Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
Acting
Thornton's Crockett is weird, wonderful, and tragically human.
Practical Effects
Full-scale Alamo replica — they built it to burn it down.
Director
John Lee Hancock
Dennis Quaid
Sam Houston
Billy Bob Thornton
Davy Crockett
Jason Patric
James Bowie
Patrick Wilson
William Travis
Emilio Echevarría
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
Edwin Hodge
Joe
Emily Deschanel
Rosanna Travis
Jordi Mollà
Juan Seguin
Leon Rippy
Sgt. William Ward
Marc Blucas
James Bonham
Kevin Page
Micajah Autry
Joe Stevens
Mial Scurlock
Stephen Bruton
Captain Almeron Dickinson
Laura Clifton
Susanna Dickinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thornton learned fiddle for six months; the 'Orange Blossom Special' scene is actually him playing.
The film deliberately humanizes Mexican forces after decades of Hollywood treating them as faceless villains — Emilio Echevarría's Santa Anna has actual scenes.
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