The Alamo (2004)

137 min · War Film, Western, Western film, drama film, historical film, war film

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Directors

John Lee Hancock

Cast

Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarría

The story

At a party in 1835, while trying to persuade people to migrate to Texas, Sam Houston encounters David Crockett, recently defeated in his bid for re-election to Congress. In San Felipe, the Texas provisional government is meeting to discuss what action to take after their capture of the Alamo and the town of San Antonio de Bexar in the recent fighting. Texas has rebelled against Mexico, and its dictatorial president Santa Anna is personally leading one wing of his army to retake San Antonio, then invade the settlements and put an end to the rebellion.

Catalogue themes and tags

1830s, 1836, Alamo, Auflehnung, Cannon, Cannonball, Death Scream, Gefecht, Hinrichtung, Messer, Mexikanerin, Officer, Painful Death, Patriotism, Siege, Sterben, Texas, War, Costume drama, Period piece, Action/Adventure, Western, Drama, War film, Action

Genres

War Film, Western, Western film, drama film, historical film, war film

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