Greeting Itdo and Arthurarnell,
Itdo: Thanks for that info on him. Its a shame his H-wood career did not work out, I did like him in The Alamo. I had not known he was in The Green Berets? nor in a band either. Do you know what part he played in The Green Berets? Also speaking of knowing people in that movie, I have a friend whos uncle was in the part of one of the men being trained and you can see them jogging by The Duke and the other fellow he was shooting Skeet with. Unfortunately that person was killed in combat in Vietnam about a year or so later.
Arthur: I am a fan of other Alamo movies like: Last Man From The Alamo with Glen Ford, The Last Command and of course Man Of Conquest. I thought all were good versions though each seemed to focus on things differently. Last Man From The Alamo really had little to do with the battle but was still enjoyable to watch.
Its been many years since I last saw Man of Conquest but I do remember liking it. I last saw it played on WTBS about 20 years ago so I remember little about it other than it held my interest. Also, there was James Michners (SP?) Texas. It was based on the times slightly before and during and slightly after the fall of The Alamo. I found that very few things in it were really accurate but, I did find that watching it as a work of fiction that it was relatively enjoyable to watch. Still, my favorite versions of The Alamo were of course The Dukes version as well as Disneys version with Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen.
As far as any of these films really being historically accurate, well they all had some accurate and not so accurate things in them all. Apart from what reviews I have seen on TV movie critic and entertainment shows, I just can't bring myself to watch someones views that were based on a false testament (de la Penas) and I heard that there was not much focus on Crockett, Bowie and Travis.
Im not afraid to watch it if I do so as a work of fiction but I can't take the new movie seriously because of the false documents the movie was based on. Now as for the historical accuracy of The Alamos buildings etc, that I can appreciate in the movie.