The Alamo (1960) | |
| Director(s) | John Wayne |
| Producer(s) | James Edward Grant (associate), John Wayne, Michael Wayne (associate uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Biographical, Drama, Epic, Historical |
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The Alamo Overview:
The Alamo (1960) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by John Wayne and produced by John Wayne, Michael Wayne and James Edward Grant.
Academy Awards 1960 --- Ceremony Number 33 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Chill Wills | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | William H. Clothier | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Stuart Gilmore | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Dimitri Tiomkin | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster | Nominated |
| Best Picture | John Wayne, Producer | Nominated |
The Alamo BlogHub Articles:
THE ALAMO (2004)
By Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 28, 2019 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogMy birthday was earlier this week, and as a present my great friend Josh Kennedy sent me a DVD of the 2004 version of THE ALAMO. Josh has been trying to get me to see this movie for years. Josh is a native Texan, which means that the legend of the Alamo has made a huge impression on him. Josh can l... Read full article
The Alamo (1960)
By Beatrice on Feb 1, 2017 From Flickers in TimeThe Alamo Directed by John Wayne Written by James Edward Grant 1960/USA Batjack Productions/The Alamo Company First viewing/Amazon Instant John Wayne’s lone directorial effort is over-long but not half bad. A vastly outnumbered group of “Texicans” create a fortress from a missio... Read full article
SINNER comes to the Alamo Drafthouse!
By Marisa on Feb 6, 2013 From The Timothy Carey ExperienceHey gang, I apologize for slacking on posts lately. I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather the past few days. However, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to tell you about the upcoming 35mm screening of The World’s Greatest Sinner at the famous Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas!... Read full article
The Alamo
By Alyson on Apr 21, 2011 From The Best Picture ProjectIn John Wayne?s directorial debut, The Alamo showcases the historic pivotal battle in 1836 against Santa Anna?s troops in the war for Texas independence fromMexico. ?As General Sam Houston (Richard Boone) is in need of as much time as possible to muster enough troops to defeat the Mexican army, he o... Read full article
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Quotes from The Alamo
Tennesseean: We sure killed many brave men today.
Thimblerig: Funny, I was proud of 'em. Even while I was killing 'em, I was proud of 'em. It speaks well for men that so many ain't afraid to die when they think right is on their side. It speaks well.
Smitty: So many times every day you stop and give thanks, but mostly I don't catch on what you're thanking the Lord for. I mean, there's nothing special.
Parson: I give thanks for the time and for the place.
Smitty: The time and the place, Parson?
Parson: The time to live and the place to die. That's all any man gets. No more, no less.
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Facts about The Alamo
Despite being a top-ten money maker for 1960, and its popularity in Europe and Japan, the film could not recoup its massive budget in its initial release. John Wayne assumed huge personal debt to get the film finished after United Artists refused to pay for cost overruns during production. It wasn't until the television rights sale in 1971 that Wayne's personal debts were finally paid off. It premiered on the U.S. network NBC in September 1971.
The set - now called Alamo Village - has since been used in over 100 other Westerns.
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