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Key Battles of American History

The Alamo (2004)

Key Battles of American History

Key Battles of American History

History

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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In this episode, Sean and James discuss the 2004 movie The Alamo, starring Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, and Patrick Wilson.

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0:00.0

War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

0:10.8

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

0:16.5

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

0:24.1

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

0:26.8

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

0:32.8

Here is your host, James Early.

0:43.6

Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome to the final episode in our series on the Texas Revolution.

0:49.1

Last week we talked about the 1960 classic film The Alamo, directed by and starring John Wayne. And this week,

0:57.6

as promised, we are going to discuss probably the second most famous Alamo movie, or at least

1:03.0

the second most watched among people today, probably. And that is the 2004 Alamo. So we will jump jump right into it just a few basic notes about the

1:13.8

production and the ratings and things the length is two hours and 17 minutes the rotten

1:19.7

tomatoes ratings are not good these are among the lowest of any of the films that sean

1:25.3

and i've ever reviewed. The critics gave it

1:27.8

an average positive rating, well, I should say the percentage of critics that gave it a positive

1:33.3

rating is only 29%. And it didn't do too much better among the fans. Only 45% of the fans gave

1:40.9

it a positive rating. The average rating at IMDB is a very low 6.0.

1:47.4

The director is John Lee Hancock, and the cast is actually quite impressive.

1:52.4

It stars Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patrick, Patrick Wilson, and Emilio

1:58.4

Echevaria, as well as some other people.

2:02.9

It's based on an original screenplay and the awards, sad to say, none that I'm aware of that was not nominated for any. I have to say

2:10.1

before I handed over to Sean for some introductory comments, Sean is with me, of course, as always.

2:16.7

This film was a box office flop. Its opening was

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