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Summary: To Commit Treason...
Review: If I may commit treason in the eyes of all John Wayne fans--this was NOT the movie for him! Most of his roles (most notably "True Grit") he just fits into, as though they were written with him in mind (and most probably were). This one just doesn't work for him. John Wayne is NOT Davy Crockett; he just says the lines and valiantly dies when the script says the time is right.
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Summary: Dramatic-John Wayne"s Dream to Make
Review: Nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture winning only 1 for Best Sound Great Picture ! Just wish directing by Duke was better. The Texans Died so we would be free! Filmed in Bracketville Texas on Happy Shanon"s Ranch.Still Open to this Day. A Classic Movie ! Would recomend this to Anyone
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Summary: We all decide our own fate...
Review: Colonels Travis and Bowie struggle with who should make the decisions for the men they command. Crocket is not about making decisions, but teaching others how to make their own. It is Crocket's actions that convince Bowie to remain inside the Alamo, and Travis to give every man a choice to decide his own fate.No one alive knows the true facts of the Alamo, and I am sure that even this movie may not be factually accurate. But in the context of the traditional story of the Alamo, this is a worthy effort.
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Summary: Every high school student in Texas should see this movie.
Review: If you don't have the time or the resources to read all there is about the Alamo, this is a great substitute! Real life characters/heros in a gut wrenching story will make you want to learn more about the struggle for freedom in Texas.
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Summary: A great film
Review: This is almost 5 star film with larger than life heroes. This is just what we need. For some the beginning is a bit boring, but I liked those speeches. Aven as a Finn I can sympathize with these principles. A much better film than is generally recognized.
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Summary: Excellent documentary accompanies the film.
Review: A 70 minute documentary about the making of The Alamo by Texas documentarian Brian Huberman is also on the VHS tape. Produced in 1992 the documentary includes interviews with many of the cast & crew of the Film plus home movies of the production as well as The Duke himself.
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Summary: A very good depiction of the Battle of the Alamo
Review: This movie was very good and entertaining most of the way through. The first tape was pretty slow, but the second tape was very accurate! If you're a John Wayne fan,you'll love it!
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Summary: Almost a great film.
Review: After spending vast amounts of money, Wayne scored a near hit with this beautiful but flawed recreation of the fall of the Alamo. The set is painstakingly recreated and the costumes are beautiful. But the historical flaws are tremendous with scriptwriters taking terrible liberties with the mindset of the participants, the political setting, and the actual seige itself.This film kind of misses the fact that this was a nearly two week-long inglorious seige with the defenders holed up in the crumbling mission while the Mexican artillery slowly reduced their walls to rubble. Finally, deprived of sleep and good diet, the defenders were no match for a pre-dawn assault that was over within an hour. There is no loss in glory in telling the story correctly - but in 1960 I suppose that Wayne took the popular approach rather than the historical one. A shame, because the real telling would be even more fascinating than this overblown epic.
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Summary: A FINE RETELLING OF THE LEGENDARY STORY
Review: The Alamo is a highly dramatic and visualy spectacular hollywood version of the legendary story. A must see for the John Wayne fan.
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Summary: Remember the Alamo? Not this movie...
Review: If you like your history glossy or very watered down, this is the movie for you. Hey, loved Wayne in many, many movies BUT, as history buff and Texan, (San Antonio - no less) this is the most atrocious conveyance of history ever. After viewing this movie, one is lucky to know that there was a 'real' place called the Alamo and that somewhere along the way there was some battle in someplace called Texas. Umm, lemme see, the attack after sunrise, Bowie actually not bed-ridden, Travis dying by the sword and then breaking it? Yes, it's spectacle, it is wordy but historical IT IS NOT. Please save your money and buy a book on the Alamo by Walter Lord, "A Time To Stand".
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