic of corrective historical biography. Dispensing with the grandiose myth-making of previous films on this subject (including John Wayne's gung-ho 1960 version), this well-written film breathes new, credibly dimensional life into the stodgy legends of Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), Jim Bowie (Jason Patric), and Lt. Col. William Travis (Patrick Wilson), who fought with 185 Anglo-"Texican" settlers (some historians claim their numbers were closer to 250) during the bloody 13-day siege by 5,000 Mexican soldiers at the titular San Antonio mission-turned-fortress in 1836. While Gen. Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) anguishes over military strategy and reluctantly withholds much-needed support, the Alamo defenders face the unbeatable multitudes commanded by Mexican Gen. Santa Anna (Emilio Echevarria), and the screenplay (on which John Sayles was an early contributor, when Ron Howard was slated to direct) allows the central heroes to reveal a richer, more substantial humanity beneath their mythic reputations. Tackling his biggest production to date, director John Lee Hancock (who previously worked with Quaid on The Rookie) reportedly shot 100 hours of footage, so it's almost miraculous that this 135-minute battle drama is so evenly balanced in telling its oft-told tale. Thornton was deservedly singled out for his fine performance, and Dean Semler's cinematography is Oscar-worthy throughout. Of course, any film about the Alamo necessarily includes speculative history, and this one's no exception, but it's got a ring of truth that previous versions conspicuously lacked. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Legend RetoldThe Alamo was originally an adobe mission compound on the outskirts of San Antonio. The film starts at the end of the battle. News of its fall reaches the Texans. Then the story begins one year earlier. Sam Houston wants to go to Texas. David Crockett, former Congressman, is a legend in his own time. [The show "Lion of the West" is a pun on Crockett's story-telling.] The Texicans (like other Mexican states) oppose the military rule of Santa Anna (who worked for the big bankers and landowners). There ... Read More Rating: - Good Movie ... Decent AccuracyHands down, this is the most authentic and realistic screen adaption of the Alamo story ever made. ( The second best is an IMAX film called "The Price of Freedom", which can only be seen in San Antonio,TX as far as I know.) I have nothing against the Wayne-amo. I first saw it on TV when I was about 6 and loved it. I bashed in imaginary soldado skulls with the stock of my Red Ryder BB gun for weeks afterward. (Mom was worried.) However, the simple fact remains that the 1960 Alamo was more ... Read More Rating: - The Best Alamo film ever madeFor serious students of history of the Alamo, director John Lee Hancock's "The Alamo" can't be beat. Every phase of the battle (a night battle which lasted about 90 minutes) is accurately depicted. The movie shows how outlying sentries, sleep deprived after days of shelling, were bayoneted during the initial charge, how the Mexican battalions first scaled the north wall where Travis was killed, shot between the eyes, how defenders retreated into buildings lining the walls where terrible close-quarters fighting ... Read More Rating: - A Tale of Two AlamosI re-watched this movie after visiting Texas and the Alamo recently, and while there, bought a copy of Walter Lord's 1961 book "A Time to Stand" (considered by many to be the best book on the Alamo) as well as David Crockett's autobiography (I heartily recommend both), and was surprised how well the movie jived with the actual history. I think the main reason this movie did so poorly (reading from some of the negative reviews) was that many people were expecting a remake of the 1960 movie with John Wayne ... Read More Rating: - Seriously?"Made by Texans?" How did they work the videocamera drunk? Just kidding. Nothing wrong with Texans. They can hold their liquor, and they have a strong sense of culture. I'll check out the flick. Maybe. Browse for similar items by category:
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