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New version of "The Alamo" is a historically credible but overly prosaic account of the most celebrated episode in the creation of an Americanized Texas. Refreshingly revisionist, impressively ...
The Alamo' is entertaining for its action, scale, and scope, but it was also rife with historical inaccuracies.
The Alamo DVD (2004) Reviewed by Stella Papamichael: John Lee Hancock's lavish epic western The Alamo struggled to recoup its cost at the worldwide box office, but "it isn't a total turkey." ...
“The Alamo” got off to a non-blockbuster start over the weekend. Walt Disney Co.’s $100-million feature tied for third place at the box office, with an estimated $9.2 million in ticket sales ...
The good news on The Alamo, a $95 million production that made $22 million at the box office, is that it's the most historically accurate film portrayal of the events at the infamous San Antonio ...
My postproduction schedule for ‘The Alamo’ — six main characters and 1.4 million feet of film — was about what I ... ''The Alamo'' is one of the 10 movies we can't wait to see in early 2004 ...
THE ALAMO (two stars) Factually correct but awfully sober. Running time: 137 minutes. Rated PG-13 (action violence). At the E-Walk, the Ziegfeld, the Kips Bay, others. BILLY Bob Thornton is the rea… ...
Despite being almost as long as the actual siege, The Alamo offers a generally accurate look at how the sacrifice of a few patriots ultimately led to the creation of the new Republic of Texas. Even… ...
“S.A. sees stars” was the headline of the San Antonio Express-News. The big, center-of-the-page photo featured Billy Bob Thornton -- Davy Crockett in the movie “The Alamo” -- smiling for ...