The Alamo (1960)
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Hello here are some pictures that I took myself on my TV, it's in blu-ray 720p 16/9 blu-ray koch filmalamo 022.jpgalamo 001.jpgalamo 003.jpg
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Bonjour quelle est la date de sortie cinéma the alamo au p10thedukea20141016_1630156211.jpgp10thedukea20141016_1630156211.jpgjapon
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Hello what is the release date cinema the alamo in japan
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John Wayne at 115 is still our hero! Celebrate John Wayne’s May 26th birthday with a look back at THE ALAMO in this special edition of A WORD ON WAYNE. Patrick Wayne joins Rob Word to talk about the classic and looks back at the making of THE ALAMO (1960) with portions from producer Brian Huberman's wonderful documentary. Duke's dream project THE ALAMO was an all-star epic that featured an exciting recreation of the attack on the Texas stronghold.
Duke had only planned to direct the movie but, due to the rising costs, he took the role of Davy Crockett. Others in the cast included Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Chill Wills, Ken Curtis, Hank Worden, Frankie Avalon and Olive Carey. The magnificent score was done by Dimitri Tiomkin. It was filmed in Brackettville, Texas, with a newly built replica of The Alamo made expressly for the film. -
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I visited the Alamo set in Airzona, In that small town. They filmed Gunfight at OK Corral, Rio Bravo, and others.
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Is the restoration of The Alamo in the long version off the table? I recorded the long version on July 12, 2016 off of TCM. I haven't heard anything about the restoration. They last time I watched TCM present The Alamo, it was the short version.
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From Wikipedia...
"The Alamo premiered at its 70 mm roadshow length of 202 minutes, including overture, intermission, and exit music, but the negative was severely cut for wide release. UA re-edited it to 167 minutes. The 202-minute version was believed lost until Bob Bryden, a Canadian fan, realized he had seen the full version in the 1970s. He and Alamo collector Ashley Ward discovered the last known surviving print of the 70 mm premiere version in Toronto,[36] in pristine condition. MGM (UA's sister studio) used this print to make a digital video transfer of the roadshow version for VHS and LaserDisc release.
The print was taken apart and deteriorated in storage. By 2007, it was unavailable in any useful form. MGM used the shorter, general release version for subsequent DVD releases. At present, the only existing version of the original uncut roadshow release is on standard definition 480i digital video. It is the source for broadcasts on Turner Classic Movies. The best available actual film elements are of the 35 mm negatives of the general release version.
A restoration of the deteriorating print found in Toronto, supervised by Robert A. Harris, was envisaged but to date is not underway.[37] The endangered version is the 70 mm uncut roadshow version (202 min). The cut 167-minute version still exists in decent condition in 35 mm.
In 2014, an Internet campaign was formed urging MGM to restore The Alamo from the deteriorating 70mm elements. This garnered some publicity from KENS-TV in San Antonio, and attention from filmmakers such as J. J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, Rian Johnson, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.[38][39] In his 2014 biography of Wayne, John Wayne: The Life and Legend author Scott Eyman states that the full-length Toronto print has deteriorated to the point where it is now unusable.[40] A prevailing critical point of view held the film already contained so much sludge, especially Crockett’s contrived and unhistorical romantic interlude, even the 167 minute version was hard to endure."
