The Alamo

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Patrick Wilson, Jason Patric, et al.

The roads cross at San Antonio de Bexar at a small, ruined mission called The Alamo--a place where myth meets history and legend meets reality. In the spring of 1836 nearly 200 Texans held the fort for thirteen days under siege by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, ruler of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men - Colonel William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett - the Texans and their deeds at the Alamo would pass into history as General Sam Houston's rallying cry for Texas independence. As well, their actions would become legend for their symbolic significance.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 786936229035
• Release Date: September 2012
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Director: John Lee Hancock
• Starring: Dennis Quaid, Patrick Wilson, Jason Patric, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio Echevarria, Jordi Molla, Laura Clifton, Leon Rippy, Marc Blucas, Wes Studi
• Runtime: 2 hours, 17 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Haunting music

This version of the 13-day siege of the Alamo in 1836 is more believable with still bigger-than-life characters. The individuals interacted better, and you could feel that they were real; the actors did not outshine the characters they portrayed. The surprise was the superb acting of Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett. This film shows that there are good sides to people and bad sides to people; even heroes have their problems. It was interesting how the blacks had to choose sides, or the lack of sides. You can see this again in the film “Gunga Din” (1939), where Gunga Din (Sam Jaffee), a native Indian, had to choose sides in the conflict with the British. I have been to San Antonio, and the film nails the feel of the area. The area has not changed that much. In the end, you feel that everyone gets his/her up-and-comings, yet you want the story to go on.