The Alamo (1960)
Directed by John Wayne
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
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What critics compared The Alamo to
The pretty, melancholy "Green Leaves of Summer" (from John Wayne's "The Alamo") plays under the opening credits and sets the tone, while David Bowie's "Putting Out Fire" (from the 1982 remake of "Cat People") finds a most appropriate slot much later.
Musicwise, Dimitri Tiomkin's orchestration of "The Green Leaves of Summer" from John Wayne's "The Alamo" opens the film, followed by several Ennio Morricone bits from spaghetti Westerns and even David Bowie's "Putting Out the Fire."
But I was thinking less of the Alamo than The Alamo, John Wayne’s bloated, simplistic 1960 directorial debut – or better yet, his notorious 1968 Vietnam epic The Green Berets, whose sensitive handling of a divisive conflict is just about in line with Bay’s.