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The Alamo (2004)  link to The Alamo on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 106

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IMDb Rating:
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6.0/10 (16716 votes)

Country: USA, 137 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Spanish

Genre(s): Drama, War, Western, History

Director(s): John Lee Hancock

Cast: Dennis Quaid (as Sam Houston), Billy Bob Thornton (as Davy Crockett), Jason Patric (as James Bowie), Patrick Wilson (as William Travis), Emilio Echevarría (as Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana)

Medium: Unknown,

Storyline: Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6, 1836) where 183 Texans (American-born Texans) and Tejanos (Mexican-born Texans) commanded by Colonel Travis, along with Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie, were besieged in an abandoned mission outside San Antonio by a Mexican army of nearly 2,000 men under the personal command of the dictator of Mexico, General Santa Anna, as well as detailing the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836) where General Sam Houston's rag-tag army of Texans took on and defeated Santa Anna's army which led to the indepedence of Texas.

Location: M2

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1