Alamo, The (2004) - Details

In a small Texas town in the spring of 1836, roughly 200 men lost their lives defending a small mission building, the Alamo, from several thousand Mexican soldiers under the command of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. The Alamo will retell the events surrounding that battle from multiple perspectives on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. John Lee Hancock (The Rookie) directs a cast that includes Patrick Wilson (Lt. Col. William Travis), Jason Patric (James Bowie), Billy Bob Thornton (David Crockett), Dennis Quaid (Gen. Sam Houston), and others.