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Post by Rick on Mar 21, 2008 20:12:54 GMT -5
It's too convenient to be real, I think. If it was real it would be more worn out and weather beaten. That looks like it was carved within the last decade. I suspect Ozzie Osborne had a hand -- or something -- in it.
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Post by Rick on Mar 7, 2008 17:45:27 GMT -5
That Santa Anna's quite a peacock, ain't he? Now THAT'S a hat!
Check out the San Antonio Express-News Web site for the paper's photos of Dawn at the Alamo. I wish I could take shots like hers.
I don't know how to post a link to the E-N site -- each time I try it I screw something up.
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Post by Rick on Oct 12, 2007 20:59:40 GMT -5
Ned, your captions are hilarious!! What year were those particular re-enactment photos taken?
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Post by Rick on Aug 4, 2007 22:13:47 GMT -5
Nice, nice photo. Digital camera or film camera?
And no touristas in the way. I've not been able to pull that one off yet in the shots I've taken.
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Post by Rick on Feb 26, 2007 15:42:31 GMT -5
Thanks to all that have helped me so far. I still would like some more of your favorite places but here is what we have gotten so far: Attractions -Alamo -Imax Theatre -Buckhorn Saloon -Riverwalk -Mission San Jose -Alamo Village at Bracketville -Sea World Restaurants (Opinions welcome if you have been to any of these) -Alamo Cafe -La Fogata -Tomatillos -The County Line -The Guenther House -La Posada del rey -Casbeers -Blue Star Brewery I've not tried any of these restaurants, but I'm sure they're extra-fine. I can recommend Schilo's Deli (intersection of Commerce and Losoya; closed on Sundays) and Paesanos (Riverwalk). I hope to make it to Bexar this weekend for HHD 2007. Will have to try some of the above-mentioned restaurants.
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Post by Rick on Feb 26, 2007 15:37:52 GMT -5
Here's Martin Vasquez (on the right) with John Farkis and Davy Webb, just outside the IMAX presentation of ALAMO: The PRICE OF FREEDOM. Study that face and commit it to memory. Why does Davy look PO'd in that picture?
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Post by Rick on Dec 26, 2006 22:21:46 GMT -5
Ditto what's been said above.
The Hampton Inn you mentioned is located just west of I-37. If you have a copy of George Nelson's The Alamo, An Illustrated History, look at the color photo on the back cover: the Hampton Inn is visible in the upper right corner.
Restaurantwise, I can recommend Paesanos (on the Riverwalk), and Schilo's Deli (on the south side of Commerce Street, near the intersection with Losoya Street). It's southwest of the Alamo, has great homemade root beer, the best split pea soup I've ever tasted, and great bratwurst.
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Post by Rick on Dec 24, 2007 18:31:41 GMT -5
How is everyone else spending Christmas Eve? Wrappin' a few last gifts, toastin' my Alamo cousins with a bottle of Heineken and playin' some classical music really, really loud.
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Post by Rick on Feb 18, 2007 22:30:34 GMT -5
Chips and salsa. Some of the latter I've tasted over the years really should have trademarked names like Colon Cleaner or The Annihilator or something.
My digestive tract isn't the strongest in the history of the Republic -- but it makes me think sometimes just how ungodly tough people in the 1830s must have been, given the composition of most of the foods they consumed.
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Post by Rick on Aug 17, 2007 14:53:18 GMT -5
That reminds of something a former newspaper columnist once wrote about one of the differences between men and women:
"Most men probably could live in a cave and be reasonably content. But no woman could live in a cave unless the color scheme was done right."
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Post by Rick on Dec 22, 2006 18:29:37 GMT -5
My Wish List still has at least two things I've wanted since I first saw The Alamo in 1961:
-- A seven-barreled shotgun like Richard Widmark's (though I now know it's called a volley gun)
-- A buckskin coat like Richard Boone wore in the when-your-recruits-start-to-whine-and-bellyache scene.
-- And (after watching The High Chaparral and The Alamo several times) Linda Cristal's phone number
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Post by Rick on Nov 2, 2007 22:09:06 GMT -5
I think I've seen this film. Is there a scene in it where Willie is "buried" -- covered up by dirt, but very much alive and he then pops up literally out of the ground to shoot somebody?
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Post by Rick on Jan 13, 2008 21:05:00 GMT -5
Nice work, Alex -- thanks for posting them.
I agree with Ned -- The Last Command depicted the hand-to-hand combat atop the walls much more vividly than did either of the two Alamos -- something I wish the latter two had had more of.
I hadn't realized Arthur Hunnicutt was so tall. Unless he's standing on a box in that picture, he's nearly as tall as the 6-5 Hayden.
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Post by Rick on Jun 30, 2007 21:38:31 GMT -5
The guy playing the bagpipes was played by Gene Evans, a wonderful character actor who I swear probably was in just about every television program I've ever seen.
The other guy -- Tweedledum or Tweedledee? -- who was killed on-camera -- wasn't he swinging a tomahawk at the bad guys when the bent bayonet got him?
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Post by Rick on Feb 14, 2007 17:09:14 GMT -5
In the cut scene, Travis is seen down in the street asking the departing citizens 'where are you going?' Then, the sentry in the San Fernando Church tower sees something and begans clanging the bell. 'Boy, what is it boy?!' Travis asks, after running up the tower stairs. 'I seen 'em!' the excited sentry blurts, pointing towards the dense underbrush in the distance. 'I think I did.' Travis shouts down to Jown W. Smith and Dr, John Sutherland, who sit, horseback. "Doc, you and Smith ride out and scout the Medina. Boy here says he saw the army. Sutherland and Smith ride off, see 'the army' and then head back, lickity-split. Then all hell breaks loose as the defenders scramble about for provisions. Travis tells Juan Seguin to round up some beeves. The Texians move across the San Antonio River on the Potrero Street footbridge, while Crockett and his men form a rear guard. ' We've got all we can,' Crockett assures Travis, as the last of the defenders and non-combatant civilians head in through the Alamo's main gate. It's too bad that this scene was cut. Not only was it rather well done, but it expressed the frantic urgency the Texians must've experienced, upon being surprized by the unexpected arrival of Santa Anna. Now, when you see the film, the Texians are already inside the Alamo watching the Mexican army file into town. They seem calm, yet almost excited about the prospect. Was the cut footage preserved? Ned, I've really been admiring the photos you've posted from the production of POF. Were you allowed to pretty much take photos whenever and of whatever you pleased (I guess as long as it didn't interfere with filming)? How many rolls of film did you shoot during that production?
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Post by Rick on Jul 4, 2006 21:57:34 GMT -5
Turner Classic Movies shows The First Texan from time to time. I know I taped it five or six years ago and watched it the next day -- but I've recorded over it several times.
I'll keep my eyes on TCM's programming schedule and let you know when/if it's scheduled again.
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Post by Rick on Jun 14, 2007 20:17:03 GMT -5
Parts of CENTENNIAL were filmed in ALAMO VILLAGE. Which parts, I wonder? I watched the whole thing and can't recall off the top of my head which era had AV scenes. Maybe the R.J Poteet cattle drive stuff? I need to watch the whole thing again sometime, though I have no interest in owning it. Always thought two of the best things about it were the performances of Dennis Weaver (Poteet) and Stephen McHattie (Jake Pasquinel), and that two of the worst things about it were Robert Conrad's false beard and his atrocious French accent. And I remember how lonnnggggg the miniseries was -- over 20 hours.
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Post by Rick on Jun 13, 2007 16:04:29 GMT -5
I would like to watch that movie in spite of the errors. It must have been cheap to make since they lifted the battle scenes from other movies. The only thing by Michener I´ve seen is a tv series about Colorado where you follow some families through generations, from fur trappers to cowboys. A kind of Colorado Saga. It´s from the eighties. Maybe some of you remember it? Centennial -- the longest miniseries I've ever seen.
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Post by Rick on Feb 17, 2008 18:05:46 GMT -5
That's the one. It opens up like a book and contains 12 pages of B&W photos (with captions) from all three episodes.
If anybody's interested, I could borrow my brother's digital camera and shoot photos of each page. The album's still in pretty good shape, considering all the wear and tear my friends and I gave it as kids.
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Post by Rick on Feb 16, 2008 23:46:58 GMT -5
I still have mine, but the yellow parts on the front and back covers are white on mine. And the still photos on the back cover on mine are in color.
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