The Alamo DVD 2004 Alamo a 13 napos ostrom / Directed by John Lee Hancock / Starring: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson

UPC 5996255714388

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: English 5.1, Hungarian 5,1 Portuguese 5.1, Czech 5.1

Subtitles: English, Hungarian, Czech, Portuguese, Greek, Bulgarian, Slovakian, Romanian, English HOH

Runtime: 131 minutes

English Summary:

The Alamo is a 2004 film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. It was directed by John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson, distributed by Touchstone Pictures, and starred Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston, Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett, and Jason Patric as Jim Bowie.

The film begins in March 1836 in the town of San Antonio de Bexar (now downtown San Antonio), where bodies of Texan defenders and Mexican attackers are strewn over the Alamo. The film flashes back to a year earlier. Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid) attends a party where he tries to persuade people to migrate to Texas. He meets with David Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), recently defeated in his bid for re-election to Congress. Houston tells Crockett that, as an immigrant to Texas, Crockett will receive 640 acres of land. Crockett asks Houston whether this new republic is going to need a president.

Meanwhile, in San Felipe, Texas, the Texas provisional government is meeting to discuss what action to take after the recent capture by the Texans of the Alamo and Bexar from Mexican forces at the first Battle of San Antonio de Bexar. Texas has rebelled against Mexico, and its dictatorial president Santa Anna is personally leading an army to retake the Alamo. The Texan War Party calls for the Texas army to depart Bexar, cross into Mexico and confront Mexican forces at Matamoros. The Opposition Party seeks to rebuild the Texan army and establish a permanent government. The provisional government votes out Sam Houston as commander of the Texas army; a disgusted Houston tells Jim Bowie to go to San Antonio and destroy the Alamo.

William Barret Travis (Patrick Wilson) reports for duty in San Felipe. The Texas provisional government orders him to take command of the Alamo; Col. James Neill (Brandon Smith) informs him that he will be in command of the Texas Army regulars. Travis is alarmed, feeling that the Alamo's small force cannot withstand the Mexican Army, which is rumored to have thousands of foot soldiers and a formidable cavalry, and sends a rider to deliver a plea for reinforcements. As small groups of Texans arrive, Travis oversees defense preparations, hoping that enough reinforcements will arrive before the inevitable attack.

Hungarian Summary:

Elkeseredett küzdelem folyik Texas birtoklásáért az amerikaiak és a mexikóiak között. Santa Ana tábornok vezetésével mexikói hadsereg indul észak felé 1836-ban. Csak a ferences rendi misszióból átalakított erőd, Alamo áll az útjukban. 186 texasi katona és önkéntes néz farkasszemet az ötezer főnyi támadóval. A maroknyi ellenálló tizenhárom napon keresztül hősiesen védte az erődöt a túlerővel szemben, verte vissza a rohamokat. Áldozatvállalásuknak köszönhetően az amerikaiak rendezni tudták soraikat, felkészülhettek a végső összecsapásra.

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