DISNEY FINALLY GIVES UP THE FORT.Byline: - Glenn Whipp Remember ``The Alamo''? No problem. After all, how can we forget the latest cinematic retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of the famed 1836 Texas battle after the last two years of controversy? First Ron Howard decides not to direct because Disney wouldn't give him a $100 million-plus budget and an R rating. Then Texan John Lee Hancock (``The Rookie'') takes over and the movie is dogged by all sorts of hand-wringing in Texas newspapers over whether Davy Crockett will die a heroic death. (Hancock's answer: ``It's dramatically satisfying.'') ``The Alamo'' was scheduled for a Christmas opening, but Disney moved it to April to give Hancock more time to edit the film. Also, with all the historical epics opening in December, the studio was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a little more space for its $80 million investment. Now, if Disney and Hancock can quell the fears of Texas historical societies, they'll be halfway home Halfway Home may refer to:
``I knew it was a lightning rod lightning rod, a rod made of materials, especially metals, that are good conductors of electricity, which is mounted on top of a building or other structure and attached to the ground by a cable. of a movie,'' Hancock says of his film. ``I'm from Texas myself, and I know how dearly I hold the story of the Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. .'' That story - 300 men fighting to their deaths defending the San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. fort from Mexican general Santa Anna - has been filmed several times, most notably in a 1960 movie starring (and directed by) John Wayne. Hancock's version will have some notable differences, including looking at the event from the Mexican point of view. ``There are a lot of misconceptions about the Alamo,'' Hancock says. ``Most people think it was part of a war between the United States and Mexico when it was closer to a Mexican civil war. Texas was part of Mexico at the time. There were a lot of Mexicans at the Alamo. So it's not the Mexicans vs. the Anglos. It's a messier story than the man-on-the-street believes.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Jason Patric in ``The Alamo'' opening April 9 |
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