A bold attempt to retell the story of the battle of the Alamo is let down by the unrelieved gloom and the ponderous pace
The Alamo (2004)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Entertainment grade: C–
History grade: B+
In 1836, Mexican forces took the Alamo mission, near what is now San Antonio, Texas, from a small band of Texian defenders. (Texians were American settlers in Texas. They did not start to be called Texans until after the state's declaration of independence later that year.)
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Washed-up alcoholic Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) is selling investment in Texas. Washed-up politician David "Davy" Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), rejected by the electors of Tennessee, is interested. "I told them: 'You can go to hell. I'm going to Texas'," he says defiantly. They're joined by washed-up knife-fighter and committed slave-owner Jim Bowie (Jason Patric), who is ailing with tuberculosis, and washed-up lawyer William Travis (Patrick Wilson), who cruelly abandons his family.
The Alamo (2004)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Entertainment grade: C–
History grade: B+
In 1836, Mexican forces took the Alamo mission, near what is now San Antonio, Texas, from a small band of Texian defenders. (Texians were American settlers in Texas. They did not start to be called Texans until after the state's declaration of independence later that year.)
People
Washed-up alcoholic Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) is selling investment in Texas. Washed-up politician David "Davy" Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), rejected by the electors of Tennessee, is interested. "I told them: 'You can go to hell. I'm going to Texas'," he says defiantly. They're joined by washed-up knife-fighter and committed slave-owner Jim Bowie (Jason Patric), who is ailing with tuberculosis, and washed-up lawyer William Travis (Patrick Wilson), who cruelly abandons his family.
- 11/8/2012
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
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