• Director: John Lee Hancock
  • Release Year: 2004
  • Production Country: United States
  • Language: English, Spanish

The Alamo

Description

Jim Bowie and Colonel William Travis are determined to hold San Antonio against a Mexican army seeking to reestablish control over a breakaway Texas republic, but the sudden arrival of Santa Ana and his men sends them scurrying for shelter in the ruined mission known as the Alamo. Woefully undermanned and totally outgunned, Travis and Bowie's only hope lies in reinforcements from General Sam Houston, but Houston must first be convinced that saving the Alamo does not mean sacrificing the future of Texas itself.

Themes

Texas Revolution (1835 – 1836), Republic of Texas (1836 – 1846), Battle of the Alamo (23 February 1836 – 06 March 1836), Davy Crockett (1736 – 1836), Colonel William B. Travis (1809 – 1836), Nationalism, Legends and mythologies, Hagiographies, Public memory