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The Alamo

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The Alamo (1960)

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Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 8  Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Runtime: 4 hrs 6 mins
Synopsis:
The Duke directs (with the uncredited help of his friend and mentor John Ford) this flag-waving spectacular about the courageous struggle by 182 American heroes to defend a small Catholic mission to the death and eventually win Texas with the help of Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston.... [More]
The Duke directs (with the uncredited help of his friend and mentor John Ford) this flag-waving spectacular about the courageous struggle by 182 American heroes to defend a small Catholic mission to the death and eventually win Texas with the help of Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston. The restored, widescreen edition of Wayne's epic is at the original length and includes the theatrical trailer. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Song ("Green Leaves of Summer"). Academy Awards: Best Sound. [Less]

Genre: Westerns

Starring: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Frankie Avalon

Director: John Wayne
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 11, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Letterboxed - 1.78
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Stereo Surround - French
  • Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - JOHN WAYNE'S THE ALAMO documentary
  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical

Additional Products:

  • Collectible Booklet

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03/04/08 07:23 PM
Cole Smithey
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Despite a banal and preachy script, full of speeches about religion and patriotism,the film has some good action sequences; overall, it's not worse than the 2004 remake starring Billy Bob Thornton.

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01/09/06 09:39 AM
S. James Wegg
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Patriotic but inaccurate epic Western.

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07/24/05 12:21 PM
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11/12/04 01:35 PM
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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Duke does Alamo redux. Heroic, overblown, speechy.

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10/25/04 07:45 PM
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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04/19/04 08:16 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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04/18/04 08:16 AM
Christopher Null
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Could Wayne have crafted a better film if he only tried his hand at directing, instead of putting on the hero's mantle as well? Doubtful.

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04/01/04 08:21 AM
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01/23/04 04:44 PM
Carol Cling
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10/18/02 02:39 PM
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