The Alamo rerendered: Matte World Digital uses a variety of 2D and 3D tools to conjure up the historical battle of The Alamo.(Film)

On February 23, 1836, some 180 people--Americans who had settled in a northern part of Mexico called Texas, as well as the Tijanos who lived there, and a group of cavalry men--prepared to defend a fort called the Alamo from attack by Mexican forces. The rebel army had captured the fort from Mexican General Marin Perfecto de Cos the December before. But this time, Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrived with an army of thousands, and on March 6, recaptured the Alamo, leaving all the defenders except women, children, and one slave dead. Within two months, on April 21, General Sam Houston led a surprise attack on Santa Anna and his forces. This time, the Texans ...