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 [Maj. Green Jameson]
- Craig Erickson [Tom Waters]
- 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 [James Bowie]
- Robert C. Pemelton [Texas Soldier]
- Robert Prentiss [Albert Grimes]
- Steven Chester Prince [Lieutenant John Forsythe]
- Turk Pipkin [Issac Millsaps]
- Leon Rippy [Sgt. William Ward]
- Joe Stevens [Mial Scurlock]
- Billy Bob Thornton [Davy Crockett]
- Clint Tidwell [Texan Defender]
- Patrick Wilson [William Travis]
- Tony Wolford [Crockett's Group of Men]
- Mauricio Zatarain [Colonel Jose Batres]
Female Deaths[]
- Safia Gray [Ursula Veramendi]