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==Summary== |
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| + | Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett ([[Billy Bob Thornton]]) and Jim Bowie ([[Jason Patric]]), and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's ([[Emilio Echevarría]]) forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. |
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| − | In 1836 Gen. Sam Houston ([[Dennis Quaid]]) organizes a rebel army to liberate Texas from the brutal rule of Mexican dictator General Santa Anna ([[Emilio Echevarría]]). Though vastly outnumbered, Gen. Houston's volunteer army includes such folkloric figures as Jim Bowie ([[Jason Patric]]) and Davy Crockett ([[Billy Bob Thornton]]). As Santa Anna's forces advance on San Antonio, the legendary general and his men prepare for a final heroic standoff at a battle-worn mission called the Alamo. |
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| + | #Feature film debut of [[Patrick Wilson]] |
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| + | #All the actors and extras playing the Alamo defenders were assigned actual names of the defenders killed in battle. |
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| + | #Several of the extras in the movie were actual descendants of the defenders of the Alamo or people who took part in the Texas Revolution. |
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| + | #[[Billy Bob Thornton]] learned to play the violin for some scenes that required it. |
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==Male Deaths== |
==Male Deaths== |
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*[[Tom Davidson]] [Colonel Green Jameson] |
*[[Tom Davidson]] [Colonel Green Jameson] |
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*[[Craig Erickson]] [Tom Waters] |
*[[Craig Erickson]] [Tom Waters] |
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| + | *[[Stewart Finlay-McLennan]] [James Grant] |
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*[[Jett Garner]] [Grey #2] |
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*[[Charles E. Gray]] [Alamo Defender] |
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*[[Kevin Page]] [Micajah Autry] |
*[[Kevin Page]] [Micajah Autry] |
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*[[Jason Patric]] [Jim Bowie] |
*[[Jason Patric]] [Jim Bowie] |
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*[[Robert Prentiss]] [Albert Grimes] |
*[[Robert Prentiss]] [Albert Grimes] |
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*[[Steven Chester Prince]] [Lieutenant John Forsythe] |
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*[[Billy Bob Thornton]] [Davy Crockett] |
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*[[Clint Tidwell]] [Texan Defender] |
*[[Clint Tidwell]] [Texan Defender] |
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*[[Patrick Wilson]] [William Baret Travis] |
*[[Patrick Wilson]] [William Baret Travis] |
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*[[Tony Wolford]] [Crockett's Group of Men] |
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Revision as of 19:56, 7 April 2018
The Alamo (2004)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Summary
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jim Bowie (Jason Patric), and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's (Emilio Echevarría) forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Trivia
- Feature film debut of Patrick Wilson
- All the actors and extras playing the Alamo defenders were assigned actual names of the defenders killed in battle.
- Several of the extras in the movie were actual descendants of the defenders of the Alamo or people who took part in the Texas Revolution.
- Billy Bob Thornton learned to play the violin for some scenes that required it.
Male Deaths
- Aidan Black [Jackson Rusk]
- Marc Blucas [James Bonham]
- Stephen Bruton [Captain Almeron Dickinson]
- Ricardo Chavira [Private Gregorio Esparza]
- Michael Clossin [Tennessean #1]
- Tom Davidson [Colonel Green Jameson]
- Craig Erickson [Tom Waters]
- Stewart Finlay-McLennan [James Grant]
- Jett Garner [Grey #2]
- Charles E. Gray [Alamo Defender]
- Castulo Guerra [General Castrillon]
- Nick Kokich [Daniel Cloud]
- Frank Matthews [Joseph M. Hawkins]
- Richard Nance [Grey #1]
- Kevin Page [Micajah Autry]
- Jason Patric [Jim Bowie]
- Robert C. Pemelton [Texan Soldier]
- Turk Pipkin [Isaac Millsaps]
- Robert Prentiss [Albert Grimes]
- Steven Chester Prince [Lieutenant John Forsythe]
- Leon Rippy [Sergeant William Ward]
- Joe Stevens [Mial Scurlock]
- Billy Bob Thornton [Davy Crockett]
- Clint Tidwell [Texan Defender]
- Patrick Wilson [William Baret Travis]
- Tony Wolford [Crockett's Group of Men]
- Mauricio Zatarain [Colonel Jose Batres]
Female Deaths
- Safia Gray [Ursula Veramendi]