The Alamo (2004 film)

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The Alamo is a 2004 American historical war film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. It is directed by John Lee Hancock and stars Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett, Jason Patric as Jim Bowie, Patrick Wilson as William B. Travis, Jordi Mollà as Juan Seguín, and Emilio Echevarría as Antonio López de Santa Anna. The screenplay was written by Hancock, Stephen Gaghan, and Leslie Bohem. The film was produced by Touchstone Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution on April 9, 2004. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a box office flop, losing the studio over $146 million. Retrospective reviews in later years have praised the film's greater historical accuracy compared to previous film depictions of the battle, such as The Alamo (1960).

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