In my book, it's "The Alamo." Wayne, Widmark, Harvey, great music. Even Avalon, Wills, and Boone. It doesn't get any better. In college a friend and I were watching it around Texas Independence Day and afterwards, we drove to San Antonio to see the site. We also stayed the night and had fun on the Riverwalk, but "The Alamo" remains the only film to ever inspire me to take a road trip. And by the way, I don't care if the critics don't like it. Not many of them grew up in Texas.
What do you mean exactly? About Texas? Filmed in Texas? I liked The Alamo but I think Giant, The Right Stuff, JFK, and Terms of Endearment would rank higher. I dunno Apollo 13 probably too.
13 days to glory b/c we got to watch it in texas history in 7th grade and it took up 4 whole classes. if we're going sort of in texas, then probably Apollo 13 would be up there for me too.
Dazed and Confused, people! 'I get older and the girls stay the same...' The Last Picture Show. I'd say Rushmore, but it has such a timeless and 'placeless' feel about it.
Paris, Texas is another great Texas movie. On the Wes Anderson tip, I think Bottle Rocket is even more of a "Texas movie" than Rushmore. "Slacker" is a good one. The movie that *is* my Texas childhood (sadly) is "Dazed and Confused."
Man... 1. Dazed and Confused ("It's quality, not quantity, man") 2. Rushmore 3. Bottle Rocket 4. Terms of Endearment 5. Serving Sara (absolutely kidding, but the health club scene was filmed in my health club!)
chalk up another vote for Dazed and Confused. Rushmore, second....but not necessarily a close second.
The Chase was filmed in Houston! Not many people saw it, but this was Charlie Sheen's best movie.......OK, so that's like being champions of the AFC South, but it was still cool! I think Twister was also filmed in Texas. As for the best movie ABOUT Texas....uhhh, er, umm...The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, of course!
The still unknown Kevin Costner carries this film about five UT roommates on a last "fandango" before they separately face the harsh realities of an unpredictable future -- it is 1971 and the Vietnam war has not yet ended. Gardner Barnes (Costner) has extended his college years by six semesters in an attempt to stave off the rapidly approaching future, Kenneth (Sam Robards) has just cancelled his wedding in a drunken look at reality, Lester (Brian Cesak) loves alcohol and tags along with the group just to have a good time, Dorman (Chuck Bush) is devoted to existentialism and flights of poetic fancy, and Phil (Judd Nelson) is barely a member of the group because he is consorting with the enemy: he is a member of ROTC. This unlikely mismatch cavorts through several classic college pranks, among them taking bets on daredevil acts like skydiving into the middle of nowhere. As their hijinks continue, it becomes apparent that their real desire is not to live a wild life for its own sake, but to postpone the moment when they will have to leave school and its lifestyle behind them. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Apparently one of those characters is based on RM95's Girl's favorite law professor at Baylor. He was roommates with Kevin Reynolds.
