You have davy crockett, the legendary jim bowie of the bowie knife fame. The alamo 1960 santa anna arrives at the alamo by adrien nobilet. The alamo 1960 full movie download full hd youtube. View the alamo, 1960, directed by john wayne, with john wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, in its original aspect ratio. Davy crockett, who, together with colonels jim bowie richard widmark and william travis laurence harvey and 184 hardy. Alamo the 1960 produced and directed by john wayne with an original screenplay from james edward grant the sheepman 1958 this overlong epic about the famous 1836 battle against impossible odds that one must never forget that took place in san antonio won an oscar for best sound. The alamo is a 1960 film that tells the legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new republic of texas. The alamo is a 1960 film that tells the legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new republic of texas directed by john wayne. Could you please post the entire final battle scene of this movie the ending of the movie.
I saw a 35mm print of the alamo at the arlington theatre in santa barbara in 1960 when i was studying photography at brooks and i did not find the film boring at all, frank. Travis, and the supporting cast features frankie avalon, patrick wayne, linda cristal, joan obrien, chill wills, joseph calleia, ken curtis. Moviegoers of the time who expected to see the style of john wayne got exactly that. I rented this movie on amazon to teach my family a bit about the alamo. I thought it was very entertaining and made me do some research on the actual historical event doing my spare time i also liked the music that was scored by demitri tiomkin. Watch the alamo 1960 full movie free online streaming tubi. To be able to stop him, general sam houston needs time to get his main force into. The film was nominated for best picture as was supporting actor chill wills his only academy. The alamo 1960 movie simple english wikipedia, the. Find out about all the goofs from the alamo 1960 on imdb. Before pearl harbor, we remembered the alamo where from february 23, through march 6, 1836, 153 men stood against tyranny of general santa anna and his battlehardened mexican army of 7,000. Mar 20, 2010 25 videos play all the alamo 1960 full movie sewiosakodesaji oisakodelsoadaka the alamo 1960 clip 2 goodevil mgmua duration.
The production was closed down and restarted at brackettville on highway 90, about 100. Hoping to create a diversion for santa annas forces, general sam houston richard boone orders colonel william b. The long 3 hour and 12 minute movie not counting intermission was not historically accurate. Released 1960, the alamo stars john wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, richard boone the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 41 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. The picture also stars richard widmark as jim bowie and laurence harvey as william b. In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new republic of texas. The alamo, american epic film, released in 1960, that was john waynes dream project about the battle of the alamo 1836. Oct 19, 2019 the alamo 1960 film wikipedia the alamo is a 1960 american historical epic and war film about the 1836 battle of the alamo produced and directed by john wayne and starring wayne as davy crockett. Watch the alamo full movie in hd visit the legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives. The alamo is a 1960 american historical epic and war film about the 1836 battle of the alamo produced and directed by john wayne and starring wayne as. Well acted and a film well worth having giving a little history of the alamo. John wayne and richard widmark star in this historical film spectacular about the attack by mexican troops on the alamo. John wayne and richard widmark star in this historical film spectacular about the attack by mexican troops on the. In 1836, 187 americans and texicans stood against the attack of santa anas 7,000man army for more than days.
Waynes insistence on choosing the alamo to be his first film as a director meant that the studio was unwilling to pay more than a portion of the budget, which was so huge that even with the substantial assistance of private investors, he had to mortgage everything he owned to make this film. The story is of how these portrayed in in the film defended the alamo which was a mission, against over whelming odds against santa anna and the mexican army. With dennis quaid, billy bob thornton, emilio echevarria, jason patric. The alamo is a 2004 american western film about the battle of the alamo during the texas revolution. The alamo is a 1960 american historicalwestern epic movie about the 1836 battle of the alamo. I like this alamo film, made in 1960 by john wayne. With john wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, frankie avalon. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central. And the final assault on the alamo, in which each of the big three davy, bowie, and travis makes a heroic final stand, is breathtaking. The production was closed down and restarted at brackettville on highway 90, about 100 miles west of san antonio toward del rio, west texas, where wayne leased 400 acres of a 22,000 acre ranch belonging to one jt happy shahan, and the alamo was rebuilt. Hello fellow wikipedians, i have just modified 2 external links on the alamo 1960 film.
John wayne, richard widmark, frankie avalon, joseph calleia the legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new republic of texas. Aug 29, 2014 alamo the 1960 produced and directed by john wayne with an original screenplay from james edward grant the sheepman 1958 this overlong epic about the famous 1836 battle against impossible odds that one must never forget that took place in san antonio won an oscar for best sound. John waynes directorial debut the alamo is set in 1836. The alamo 1960 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Thirteen days to glory complete 1987 tv movie duration. The alamo 1960 has been added to your cart add to cart. Likely in america where remember the alamo is of much importance, any. However, theres very little accuracy in the movie beyond that.
The alamo 1960 john wayne colonel david crockett, richard widmark jim bowie, laurence harvey colonel william travis, frankie avalon smitty, patrick wayne captain james butler bonham, linda cristal graciela, richard boone sam houston, joan obrien sue dickinson, chill wills beekeeper, joseph calleia juan seguin, ken curtis captain almeron dickinson, carlos arruza. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Frontier legend davy crockett played by wayne and his men arrive in san antonio, texas, and volunteer to help defend the alamo, a hopelessly outgunned missionturnedfort. The film is sometimes too gabby and too sentimental but is magnificent to look at. In 1836, the mexican army, led by general santa anna, is invading texas. Many of these roles were inflated just for hollywood production and entertainment. The alamo pelicula completa the alamo film complete. To this date, you could get the officially released score, which runs 44 minutes, the extended score with some neverbeforeheard tracks, which runs 66 minutes, and the complete film score, performed by the prague.
Heres hoping the restoration of the roadshow version of the film is successful. Dimitri tiomkin, tiomkin, dmitri the alamo 1960 amazon. Jun 08, 2012 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. It was directed by john lee hancock, produced by ron howard, brian grazer, and mark johnson, distributed by touchstone pictures, and starred dennis quaid as sam houston, billy bob thornton as david crockett, and jason patric as jim bowie. This epic film deals with how those men happened to be inside the missionnow a converted fortin the small village of san antonio, texas, and how this led to the tragedy at the alamo. Many of the characters in the film specifically davy crockett were portrayed as larger than life figures. Hollywood heavyweights john wayne and richard widmark star in this historically inaccurate tale of how a. For instance, when the mexicans demanded the surrender of the alamo, travis did indeed respond by firing a cannon. The alamo is a 1960 american historical epic and war film about the 1836 battle of the alamo produced and directed by john wayne and starring wayne as davy crockett.
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of texan and tejano men, led by davy crockett and jim bowie, and mexican dictator santa annas forces at the alamo in san antonio texas. The alamo 1960 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. The picture also stars richard widmark as jim bowie. The movie was filmed on location in texas and released by united artists. John wayne originally intended that richard widmark should play davy crockett, while wayne himself would have taken the small role of sam houston so he could focus his energy on directing the picture. Four faces west joel mccrea, frances dee, charles bickford 1948 duration. The lineinthesand scene, where the alamo defenders elect to fight to the death, is just incredible. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film. Dimitri tiomkin filmausschnitt mit laurence harvey als colonel william barret travis, john. The choral music at the end of the film is touching and of course is found here on the cd also. Media in category the alamo 1960 film this category contains only the following file.
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