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The Alamo [videorecording] /MGM/UA Home Video ; United Artists Pictures ; original screenplay by James Edward Grant ; a Batjac production ; produced and directed by John Wayne.

Contributor(s): Wayne, John, 1907-1979 | Widmark, Richard | Harvey, Laurence | Avalon, Frankie | Wayne, Patrick, 1939- | Cristal, Linda | O'Brien, Joan | Wills, Chill, 1902-1978 | Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1976 | Boone, Richard | Grant, James Edward, 1902-1966 | Clothier, William | Gilmore, Stuart, 1913-1971 | Hynes, Fred | MGM Home Entertainment Inc | MGM/UA Home Video (Firm) | United Artists Corporation | Batjac Productions.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialSeries: MGM/UA Home Video screen epics. Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, 1998, c1960Edition: Deluxe widescreen ed.Description: 2 videocassettes (ca. 3 hr., 13 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.ISBN: 0792826698.Subject(s): Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836 -- Drama | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Campaigns -- Drama | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836 -- Fiction | Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Campaigns. -- Fiction | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- 1836, Siege -- Fiction | Texas -- History -- 1835-1836, Revolution -- Campaigns -- Fiction | Closed caption video recordingsGenre/Form: Videocassettes. | Feature films. | Historical films. | Epic films.DDC classification: [Fic] | 813/.54
Production Credits: Director of photography, William H. Clothier ; film editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin ; sound recording supervised by Gordon Sawyer, Fred Hynes.
Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound (Hynes, Sawyer), 1961Cast: John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Richard Boone.Summary: Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
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7-adult

VHS; stereo.

Closed-captioned.

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Joan O'Brien, Chill Wills, Joseph Calleia, Richard Boone.

Director of photography, William H. Clothier ; film editor, Stuart Gilmore ; music composed and conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin ; sound recording supervised by Gordon Sawyer, Fred Hynes.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960.

Contains the original theatrical trailer.

Features the song "Green Leaves of Summer", lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, music by Dimitri Tiomkin, which won nominated for an Academy Award in 1961.

Academy Award for Best Sound (Hynes, Sawyer), 1961

Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.

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