The alamo is a 2004 american western film about the battle of the alamo during the texas revolution. Even the most ambitious alamo film to date, john waynes 1960 the alamo, was a critical and financial flop. The alamojohn wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, richard boone, chill wills, frankie avalon, linda cristal, ken curtis, joseph calleia, denver pyle, hank worden 1960. The alamo, american epic film, released in 1960, that was john waynes dream project about the battle of the alamo 1836. John wayne, richard widmark, frankie avalon, joseph calleia the legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new republic of texas. It was the first directorial effort of john wayne, who also starred as davy crockett in the film, crockett, bowie, and the texas militia try to defend the alamo from general santa anna. The film was nominated for best picture as was supporting actor chill wills his only academy. Many of these roles were inflated just for hollywood production and entertainment. Packed with hollywood heavyweights, john waynes the alamo 1960 was a motion picture near and dear to the dukes heart.
Dec, 2017 davy crockett,jim bowie,william travis,sam houston. I rented this movie on amazon to teach my family a bit about the alamo. The picture also stars richard widmark as jim bowie and laurence harvey as william b. You have davy crockett, the legendary jim bowie of the bowie knife fame. The alamo has proven a difficult story for filmmakers to tell, and for obvious reasonsyou trap your heroes in a fort for 12 days without much happening, save long conversations on patriotism, and then kill them off in an ending that. The historical players at the fort include davy crockett john waynewho also produced and directed the film with the uncredited assistance of john ford, james. Alamo john wayne richard widmark g1ej95 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos. The alamo is a 1960 american historical epic and war film about the 1836 battle of the alamo produced and directed by john wayne and starring wayne as. The alamo is a 1960 american historicalwestern epic movie about the 1836 battle of the alamo. The alamo 1960 movie simple english wikipedia, the.
The terrain around the real alamo was relatively flat and open as. John wayne directing and playing davy crockett, just arrived in san antonio, 1836, interrupted in his initial conversation with col. Green leaves of summerla canzone di alamo the brothers four cover bobby solo. Viewed as history, john waynes epic production of the alamo is as full of holes as swiss cheese the final battle actually lasted less than an hour, in the predawn darkness of march 6, 1836. The alamo dimitri tiomkin the essential film music collection. Well acted and a film well worth having giving a little history of the alamo. Moviegoers of the time who expected to see the style of john wayne got exactly that. Go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. However, that print subsequently was coated with a preservative that instead had the opposite effect, and on top of that they moved it from cool canada to a warehouse in glendale, california, which further exacerbated its destruction. John wayne this retelling of the alamo story and the beginnings of texas independence from mexico is perhaps the most john wayne film ever made.
A large hill or plateau is shown to be near the alamo chapel in the film. And the final assault on the alamo, in which each of the big three davy, bowie, and travis makes a heroic final stand, is breathtaking. The alamo 1960 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. Tell mgm its time now to save john waynes the alamo. The alamo, as a film subject has a long, and sordid tradition of portraying any spanish speaker as being on the screen for the sole purpose of robbing some innocent white woman of her honor. This classic film, based on the fall of the alamo in 1836, provides viewers with an inside look at how this historical tragedy came about. Dimitri tiomkins oscar nominated score for the alamo 1960 has been released in quite a few different forms over the years. At the alamo a crumbling adobe mission 185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact. Likely in america where remember the alamo is of much importance, any. The cast also includes richard widmark as jim bowie and laurence harvey as william b. It was directed by john lee hancock, produced by ron howard, brian grazer, and mark johnson, distributed by touchstone pictures, and starred dennis quaid as sam houston, billy bob thornton as david crockett, and jason patric as jim bowie. The story is of how these portrayed in in the film defended the alamo which was a mission, against over whelming odds against santa anna and the mexican army. Released 1960, the alamo stars john wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, richard boone the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 41 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Not to be confused with the 2004 version starring billy bob thornton.
The making of john waynes 1960 epic film clark, donald, andersen, christopher p. What are the two meanings of siege given in your movie notes. Media in category the alamo 1960 film this category contains only the following file. In 1836, the mexican army, led by general santa anna, is invading texas. Travis, and the supporting cast features frankie avalon, patrick wayne, linda cristal, joan obrien, chill wills, joseph calleia, ken curtis. The long 3 hour and 12 minute movie not counting intermission was not historically accurate. Comparison between the original theatrical version, here being represented by a recording from the german paytvnetwork premiere on its mgmchannel identical to the usdvd and the restored directors original cut, also from mgm but released exclusively on vhs laserdisc. Aug 29, 2014 alamo the 1960 produced and directed by john wayne with an original screenplay from james edward grant the sheepman 1958 this overlong epic about the famous 1836 battle against impossible odds that one must never forget that took place in san antonio won an oscar for best sound. Heres hoping the restoration of the roadshow version of the film is successful. That film, as you might already suspect, is the alamo 1960, directed by and starring the legendary john wayne. This retelling of the alamo story and the beginnings of texas independence from mexico is perhaps the most john wayne film ever made. Travis laurence harvey, joined by colonels jim bowie richard widmark and davy crockett john wayne, to lead a small, heroic band of american and texican fighters in a resistance battle at the alamo. John wayne and richard widmark star in this historical film spectacular about the attack by mexican troops on the alamo.
Many of the characters in the film specifically davy crockett were portrayed as larger than life figures. Waynes insistence on choosing the alamo to be his first film as a director meant that the studio was unwilling to pay more than a portion of the budget, which was so huge that even with the substantial assistance of private investors, he had to mortgage everything he owned to make this film. The price of freedom, a 1988 imax film shown exclusively at san antonios rivercenter mall imax theatre. The picture also stars richard widmark as jim bowie. Travis laurence harvey for a friendly fight with one of his tennessee militiamen, then speechifying, early in the alamo, 1960. The alamo 1960 tt0053580 the legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new republic of texas. Mar 18, 2014 the alamojohn wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, richard boone, chill wills, frankie avalon, linda cristal, ken curtis, joseph calleia, denver pyle, hank worden 1960. Richard widmark jim bowie and john wayne davy crockett in the alamo. Disney initiated the first great alamo craze in 1954 with its tv and movie portrayals of davy crockett, but it remains to be seen if lightning can strike twice for the house that walt built. There may be some historical interest in restoring the 70mm print for the sake of having the roadshow version available, but i dont see anybody clamoring to see it and i. Dimitri tiomkin, tiomkin, dmitri the alamo 1960 music. During the first attack by the mexicans, you can see the alamo s right side window by the fence is black after being burned from the huge explosion at the end of the film. This epic film deals with how those men happened to be inside the missionnow a converted fortin the small village of san antonio, texas, and how this led to the tragedy at the alamo. Jun 20, 2014 the laser disc master was made from a 70mm print of the roadshow long version in excellent condition discovered in canada.
Watch the alamo 1960 full movie free online streaming tubi. The lineinthesand scene, where the alamo defenders elect to fight to the death, is just incredible. Frontier legend davy crockett played by wayne and his men arrive in san antonio, texas, and volunteer to help defend the alamo, a hopelessly outgunned missionturnedfort. Probably there has been hardly any other film project that was as important to the duke john wayne as the alamo.
Hoping to create a diversion for santa annas forces, general sam houston richard boone orders colonel william b. Bill hunt at the digital bits has a bit more news on the status of john waynes the alamo 1960 i was up in l. This can be seen when crockett and his tennesseans approach san antonio and stop to look about and during the final battle when the powder magazine explodes. A popular alamo film from 1915 was titled the martyrs of the alamo, brought to you by d w griffith. Alamo the 1960 produced and directed by john wayne with an original screenplay from james edward grant the sheepman 1958 this overlong epic about the famous 1836 battle against impossible odds that one must never forget that took place in san antonio won an oscar for best sound. Although based on history, this film is not a classroomstudy of the events that led to the fall of the alamo. The alamo is as big and boisterous as texas itself, and as purely american of a film as youre gonna get. In 1836, 187 americans and texicans stood against the attack of santa anas 7,000man army for more than days.
Despite what mgm has claimed officially, let me assure you, having now seen the tests firsthand which the studio has apparently not done yet for some strange reason and how weird is. Make sure to stand with your back toward the theater so its captured in your moviestar shot. Wayne was the star, producer, and director, and his. The movie was filmed on location in texas and released by united artists. It is a rich and interesting view of the different. However, several scenes have been cut out of the directors favorite version in order to get the movie to a length that is at least approximately near. Sep 05, 2010 the alamo1960 the green leaves of summer.
To this date, you could get the officially released score, which runs 44 minutes, the extended score with some neverbeforeheard tracks, which runs 66 minutes, and the complete film score, performed by the prague. The alamo is a 1960 american historical epic and war film about the 1836 battle of the alamo produced and directed by john wayne and starring wayne as davy crockett. May 01, 2004 even the most ambitious alamo film to date, john waynes 1960 the alamo, was a critical and financial flop. Id been hunting for it for a while but finally downloaded the mp3s. This is clearly seen when they show a close up of crockett at the fence area.
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