The alamo is a 1960 american historicalwestern epic movie about the 1836 battle of the alamo. The set was constructed for the alamo, the 1960 movie starring wayne richard, farnkie avalon and directed by john wayne. Fire destroys set of 2004 alamo remake in texas reuters. Since early in the twentieth century, there have been numerous adaptations on the alamo story, some the alamo on the big screen. The 1960 alamo movie was filmed on a fullscale replica of the mission and the surrounding city in brackettville, texas, 128 miles 206 km due west from san antonio, not far from what is now the mexican border. Sep 28, 2011 fire destroys set of 2004 alamo remake in texas. The village was an active movie set and the first built in 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. The choral music at the end of the film is touching and of course is found here on. In 1836, the mexican army, led by general santa anna, is invading texas. The world premiere of john waynes motion picture the alamo is held at the woodlawn theater in san antonio, climaxing four days of special events. In 1836, 187 americans and texicans stood against the attack of santa anas 7,000man army for more than days. It was the first directorial effort of john wayne, who also starred as davy crockett in the film, crockett, bowie, and the texas militia try to defend the alamo from general santa anna. The alamo original soundtrack dimitri tiomkin songs.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. Comparison between the original theatrical version, here being represented by a recording from the german paytvnetwork premiere on its mgmchannel identical to the usdvd and the restored directors original cut, also from mgm but released exclusively on vhs laserdisc. Alamo village movie set used by john wayne fading away. Alamo village highway 674, brackettville, texas, usa the alamo. 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. John waynes the alamo movie filmed in brackettsville texas. Furthermore, houston did not even believe that the alamo was in danger, and the young texan government was more preoccupied debating whether or not to actually declare independence. Watch the alamo 1960 full movie free online streaming tubi. John wayne and richard widmark star in this historical film spectacular about the attack by mexican troops on the alamo. The majority of the defending forces at the alamo were american mercenaries that the american government in the form of some state governors and federal deputies and senators and the proannexation texans leaders recruits in the exchange of free land and money. John wayne alamo movie set shuttered with photo gallery.
Download the alamo full movie studio the alamo pelicula completa the alamo film complete. Jul 19, 2016 john waynes the alamo movie filmed in brackettsville texas in 1960 stay safe and healthy. Alamo village is a movie set and tourist attraction north of brackettville, texas, united states. Hoping to create a diversion for santa annas forces, general sam houston richard boone orders colonel william b. Dramatic images of john wayne holding off mexican soldiers in the 1960 movie the alamo may still be vivid memories for generations of moviegoers, but. Dec, 2017 davy crockett,jim bowie,william travis,sam houston. Jul 19, 2016 john waynes the alamo movie filmed in brackettsville texas in 1960. The cast also includes richard widmark as jim bowie and laurence harvey as william b. 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.
The alamo, american epic film, released in 1960, that was john waynes dream project about the battle of the alamo 1836. It was the first movie location built in texas, originally constructed for and best known as the setting for the alamo 1960, directed by john wayne and starring wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey and frankie avalon. The movie was filmed on location in texas and released by united artists. Santa anna stopped at the alamo because he was ahead of schedule and he was waiting for his heavy artillery to catch up. I loved it for several reasons, one was because like countless other kids i was 11 i had been raised on fess parkers treatment of davy crockett and was fascinated by the story and two ive been a john wayne fan since i can remember. The film does little to explain the causes of the texas. Construction of the range began in 1957 by james t. Released by sony classical in 1992 srcs 7073 containing music from the alamo 1960. The alamo soundtrack from 1960, composed by dimitri tiomkin. To hollywood, a movie set is just a means to an end, said curilla, a film and alamo historian who spent his summers in college during the late 1960s at the site and began working there fulltime.
See text entries to download them in great resolution 1600x900 o 1400x900 see my. The side story of david davy crockett with lady flacka and the story of hunting with his men did not occur. The picture also stars richard widmark as jim bowie and laurence harvey as william b. Alamo village features the worlds only replica of the 1836 alamo missionfortress. Since the dawn of filmmaking, the battle of the alamo has inspired and intrigued film directors. Bill hunt at the digital bits has a bit more news on the status of john waynes the alamo 1960.
Alamo village highway 674, brackettville, texas, usa the alamo 8 of 8 found this interesting interesting. Filming locations 4 production dates 1 filming locations. Dimitri tiomkin, tiomkin, dmitri the alamo 1960 amazon. Travis, and the supporting cast features frankie avalon, patrick wayne, linda cristal, joan obrien, chill wills, joseph calleia, ken curtis. The alamo 1960 full movie download full hd youtube.
Since the early 1800s, mexico had invited settlers from america and other parts of the world to come to mexico land was cheap and settlers were given many acres the constitution of 1824, signed by the mexican government, gave rights and freedom to these settlers most of these people settled in the province of tejas, later changed to texas. At the alamo a crumbling adobe mission 185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact. 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. Where was the alamo 1960 filmed discover the the alamo. It was the first directorial effort of john wayne, who also starred as davy crockett. The alamo is a 2004 film about the battle of the alamo during the texas revolution. The alamo 1960 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. And texas isnt in the desert youll be surprised how green our beautiful city is.
En 1836, dans une vieille mission transformee en fort, une centaine. The actual battle of the alamo did not take place during the day but predawn when the defenders slept. With john wayne, richard widmark, laurence harvey, frankie avalon. 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. 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. 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. 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. In the film, crockett, bowie, and the texas militia try to defend the alamo from general santa anna. The alamo 1960 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. June 20, 2014 by toby bill hunt at the digital bits has a bit more news on the status of john waynes the alamo 1960. Media in category the alamo 1960 film this category contains only the following file. The alamo from batjac productions, the alamo company, in best look video format knowing that the report released out of your country. See the full list of cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. 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.
The classic john wayne alamo movie, into which he put so much effort to get the film made, is entertaining and heroic, being a romantic take on the story of less than 200 defending the alamo against some 7000 mexican soldiers. Find out about all the goofs from the alamo 1960 on imdb. It was the first movie location built in texas, originally constructed for and best known as the setting for the alamo 1960, directed by john wayne and starring wayne, richard. John wayne s lumbering epic, a long, long way from the historical truth, actually began filming in mexico theres not much of the real alamo left but this proved too expensive. Alamo village was the first movie location built in the state of texas. John waynes the alamo movie filmed in brackettsville. Jul 07, 2009 dramatic images of john wayne holding off mexican soldiers in the 1960 movie the alamo may still be vivid memories for generations of moviegoers, but the dusty, southwest texas set where. Bowie was not ever shot but was ill with typhoid nor did he have a six barreled gun. Pdf download john waynes the alamo the making of the epic film read full. I like this alamo film, made in 1960 by john wayne. Alamo village is a movie set north of brackettville, texas, united states. Alamo movie set burned by fire san antonio expressnews. The film was produced with excellent graphic quality, best quality of sound and finest starring actors. Probably there has been hardly any other film project that was as important to the duke john wayne as the alamo.
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