The Alamo (1960)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

John Wayne

Guionista:

James Edward Grant (original screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 octubre 1960 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Aventura | Drama | Historia | Guerra | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

They stood firing until they could stand no longer...156 MEN AGAINST A RAGING ARMY OF 7000!

Plot:

In 1836 General Santa Anna and the Mexican army is sweeping across Texas. To be able to stop him, General...

Plot Keywords:

Mexican | Texas | Mission | Bowie Knife | Tree Stump

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Mt. Everest of all Westerns

Reparto

John Wayne	...	Col. Davy Crockett
Richard Widmark	...	Jim Bowie
Laurence Harvey	...	Col. William Travis
Frankie Avalon	...	Smitty
Patrick Wayne	...	Capt. James Butler Bonham
Linda Cristal	...	'Flaca'
Joan O'Brien	...	Mrs. Sue Dickinson
Chill Wills	...	Beekeeper
Joseph Calleia	...	Juan Seguin
Ken Curtis	...	Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Carlos Arruza	...	Lt. Reyes
Jester Hairston	...	Jethro
Veda Ann Borg	...	Blind Nell Robertson
John Dierkes	...	Jocko Robertson
Denver Pyle	...	Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Aissa Wayne	...	Lisa Angelica Dickinson
Hank Worden	...	Parson
William Henry	...	Dr. Sutherland (as Bill Henry)
Bill Daniel	...	Col. Neill
Wesley Lau	...	Emil Sande
Chuck Roberson	...	Tennesseean
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams	...	Lt. 'Irish' Finn (as Guinn Williams)
Olive Carey	...	Mrs. Dennison
Ruben Padilla	...	General Santa Anna
Richard Boone	...	Gen. Sam Houston
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Ray Ackland	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Charles Akins	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Harold Allgood	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Lee Allison	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
D.E. Barentine	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Carol Baxter	...	Melinda (uncredited)
Abe Blankenship	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
F. Bode	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Danny Borzage	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Buff Brady	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Paul Breen	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Jim Brewer	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Jim Burk	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
H.J. Canutt	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
A.R. Carpenter	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Ed Carter	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Georges Cartes	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Vincente Castro	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Raul De Luna	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
LeJean Eldridge	...	Mrs. Guy (uncredited)
Rojelio Estrada	...	Mexican boy (uncredited)
Estill Ezell	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Manuel Farias	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Rosita Fernández	...	Singer (uncredited)
Mickey Finn	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Gerry Fisher	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Karl Flenn	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Miguel Garza	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Yndalecio Gonzales	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Mike Goulla	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Fred Graham	...	Bearded volunteer (uncredited)
Joe Graham	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Big John Hamilton	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Robert H. Harris	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy	...	Bull (uncredited)
Frank Higgins	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Doug Hodges	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Junior Hudkins	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Joe Jackson	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Elmo Jones	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Wayne Kendrick	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Jim Kennedy	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Charles Kone	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
David Kuykendall	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Ronald Lee	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons	...	(uncredited)
Efrain Maldonada	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Cy Malis	...	Pete (uncredited)
Bryan McAfee	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
John McGuyer	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Doug McNealy	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Don Middlebrook	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Jack Miller	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
J.R. Miller	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Bob Morgan	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Bob Moss Sr.	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
C.A. Nicks	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Ray Ochoa	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Dale Parsons	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Jack Pennick	...	Sgt. Lightfoot (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Jerry Phillips	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Homer Pierce	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Lee Roy Powell	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Lupe Reyes	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Warren Rhea	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Ed Riley	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Rudy Robbins	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Cruz Rodriquez	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Eleno Rodriquez	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Ricardo Rosales	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Bob Rose	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
George Ross	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
LeRoy Ryland	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Charles Sanders	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Alberto Sandoval	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Guadalupe Santoya	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Pete Schneider	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Bill Shannon	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Ben Shirley	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Chester Smith	...	(uncredited)
Dan Smith	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Dean Smith	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
George Sofge	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Greg Souquet	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Jack Spain	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Jerry Sterner	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Winner Stevens	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Ted Sumerall	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Chief Tahachee	...	Yankey Sawyer (uncredited)
Alfred Taylor	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Martin Torres	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Julian Trevino	...	Silvero Seguin (uncredited)
Jesse Valdez	...	Bowie's charro (uncredited)
Charles Veltmann Jr.	...	Travis' man (uncredited)
Jim Walker	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Pilar Wayne	...	(uncredited)
Toni Wayne	...	(uncredited)
Ted White	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Bill Williams	...	Tennessean (uncredited)
Jack Williams	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Clay Wilson	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Thomas Worrell	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)
Jim Wright	...	Bowie's man (uncredited)

Dirigida por
John Wayne

Créditos del guión
James Edward Grant		(original screenplay)

Producida por
James Edward Grant	....	associate producer
John Wayne	....	producer
Michael Wayne	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin

Fotografía por
William H. Clothier		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Stuart Gilmore

Casting
Frank Leyva		(uncredited)

Dirección artística
Alfred Ybarra

Decorados
Victor A. Gangelin

Diseño de vestuario por
Frank Beetson Jr.		(as Frank C. Beetson)
Ron Talsky		(uncredited)

Departamento de maquillaje
Web Overlander	....	makeup supervisor
Fae M. Smith	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Tom Andre	....	unit manager (as Thomas J. Andre)
Nate H. Edwards	....	production manager
George Coleman	....	production manager (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Cliff Lyons	....	second unit director
Robert E. Relyea	....	assistant director
Robert Saunders	....	assistant director
Michael Wayne	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Departamento de Arte
Joe LaBella	....	property master (as Joseph LaBella)

Departamento de sonido
Don Hall	....	sound editor (as Don Hall Jr.)
Fred Hynes	....	sound recording supervisor
Gordon Sawyer	....	sound recording supervisor
Jack Solomon	....	sound

Efectos especiales
Lee Zavitz	....	special effects
Daniel Hays	....	special effects (uncredited)

Especialistas
Bill Babcock	....	stunts (uncredited)
Buff Brady	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Burk	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Philip Crawford	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harry Froboess	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Harris	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Hart	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tex Hill	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leroy Johnson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Juaregui	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rudy Robbins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Rose	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Shannon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gibb Stepp	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted White	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)
Thomas Worrell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Bernie Abramson	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Denver Pyle	....	set photographer (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Murray Spivack	....	music recordist
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	conductor
Robert Tracy	....	music editor
Vinton Vernon	....	music recordist
Manuel Emanuel	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Jimmie Haskell	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Frank Beetson Jr.	....	technical supervisor (as Frank Beetson)
Jack Pennick	....	technical supervisor
Michael Wayne	....	assistant to producer
Russell Birdwell	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Jim Henaghan	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Burt Kennedy	....	production associate (uncredited)
Robert E. Morrison	....	production associate (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Alamo Company, The
• Batjac Productions

Distribuidores

• United Artists (1960) (USA) (theatrical) (released through)
• United Artists (1960) (France) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1961) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1971) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• Warner Home Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• Critics' Choice Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• Pacific Title and Art Studio  main title by (as Pacific Title & Art Studio)

También conocida como:

El Álamo (Venezuela) [es]
El Alamo (Spain) [es]

Duración:

167 min | UK:203 min (25 fps) (director's cut) (1993 video release) | USA:140 min (1967 re-release) | USA:192 min (roadshow version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Español

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:G | USA:Approved ( certificate #19635) | UK:PG | Australia:G (VHS rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | West Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas, USA

Compañía:

Alamo Company, The

Trivialidades:

Wayne lobbied hard for Republic studios to fund a big budget Western. Republic, who dealt with low-budget B-movies, turned him down so Wayne was forced to finance much of the film himself. He took out a second mortgage on his homes and secured loans on his cars and yacht.

Errores:

Errores Reales: By dawn, the battle at the Alamo was all but finished. It was essentially a night action.

Citas:

Graciela Carmela Maria 'Flaca' de Lopez y Vejar: Crockett? You are the famous Davy Crockett?
Col. Davy Crockett: Well, I'm Crockett. They named me Davy after an uncle that didn't leave Pa the farm after all.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (#7.15)" (1999)

Banda de Sonido:

Eyes of Texas

The Mt. Everest of all Westerns

Majestic and poignant, a glorious and mighty epic that will last down through the ages. Mr. Wayne never intended to make a documentary, but rather as he said in many interviews at the time, that he considered it one of the greatest stories of heroic American "folklore". Of course it is based on one of the valiant battles ever fought on this planet, but of course all that remains of that horrible slaughter, are letters, accounts of survivors from both armies ( and yes, diaries that are very likely accurate, if not totally honest, by participants). The point is - anyone that makes a movie, book, article based on history - had better have videotape or audio, to prove their accounts, or they will be torn to shreds by the nitpickers, that weren't there but love to complain, and not create. John Wayne wanted to preserve a moment of human dignity and ferocious battle action, between 2 forces that were destined to crash in this massacre. 1 side, the Alamo defenders, were the vanguard of democracy that was spreading across the West, first with mountain men and trappers, then the fighting pioneers that were determined to continue to the Pacific, in the spirit of Daniel Boone and Lewis and Clark. And the Mexican Army was defending it's land against what it came to think, were pirates and invaders. Santa Anna was a monstrous leader who lost so much that the young Mexican Republic, barely had a chance to start, after getting the Spanish out after hundreds of years. John Wayne bet everything on his values, American values - instilled in him on the prairies of Iowa, where he still heard cavalrymen and Union Army veterans, tell of a country they helped build, and passed it on to young Marion Morrison, before his family migrated to California, and his destiny to become one of the great symbols of America. By getting into the movie business, and studying at the elbow of the great rugged directors of the early years - Walsh, Wellman, Hathaway, Hawks and the great poet of the Western movie - John Ford. Who passed onto Duke the great motto - When the legend becomes fact, film the legend. Which Wayne did in a gigantic fashion, with "The Alamo". By hiring the very best composer of huge western themes, mixed with stirring and heartfelt emotion -- Dimitri Tiomkin, he assured audiences of rousing background to his great cameraman, Bill Clothier's fabulous and stunning cinematography -- like dropping back into history at such a pivotal moment. And if John Wayne's effort was not flawless, step up and invest millions into your own version of that timeless story. To say he had a ton of courage, is an understatement, for those who can appreciate greatness, now luckily available to us in DVD and tape forms, to pass on to our ancestors, the work of a man dedicated, come hell or high water, to preserve his big, bold monumental vision, for all generations to come. And for Americans, and all freedom loving peoples - to respect and forever "REMEMBER THE ALAMO".