Ron Howard forgets about "The Alamo"

Variety (via Yahoo) ^ | Sun Jul 7, 9:48 PM ET | By Michael Fleming

[Don Myers]

She could certainly play the part. She does have the qualified background.

[LRS]

Close, close! However, you left out some details, like how Santa Ana and the Mexican military was sent in by the Mexican Attorney General, Reno, in oder to disarm this gun toting cult led by Koresh...I mean Travis, because of concerns over the children that these evil religious extremist were abusing. In the end, it becomes neccessary to breach the church compound's wall with armor, I mean cannons, as the Alamo cultists are committing mass murder and suicide.....

[LRS]

Ahh! You beat me to it, (I'm a slow writer at times) but, we must have great minds!

[gonzo]

Gee, does 'Rats-Ass' come to mind?

as if it's important...........FRegards

[Don Myers]

You mean that I left out how the militia members started the fires that eventually burned the alamo to the ground?

[LRS]

I am becoming more and more frightened as to just what this film will look like....

[Ronzo]

Well, I'm glad I have my DVD version of Duke's "Alamo." It's a damn shame they let so many wonderful films rot into oblivion. With all the money in Hollywood, you think they could build a big deep freeze and put all the prints into longterm cold storage. At the very least, they could ship them to a warehouse in Barrow, Alaska...

In the "strange but true" department, the set for Duke's Alamo still exists, and is in wonderful condition! If I remember correctly, it's just a few miles north of Bracketville, Texas. They used that set for the filming of "Lonesome Dove," though some extra buildings were added. And that same set was also used for the "IMAX" version of the Alamo, which was extremely well done and surprisingly accurate. Wouldn't be surprised if Disney were to use that set as well.

Ron Howard directing Russel Crowe --no thank you. Ridley Scott directing Russel Crowe --now that might be an "Alamo" film worth seeing.

[SkyPilot]

Should be interesting to see if they incorporate the Mexican officer's diary into their interpretation.

Please elaborate...I am interested.

[First_Salute]

Perhaps a film on food processing?

A study of the correlation between Nun buoy wave response and Ted Kennedy's cogent-icity?

[weegee]

Not even a million to preserve the original film and they are going to budget $50million-$150million to remake it?

And as copyrights are allowed to be renewed again and again, more works will disappear completely because their copyright owners have abandoned them (there were even films that were retroactively brought out of public domain and returned to "copyright holders").

[Tony in Hawaii]

Anybody remember "Viva Max"?

[weegee]

"Disney" is already constructing a new Alamo set outside of Austin. Filming was to begin in September but will now likely fall back to December.

[weegee]

The Men Behind the Alamo Diary Alumni Charles Tate and Tom Hicks Donate Rare Manuscript to UT

Also:

No matter where the diary ends up, a debate over its authenticity is likely to continue. Crockett's diehard fans have denounced it as a 20th century forgery, an elaborate hoax that disputes their belief that the coonskin-capped frontiersman went down fighting at the Alamo in March 1836.

But many academics accept it as a circa 1840 narrative penned or dictated in Mexico City's Inquisition Prison by Lt. Col. Jose Enrique de la Pena, who was jailed for backing the wrong general-politician after the Texas War of Independence.

Only a page of the diary is devoted to Crockett's demise; the rest of the 200 pages detail de la Pena's complaints about his superiors' incompetence and cruelty.

But it is that one page that most interests many Texans.

According to de la Pena, Crockett and six others were captured after the Alamo "skirmish" and brought before Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who ordered them executed. When a unit of engineers didn't budge, officers aiming to please the general moved in.

"They thrust themselves forward, in order to flatter their commander, and with swords in hand, fell upon these unfortunate, defenseless men just as a tiger leaps upon his prey," the account says.

From Texas may lose treasured Alamo diary in auction

[Ronzo]

"Disney" is already constructing a new Alamo set outside of Austin. Filming was to begin in September but will now likely fall back to December.

Gee, I hope they built they are building that set on HIGH ground...

So they are building the set outside of Austin, by far the most liberal city in Texas? At least we can take solace in the fact that the 1960 Alamo set in Bracketville will not be descrated by leftwing PC zealots. It's surprisingly conservative down there in Val Verde County, despite the voter support for the Democrap party.

[weegee]

The last film that I know was shot at the old Alamo set is the Hong Kong western Once Upon A Time In China And America (AKA Once Upon A Time In China VI) from 1997. Jet Li stars and local Austin singer Christina Bell was cast as an Indian girl.

The Alamo itself does not appear in that film.

From IMDB, here is a list of films shot there:

Happy Shahan's Alamo Village, Brackettville, Texas, USA

"Centennial" (1978) (mini) TV Series 8.2/10 (145 votes)
"Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini) TV Series 9.1/10 (730 votes)
"Streets of Laredo" (1995) (mini) TV Series 7.8/10 (57 vvotes)
...aka "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo" (1995) (mini)
"West, The" (1996) (mini) TV Series 8.7/10 (27 votes)
Alamo, The (1960) 6.6/10 (1004 votes)
Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988) 6.2/10 (36 votes)
Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory, The (1987) (TV) 6.6/10 (58 votes)
Bad Girls (1994) 4.8/10 (1232 votes)
Bandolero! (1968) 6.4/10 (297 votes)
Battle of the Alamo, The (1996) (TV)
Buffalo Soldiers, The (1992) (TV)
Bullfighter (2001)
Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994) (TV) 6.1/10 (19 votes)
Good Old Boys, The (1995) (TV) 6.5/10 (104 votes)
Jericho (2001) 8.8/10 (10 votes)
Rio Diablo (1993) (TV) 6.2/10 (24 votes)
Sam (1967)
...aka Hottest Fourth of July in the History of Brewster County, The (1967) (USA)
Texas (1994) (V) 4.3/10 (56 votes)
...aka James A. Michener's Texas (1994) (V)
Travis (1991)
...aka Cost of Freedom, The (1991) (USA)
Two Rode Together (1961) 6.8/10 (196 votes)
Wong Fei-hung chi saiwik hung si (1997) 6.4/10 (189 votes)
...aka Huang Fei-hong zhi xi yu xiong shi (1997) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
...aka Once Upon a Time in China VI (1997)
...aka Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997)

[Redbob]

Will they show Santa Ana cross-dressing to try to escape after his embarrassing route at San Jacinto?

Would they show the cowardly piece of stuff executing unarmed men after the fall of the Alamo?

What does "fact-based" mean, anyway?

[weegee]

What does "fact-based" mean, anyway?

"Any similarities between real people or events is purely coincidental."

[flying Elvis]

According to recently uncovered diary penned by a Mexican officer, Davy Crockett did not die in battle defending the Alamo, but rather was executed after the battle. The officer pays tribute to Crockett and his fellow captives by stating, "these unfortunates died without complaining and without humiliating themselves before their torturers."

[Billthedrill]

Alamo heroes William Barret Travis' serial marital infidelities, Jim Bowie's slave trading and Davy Crockett's overall political incorrectness will also be addressed.

Oh, I can just imagine they will. Worst of all, these were white males. I'm afraid the only way we'll be able to rehabilitate their reputation is for somebody to tell Eisner that the whole lot of them were gay and that the Alamo was a bathhouse...

[Reagan is King]

Disney executives seek above all to undermine and eventually destroy traditional American values, religion, nationalism and patriotism

I agree. Quite a turnaround from the wholesome Disney of a couple of decades ago. Now we also have the HIV positive Sesame Street character coming soon to America. They're not related to Disney, but it just shows you the liberal flakes are taking over the kids entertainment industry.