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Actors: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Alamo |
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It was called “the thirteen days of glory” and is the “national shrine” of Texas. “The Alamo,” produced, directed, and starred by John Wayne, is a movie of epic proportions as it attempts to chronicle one of Texas' (and the nation's) memorable events--of how some 185 men tried to defend the Alamo, a small mission near San Antonio, from some 7000 soldiers led by General Santa Ana of Mexico. While the Texas defenders lost, their heroic struggle was the impetus to winning Texas' independence later at the battle of San Jacinto. Certainly this movie is long-winded (but probably not to Texas fans!), but is well-done,
well-filmed, well-directed. The musical score by Dimitri Tiompkin is well worth a listen to, too!
--Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Alamo |
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Plot
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Mercenaries
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Specific kind of enemies?
- tyrants
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Texas
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
Kind of violence:
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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