With more than 125 photos in full color, The Alamo: The Illustrated Story of the Epic Film (Newmarket Press), tells the exciting adventure of this remarkable movie in pictures and words, revealing all the behind-the-scenes drama of the 101 days of production. This lavish volume, written by Alamo expert and consultant to the film, Frank Thompson (author of five books on the Alamo), offers first-hand testimony from the set from stars Billy Bob Thornton (who plays David Crockett), Dennis Quaid (Sam Houston), Jason Patric (James Bowie), Patrick Wilson (William Barret Travis), Jordi Molla (Juan Seguin), and Emilio Echevarria (Santa Anna). The artists behind the scenes, including director John Lee Hancock, production designer Michael Corenblith, and costume designer Daniel Orlandi, tell how they brought the world of 1836 Texas to vivid life with meticulously recreated sets and costumes.
The Alamo: The Illustrated Story of the Epic Film is comprised of fourteen chapters, each one highlighting a different aspect of the film's production. Some of the highlights include the desire of the screenwriters to write a new type of Alamo movie based more on historical fact than dramatic embellishment; set designer Michael Corenblith's challenge of building authentic versions of the Alamo, the entire town of San Antonio de Bexas, and other major sites; the creation of a "Alamo Fantasy Camp" for stuntmen and actors to get a feel for the Texan way of life and much more.
The Alamo: The Illustrated Story of the Epic Film is currently available from most major book store chains and specialty book shops everywhere.
