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Post by quincannon on Aug 5, 2016 16:56:37 GMT
Ian: If you are interested in Texas history get "Gone To Texas" where Sam Houston is played by Sam Elliott. It is a decent, not great, but decent telling of the Houston story with heavy emphasis on the post Alamo road to and fighting at San Jacinto. There are few historical errors, and it gives you a much better portrayal of Houston, the man, than Texas Rising, which as I said above, is trash.
Another mini-series that I enjoyed was the Michener "Texas". All fiction but a good story that keeps fairly close to factual events. It follows the normal Michener format but is well worth your time.
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 5, 2016 19:01:20 GMT
Chuck I will check that out.
I have burnt all five episodes of TR to DVD disc, I may just watch the first one to see what it is like, if I am bored half way through then it is in the bin.
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Post by Beth on Aug 5, 2016 20:29:26 GMT
Look at TR as just a western mini series and not as historical documentary--well perhaps they sneak a bit of history in it but mostly it's just entertainment.
BTW--After you watch it do some googling about what that part of Texas really looks like
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Post by quincannon on Aug 5, 2016 20:35:48 GMT
Hint. I does not look anything like central Mexico. If it looked like what it does in that movie, Moses Austin would not have bothered and stayed home.
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 5, 2016 21:06:00 GMT
Just found a copy of "Gone to Texas" I will hopefully down load it tomorrow.
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Post by BrevetorCoffin on Aug 5, 2016 22:22:09 GMT
Off topic but I will toss my fave into the ring; "Das Boot", director's cut. Somewhere around 3 hours but fill in the blanks nicely from the original shown in the US circa early 80s.
No idea how to get hold of the 6 hour mini-series which I imagine is outstanding. Doesn't get better than Jurgen Prochnow as "Herr Kaleun"
Best,
David
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 6, 2016 8:48:25 GMT
David, the extended version (sometimes called the directors cut) is available everywhere on DVD, I suppose that would cover the full six episodes of the mini series as the DVD copy I have lasts for ages, you would definitely have to trim that beard of yours when its over, because it would have grown at lot by the times the DVD ends The same crew did the movie Stalingrad, which was ok but I thought they lost it near the end.
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