The Alamo

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Premise: This is the story of a small force of less than 300 men who, in 1836, fortified a fort called the Alamo in San Antonio in Texas (before it joined the United States of America), determined to defend it from the daunting power of the far larger Mexican Army, led by General Santa Anna. Variety reports that the script includes details not included in the John Wayne movie, like more on the Mexican point of view, William Barret Travis' "serial marital infidelities", Jim Bowie's slave trading, and Davy Crockett's "overall political incorrectness".

Release Date: December 25th, 2003 (wide)

Cast: Dennis Quaid (Sam Houston), Jason Patric (Jim Bowie), Billy Bob Thornton (Davy Crockett), Emilio Echevarria (Generalissimo Antonio Miguel Lopez de Santa Anna), Patrick Wilson (William Barret Travis), Marc Blucas (James Butler Bonham), W. Earl Brown (President David Gouveneur Burnet), Stephen Bruton (Almerson Dickinson), Rutherford Cravens, Blue Deckert, Nick Kokich (Daniel Cloud), Jordi Molla (Juan Seguin), Matt O'Leary, Wes Studi (Chief Bowl)

Director: John Lee Hancock (The Rookie)

Screenwriter: John Sayles (Lone Star, Limbo, Eight Men Out; next up before this is Casa de Los Babys); rewrite by Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Rules of Engagement, Abandon; Havoc is next)

[NEON MERCURY]

remember...

[edison]

The stars at night are big and bright........

[Ghostboy]

Hmmm. This trailer seems a bit rote to me. But it's just a trailer, so....

[©brad]

john sayles shoulda directed. cant wait to see casa de los babys.

[RegularKarate]

I applied to be on this crew twice (they shot it here).  Back when it was written by Sayles and being directed by Ron Howard and then for this one.

no luck...  fuckers

therefore, this is going to suck.

[Ravi]

remember...

A cool tagline for this would be, "Remember it."

Or, for added panache, "Remember it, bitch!"

[Pubrick]

pfft, america.

[NEON MERCURY]

.....i don't know about this film......personally this films has a feel of a big budgeted high school play kinda thing...this doen't feel right.

[Sleuth]

I'm burned out on just hearing about the Alamo

[Ravi]

.....i don't know about this film......personally this films has a feel of a big budgeted high school play kinda thing...this doen't feel right.

Mason Gamble as Davy Crockett?

[NEON MERCURY]

.....i don't know about this film......personally this films has a feel of a big budgeted high school play kinda thing...this doen't feel right.

Mason Gamble as Davy Crockett?

...yeah this film needs the involvement of the max fischer players .....to give it a satirical touch it needs.....


the alamo..........raise curtain...."thats your cue mason"....close curtain....i wrote a hit play......this film looks below par...

[Xixax]

A friend of mine was in Austin, TX when they were filming this. Talked to Billy Bob. Said he was super cool.

And that's all I have to contribute at this time.

Thank you.

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Touchstone Pictures Moves The Alamo to April
Source: Touchstone Pictures

Touchstone Pictures' highly anticipated and ambitious production of The Alamo, has been given a new release date of April, 2004, it was announced today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, and the film's director John Lee Hancock. The Alamo stars Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Jordi Molla, Emilio Echevarria, and Patrick Wilson.

Commenting on the announcement, Cook said, "The decision to move 'The Alamo' to April 2004 was made at the request of the filmmakers, who felt they needed additional time to complete this great movie. Too often in Hollywood these days, release dates are set before a film has even completed shooting and it forces the director into a situation that compromises the work. Our experience working with John Lee Hancock has been so terrific and our belief in his opinions, talents and abilities so strong, that we felt his concerns about the looming release date warranted strong consideration. Ultimately, the end product is more important than the need to meet arbitrary deadlines for awards, etc. Audiences will have to wait just a bit longer to see 'The Alamo,' but we feel that the wait will be worth it and result in a motion picture that is superior and satisfying in every way."

Hancock commented, "Dick and Nina Jacobson have been 100% supportive of this film throughout the entire production process and I am thrilled that they have agreed to give me the necessary time to complete it to my satisfaction. The Alamo has, from a very early age, been the most important story of my life, so when I agreed to rewrite and direct the film, I set the bar very high, both for myself and the finished product. Post production on an epic ensemble piece takes time and no deadline, no prestige release date, no awards season is worth more to me than the movie being fantastic. I owe that to myself as well as the film."

Where myth meets history ... where legend meets reality ... the roads cross at San Antonio de Bexar and the small, ruined mission there: The Alamo. This new, action-packed retelling of the American legend shows there are at least two sides to every story -- and more -- when America's extraordinary figures are involved. Against all odds in the spring of 1836, less than 200 men -- men of all races who believed in the future of Texas -- held the fort against thousands of Mexican soldiers led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Emilio Echevarria), ruler of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men -- the young, brash Lt. Col. William Travis (Patrick Wilson); the violent, passionate James Bowie (Jason Patric); and the living legend David Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton) -- the Texians and their deeds at the Alamo would pass into history as General Sam Houston's (Dennis Quaid) rallying cry for Texas independence and into legend for their symbolic significance.

The Alamo was produced by Mark Johnson, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, and executive produced by Todd Hallowell and Philip Steuer. Leslie Bohem and Stephen Gaghan and John Lee Hancock wrote the screenplay.

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