Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay (1985)

Alamo Bay. A place where everyone risked everything for a piece of the American Dream.

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.

Date of release
1985-04-03
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (29)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama
Director
Louis Malle

Casting

Interesting facts

Alamo Bay is a 1985 American drama film about a Vietnam veteran who clashes with Vietnamese immigrants who move to his Texas bay hometown. The film was directed by Louis Malle, and stars Amy Madigan and Ed Harris. Future Texas A&M and Dallas Cowboys linebacker Dat Nguyen, who was age 9 at the time, has a small role as a Little League ballplayer. The film's soundtrack, composed and recorded by the artist Ry Cooder, was released as an album Music From the Motion Picture "Alamo Bay" in the same year, and its title track "Theme from Alamo Bay" can be also found on Music by Ry Cooder, a compilation album of Cooder's soundtracks from movies released between 1980 and 1993.

Production

Louis Malle first became aware of the violent confrontations between Vietnamese refugees and local fishermen in Texas after reading accounts in The New York Times. The film was a passion project for Malle as being an immigrant himself he felt very invested in the portrayal of the immigrant experience.

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