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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director(s): John Lee Hancock
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
47
PG-13
Year:
2004
137 min
3,096 Views


In your office, waitin'.

Your wife.

Mr Bowie!

- Colonel.

- Buck.

Drunken Hottentot.

Two-bit dandy.

(Travis) Well, the choices are

abandonment, adultery,

or cruel and barbarous treatment.

I think abandonment's most accurate.

Any of the choices would be appropriate.

You sure you want to do this?

Well, we-we signed the papers.

I meant Charlie.

I don't intend this harshly, but

he should have a male example in his life.

I've already made arrangements for him

to stay with a fine family while I'm away.

Well, we have a long way to travel.

Your father's becoming a rich man,

and he'll be able to see to your education.

You're makin' a jackass

outta yourself, Sam.

Vindictive sons of b*tches.

Texas... wasted on the Texians.

They'll come back.

The Mexicans.

A well-trained army,

against all this handful of amateurs.

Only chance we have

is to fight 'em out in the open.

Forts, they're useless,

useless to us.

What is it about

that damn place, anyway?

What place?

The Alamo.

Every time a sour wind blows through,

everybody runs there and hides inside.

Ain't nothin' but mud.

A caved-in church.

And cannon.

Cannon.

Protects my home, Sam.

You don't have no home,

any more than I have.

(Houston sighs)

It's a damn shame about your wife, Jim.

Am I still your general?

You know you are.

I want you to return to the Alamo,

fetch the cannon back.

Will you do that for me?

Will you promise that you'll do that for me?

Yeah.

Now, you mind Mr and Mrs Ayers.

Don't go causing any fuss.

When I return,

we'll get a home of our own.

I promise.

"One crowded hour of glorious life

is worth an age without a name."

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

(woman) Jim Bowie's here!

- (man) Know which one he is?

- Right there.

Welcome to San Antonio, Bowie!

- Welcome home, Jim.

- (woman) Welcome home, Mr Bowie.

Welcome home, Jim.

(faint voices and music)

(# Spanish music)

(music and voices fade)

(man) You all right, Mr James?

I have a home.

Sir?

(man) We know you guys

from somewhere?

(man laughs)

(man #2) Whoo, that one's

pretty dandy, that one.

Halt!

- Have the quartermaster secure billeting.

- Yes, sir.

- Where you going, sir?

- I'd like to see what I'm fightin' for.

Dismount!

It was founded as a mission 100 years ago.

The Bexarenos called it the Alamo,

after Alamo de Parras,

a Spanish cavalry unit

that moved in 30 years ago.

As you can see, it is not designed

with military intentions.

She's well armed.

Most cannon of any fort

west of the Mississippi.

I placed our largest, the 18-pounder, on

the southwest corner, so it fronts the town.

The north wall is in ruins, so I have

two batteries with five cannon to defend it.

What was the original convento

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Leslie Bohem

Leslie "Les" Bohem (born 1951) is an American screenwriter and television writer. more…

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