The Alamo: Original Uncut Version [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	John Wayne Richard Widmark Laurence Harvey Frankie Avalon Patrick Wayne
	Video by:	MGM (Video & DVD)
	Sales Rank:	82545

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Actor(s):
John Wayne
Richard Widmark
Laurence Harvey
Frankie Avalon
Patrick Wayne

Creators:
John Wayne (Producer)
William H. Clothier (Cinematographer)
Stuart Gilmore (Editor)
James Edward Grant (Producer)
James Edward Grant (Writer)
Michael Wayne (Producer)

Director(s):
John Wayne

Recording label: MGM (Video & DVD)
EAN: 9780792826699
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 0792826698
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release Date: 1995-09-26
Universal product code (UPC): 027616539533
Number of discs: 2
Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)

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John Wayne produces, directs and stars in this "bigger than life" (Life) chronicle of one ofthe most remarkable events in American history. At the Alamoa crumbling adobe mission185 exceptional men joined together in a sacred pact: they would stand firm against an army of 7,000 and willingly give their lives for freedom. Filmed entirely in Texas, only a few miles from the site of the actual battle, The Alamo is a visually stunning and historically accurate celebration of courage and honor. Co-starring Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey and Chill Wills, and garnering seven Oscar(r) nominations*, it is a "truly memorable movie spectacle" (Leonard Maltin). *1960: Picture, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Sound (winner), Editing, Score and Song

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John Wayne drew on what he learned from John Ford, Howard Hawks, and practically everyone who directed him during his long career when he made his own directorial debut on this labor of love. The Alamo is a sprawling, unabashedly patriotic epic of the sacrifice made by 187 men defending the Alamo from Santa Ana's bigger and better equipped army. Wayne stars as Col. Davy Crockett, the straight-talking, fun-loving frontiersman turned senator, with Laurence Harvey as the stiff, by-the-book Col. William Travis and Ricahrd Widmark as the legendary Jim Bowie who bristles under Travis's military protocol. The mix of regular army soldiers, Texican irregulars, scouts, and civilians makes for a volatile melting pot, but they all come together in a time of crisis in this metaphor for Wayne's heroic vision of America. Wayne spared no expense in this, one the last of the old fashion Westerns, re-creating the Alamo in exacting detail and corralling a cast of Western icons and old friends, including Richard Boone, Chill Wills (who earned an Oscar nomination), Hank Worden, Denver Pyle, Ken Curtis, and Olive Carey, in addition to teen heartthrob Frankie Avalon and Wayne's son Pat. Even old pal and spiritual godfather John Ford lent a hand shooting second-unit footage. Wayne is no Ford, but despite himself (and a talky script), he delivers an entertaining film full of intriguing characters and excellent action scenes, earning the film an Oscar nomination for Best Picture in 1960. Remember the Alamo! --Sean Axmaker

Running time: 167 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Spanish (Original Language)