For instance, when the mexicans demanded the surrender of the alamo, travis did indeed respond by firing a cannon. The alamo is a 1960 film that tells 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. 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. 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.
John wayne originally intended that richard widmark should play davy crockett, while wayne himself would have taken the small role of sam houston so he could focus his energy on directing the picture. Best western aventure tv films complet francais 155,528 views 1. Likely in america where remember the alamo is of much importance, any. Travis, and the supporting cast features frankie avalon, patrick wayne, linda cristal, joan obrien, chill wills, joseph calleia, ken curtis, ruben padilla as santa anna, and guest star richard boone as sam houston.
Joined mar 1, 2007 messages 7,735 reaction score 3,333 points 9,110 location new orleans real name allen. Many of these roles were inflated just for hollywood production and entertainment. Jun 08, 2012 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. In 1836 general santa anna and the mexican army is sweeping across texas. You have davy crockett, the legendary jim bowie of the bowie knife fame. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. The alamo 1960 movie simple english wikipedia, the free.
In 1836, 187 americans and texicans stood against the attack of santa anas 7,000man army for more than days. The alamo 1960 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. John wayne and richard widmark star in this historical film spectacular about the attack by mexican troops on the alamo. John waynes directorial debut the alamo is set in 1836. Moviegoers of the time who expected to see the style of john wayne got exactly that. The alamo1960 the green leaves of summer video dailymotion.
With john wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, frankie avalon. However, theres very little accuracy in the movie beyond that. The lineinthesand scene, where the alamo defenders elect to fight to the death, is just incredible. 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. To be able to stop him, general sam houston needs time to get his main force into. The film does little to explain the causes of the texas. John wayne in questo film ha interpretato il ruolo di davy crockett, richard widmark. The alamo 1960 john wayne colonel david crockett, richard widmark jim bowie, laurence harvey colonel william travis, frankie avalon smitty, patrick wayne captain james butler bonham, linda cristal graciela, richard boone sam houston, joan obrien sue dickinson, chill wills beekeeper, joseph calleia juan seguin, ken curtis captain almeron dickinson, carlos arruza. 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. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central.
Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for the alamo 1960. The production was closed down and restarted at brackettville on highway 90, about 100 miles west of san antonio toward del rio, west texas, where wayne leased 400 acres of a 22,000 acre ranch belonging to one jt happy shahan, and the alamo was rebuilt. The alamo soundtrack from 1960, composed by dimitri tiomkin. Heres hoping the restoration of the roadshow version of the film is successful. Released by sony classical in 1992 srcs 7073 containing music from the alamo 1960. The alamo 1960 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. 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. 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. Media in category the alamo 1960 film this category contains only the following file. The alamo is a 1960 american historicalwestern epic movie about the 1836 battle of the alamo. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. Go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. 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.
Four faces west joel mccrea, frances dee, charles bickford 1948 duration. Travis, and the supporting cast features frankie avalon, patrick wayne, linda cristal, joan obrien, chill wills, joseph calleia, ken curtis. In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new republic of texas. Hoping to create a diversion for santa annas forces, general sam houston richard boone orders colonel william b. 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. The film is sometimes too gabby and too sentimental but is magnificent to look at, and the inexorable climax is awesome in its scope and fury. 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. The alamo, american epic film, released in 1960, that was john waynes dream project about the battle of the alamo 1836. Actrices et acteurs alamo 1960 alamo, casting du film. The picture also stars richard widmark as jim bowie and laurence harvey as william b. Well acted and a film well worth having giving a little history of the alamo. The movie was filmed on location in texas and released by united artists. 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. This epic film deals with how those men happened to be inside the missionnow a converted fortin the small village of san antonio.
Hello fellow wikipedians, i have just modified 2 external links on the alamo 1960 film. Dimitri tiomkins oscar nominated score for the alamo 1960 has been released in quite a few different forms over the years. 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. Find out about all the goofs from the alamo 1960 on imdb. In 1836, the mexican army, led by general santa anna, is invading texas. Probably there has been hardly any other film project that was as important to the duke john. The alamo1960 the green leaves of summer dailymotion. 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. The alamo is as big and boisterous as texas itself, and as purely american of a film as youre gonna get. The alamo 1960 movie simple english wikipedia, the. Many of the characters in the film specifically davy crockett were portrayed as larger than life figures.
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