Word: jacinto
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...like a 19th century dress rehearsal for Vietnam. A shot of American corpses dangling from a tree has an eerie resemblance to images this month of a bridge in Fallujah, Iraq. But the Alamo massacre is only Act II. Houston's quick victory at the subsequent Battle of San Jacinto seized Texas from Mexican control and allows Hancock to make this analogy: that the Alamo was Pearl Harbor, San Jacinto was World War II, and Houston was an early Eisenhower...
History, legend and myth all coincide in The Alamo. Heart-wrenching, dramatic, yet with a hint of humor, the film depicts two of the most famous battles of the Mexican-American war: the Siege of the Alamo in 1836 and the succeeding Battle of San Jacinto...
...races and backgrounds fought bravely to the death for Texas’s independence against the Mexican army, led by General Santa Anna (Emilio Echevarria). While there were no survivors, their fight for Texas inspired General Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) to lead 910 pioneers in the Battle of San Jacinto against Santa Anna’s army with the famous battle cry, “Remember the Alamo.” It took 18 minutes for them to defeat the Mexican army, and in exchange for his life, Santa Anna signed over all the Mexican rights to Texas. After gaining...
While the movie struggles to deliver a truly unforgettable account of the famous battles, the film is beautifully shot and does try to capture the true character of the leaders in the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto. The constraints of the PG-13 rating might stifle some of the excitement and violence, but The Alamo still provides an interesting spin on a classic American story...
Dennis Quaid remembers the Alamo. "I used to play the Battle of San Jacinto as a kid," says the Houston-born star, above center, with Spanish actor JORDI MOLLA, right. Quaid, with the aid of some happenin' muttonchops and the largest standing movie set in North America (50-plus acres), plays General Sam Houston in The Alamo, due out Christmas Day. Directed by fellow Texan John Lee Hancock, who teamed up with Quaid in 2002's The Rookie, this account of the Lone Star State's battle for independence from Mexico shares little with the 1960 John Wayne film...