Film: The Alamo
Genre: Western
Description: 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.
Financial Information: Budget-$95,000,000 (estimated)
Gross-$22,406,362 (USA)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Emilio EchevarrÃa
Director: John Lee Hancock
Studio: Imagine Entertainment
Reasons for the films failure: Ron Howard was originally set to direct, with Russell Crowe set to star, but both left the film when Ron Howard, Imagine and Disney had a major disagreement over the film's budget (Howard had sought $200 million). John Lee Hancock was then brought on board as director with Howard as the film's co-producer and the budget reduced to $95 million.
Fall out:With the replacement of a director and actor, combined with a halved budget this film wasn't going to make such an impact at the box office. And so it proved. The film made a loss of nearly $77,000,000.
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