The Alamo details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Jordi Molla, Patrick Wilson, Jason Patric, Emilio Echeverria, Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid |
| Director: | John Lee Hancock |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure - Westerns |
| Studio: | TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Alamo |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 13 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 27 Dec 2004 |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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The Alamo -
By a customer from Leeds, England , 08 Jan 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
The film was entertaining and certainly worth watching but did not live up to its hype. I suspect that this may have been due to skimming the plot in places. There must have been over editing or scene cutting to reduce the length of the film.
It follows the well known historical events of 1836 far more closely than previous Alamo films and avoids the myths that were perhaps partly created by these previous films. Unfortunately it is the myths that make such films more memorable.
The acting was first class and portrays the humanity, courage & helplessness of the defenders. In line with current trends the Mexicans speak Spanish and this adds to the 'us & them' American bias (!!).- Was this review helpful to you?
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(96)The slowermo!
By CaptainScott (8 reviews) from Shrewsbury , 30 Oct 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
Sadly not a patch on the original with john Wayne. An opportunity missed with today’s technology. I was really looking forward to this having read a book about the history of the Alamo but there is nothing really in the film that captures the spirit of the historic battle.
OK for children that’s about all.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Alamo
By hollamoor (2 reviews) , 17 Aug 2011I enjoyed the 2004 version as I was watching davy crocket and jim bowie in the story of the Alamo rather than in the original film watching john wayne and richard widmark, it put a different view point on the film- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Alamo 2004
By ian3 (538 reviews) from Salisbury , 02 Dec 2010The Alamo 2004 – remake of the classic last stand against all the odds, great cast, settings and adds reality to the story, a definite one to watch…….- Was this review helpful to you?
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A bit slow.......
By Michael from Hampshire , 12 Feb 2010Not a bad film but still as slow and ponderous as the original 1960's Alamo, and I expected something less sentimental. As a military enthusiast, I was pleased to see authentic representations of weapons and artillery.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By bookkeeper (6 reviews) from EAST HARPTREE , 02 Mar 2009I was pleasantly surprised with this film. Having seen the original John Wayne version a number of times I thought this would an inferior remake. But unlike the original it shows a lot of detail of what led to the siege of the Alamo, the characters were explained in more detail. It also showed the aftermath of the battle and what happened to give Texas it's freedom from Mexico. The battle scenes were very well filmed, and the cast gave a good showing. All in all a very good film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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