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By: Oscar Oddities: A Look at Strange Academy Award Nominations | MovieFanFare

Oscar Oddities: A Look at Strange Academy Award Nominations | MovieFanFare — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:55:01 +0000

[...] 1961 - Remember the Alamo? Most Americans do. Remember the epic--if overblown--historical saga The Alamo, starring and directed by John Wayne? The Academy voters sure did, because they gave it seven nominations, including a somewhat controversial Best Picture nod that meant bypassing--among other films--Inherit the Wind, Psycho and Spartacus. The Duke would go on to mount a Texas-size publicity campaign for his paean to frontier heroism, only to eke out a single Best Sound award. His efforts, however, inspired one of the film's co-stars, veteran character actor Chill Wills, to push his own Best Supporting Actor nomination with a series of ads listing every Academy member by name and telling them, "Win, lose or draw, you're all my cousins and I love you all." This prompted a follow-up ad from Groucho Marx which simply stated, "Dear Mr. Chill Wills, I am delighted to be your cousin, but I voted for Sal Mineo." (Read more about The Alamo here.) [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:37:07 +0000

what I remember abt my ancster JW was the president of the time felt for the morel of the country was for him to stay home and make movies like a bond drive tour he great

By: jackie

jackie — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:44:56 +0000

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By: jackie

jackie — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:42:01 +0000

john wayne was killed by a long riffle because, the person ran out of amunishion so they used their guns to kill the people.

By: jackie

jackie — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:37:57 +0000

im in 7 grade thats wrong

By: marvin

marvin — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:51:00 +0000

I remember seeing john wayne die in the alamo not by a spear but by a ram rod used for cannons. I remember this when I was young. has anyone seen the same verison or am I just dreaming

By: Sparky

Sparky — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:30:55 +0000

As an Obama supporter and an avowed "leftist", I agree The Alamo as envisioned by Waynes production took many liberties with the facts. That said, the film is still entertaining to watch, even if the facts are skewered in flag-waving braggadocio commensurate with most conservatives need to see their nation as perfect, with the exception of we "leftists" who also reside in it.

By: Garry Stewart

Garry Stewart — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:03:24 +0000

I agree with John Stanaway, The Last Command was the best, no frills version of this story, with Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, Ernest Borgnine,and the great Arthur Hunnicutt as Crockett. Wayne had the best of intentions, but the result was an overblown, sentimental bore, trying too hard to be something deep and meaningfull .

By: Robert Hightower

Robert Hightower — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:46:05 +0000

Historical films do not have to be accurate to get you interested in the topic. As a matter of fact most historical films reflect the politics of the time they were made. Most of the texians at the Alamo were invited to Texas as settlers by a previous Mexican administration. There were also a large number of tejanos among the garrison. The parts of the Alamo that were cut show more glimpses of the Tejanos and also Africans these may have been cut to satisfy the mostly white audiences of the 60's.

Texas became part of the United States in 1845. That's when they gave up their independence. They joined the Confederacy in 1861 and lost their independence for good in 1865:)

By: mackrn

mackrn — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:50:17 +0000

All I know is that have used the Alamo to entertain patients in the hyperbaric chambers have worked in and never had a patient disappointed. Have seen it probably 1000 times and have rooted for the Texans every time.