The Alamo | |
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Directed by | John Lee Hancock |
Written by | John Lee Hancock Leslie Bohem Stephen Gaghan |
Produced by | Ron Howard Mark Johnson |
Starring | Dennis Quaid Billy Bob Thornton Jason Patric Patrick Wilson Jordi Mollà Emilio Echevarría |
Cinematography | Dean Semler |
Edited by | Eric L. Beason |
Music by | Carter Burwell |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Spanish |
Budget | $107 million |
Box office | $25.8 million |
The Alamo is a 2004 American war historical drama about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson, distributed by Buena Vista Pictures (through its Touchstone Pictures banner), and starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett, Jason Patric as Jim Bowie, and Patrick Wilson as William B. Travis. The screenplay is credited to Hancock, Stephen Gaghan, and Leslie Bohem.
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and underperformed at the box-office, losing the studio over $146 million.[1]