February 28, 2002, 06:26 AM | #1 |
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The John Wayne Alamo...
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I thought this might be of intrest to all the John Wayne fan's that the old Alamo Village and 500 Acres... is up for sale..The place has 36 buildings and a John Wayne Museum with it not to mention THE Alamo set.. Oh to only have $6,500,000. See ya... Bookman |
February 28, 2002, 07:24 AM | #2 |
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Maybe TFLers could buy it. Let's see 6.5 million divided by 13,000... oh, never mind.
Would be a hoot, tho. Jim
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I thought Duke's Alamo was at Old Tucson...?
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February 28, 2002, 11:14 PM | #5 |
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You can check it out at this site. http://www.homestead.com/thealamovil...moVillage.html
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February 28, 2002, 11:31 PM | #7 |
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So much for that . Just do a search under Alamo Village. Interesting site. Lots of movies made there.
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March 1, 2002, 08:51 AM | #8 |
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okay, try this
http://www.homestead.com/thealamovil...moVillage.html This is very strange; a cut & paste that just goes wrong! Anyway, search on Google; it'll be the first one.
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March 1, 2002, 10:00 AM | #9 |
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A friend of mine was an extra in a later, IMAX version of The Alamo. The budget was limited, so he sometimes was a Texian, inside the walls; sometimes he was a Mexican, charging the walls.
He estimated he killed himself, three times. (I spotted one of those events. ) One evening while waiting for the light to be just right for filming, Texians were on the walls and Mexicans were waiting to charge. The usual boredom of waiting set in. Boredom is a Bad Thing for imaginative people. A Texian hollered, "More taste!" A Mexican responded, "Less filling!" And away it went. Shame they didn't film that. Miller Brewing would have paid the cost of the whole filming, probably, for the rights to the film for an ad. , Art |
March 1, 2002, 12:38 PM | #10 |
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There are a lot of Alamo extras around here too (Waco). One story has it that the Duke got irritated at the dude who owned the property at the time. IN addition to the solidly constructed Alamo chapel there were barracks constructed of painted foam and fiberglass. Apparently Wayne thought the guy was excessively greedy and, after filming finished, he brought in a few cases of dynamite and vaporized the less solid buildings.
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March 1, 2002, 01:46 PM | #11 |
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Been there and it would make a great spot for
any type shooting sport,cowboy, pistol, clays, etc. Sort of an all in one get away for gun guys and gals.Now if I could just win the lottery. |
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