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Texas | Uprising
Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
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Based on the 1836 standoff between a group of Texan and Tejano men, led by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, and Mexican dictator Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.
2005
Budget 107,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 25,819,961 USD
Several people that played Texan extras in the movie are actual descendants of the defenders of the Alamo.
Billy Bob Thornton learned to play the violin for some scenes that required it.
An extra had grabbed a bag of Doritos from Craft Services before being called to the set. He stuffed it into his costume and got into formation. When action was called, the group charged across the field. When he was "shot" and fell dead to the ground, his bag of Doritos popped out. The scene had to be re-shot and from then on everyone had to be checked frequently.
At 51 acres, the set was the largest and most expensive set built in North America to date.
In his autobiography "The Billy Bob Tapes", Billy Bob Thornton said that if he could go back to any time in his life and relive it, he listed this film, Bad Santa (2003) and when he worked for the Arkansas Highway Department in 1979.
"Issac Millsaps: So, Davy, all your Indian fightin'... you ever get into a scrape like this? Davy Crockett: I was never in but one real scrape in my life, fella. Issac Millsaps: Yeah, but you was in the Red Stick war. Davy Crockett: Yeah, it's true, I was in that. I sure was. I was just about your age when it broke out. The Creeks, uh, boxed up about 400 or 500 people at Fort Mims and, uh, massacred every one of 'em. 'Course this was big news around those parts, so I up and joined the volunteers. I did a little scoutin', but mostly I, I just fetched in venison for the cook fire, things of that nature. Well, we caught up with those redskins at Tallushatchee, surrounded the village, come in from all directions. Wasn't much of a fight, really. We just shot 'em down like dogs. Finally... what Injuns was left, they crowded into this little cabin. They wanted to surrender... but this squaw, she loosed an arrow and killed one of the fellas, and then we shot her, And then we set the cabin on fire. We could hear 'em screamin' for their gods in there. We smelled 'em burnin'. We'd had nary to eat but parched corn since October. And the next day, when we dug through the ashes, we found some potaters from the cellar. They'd been cooked by that grease that run off them Indians. And we ate till we nearly burst. Since then... you pass the taters and I pass 'em right back."
"William Travis: We could try to get you out with an escort. If you're captured, perhaps given your condition, mercy would be extended. James Bowie: I don't deserve mercy. I do deserve a drink. You got anything stronger than water? [He smiles] William Travis: I don't drink, Jim, you know that. I gamble, go to whores, run off on wives... but drinking, I draw the line. James Bowie: You know, if you live five more years, you might just be a great man. William Travis: I think I will probably have to settle for what I am now."
