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___MASK46___ , commonly known as Disney , is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank , California . It is the world ' s second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue , after Comcast . Disney was founded on October 16 , 1923 , by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O . Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio , and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live - action film production , television , and theme parks . The company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio , then Walt Disney Productions . Taking on its current name in 1986 , it expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theater , radio , music , publishing , and online media . The Battle of the Alamo ( February 23  March 6 , 1836 ) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution . Following a 13 - day siege , Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar ( modern - day San Antonio ), Texas , United States , killing all of the Texian defenders . Santa Anna ' s cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians  both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States  to join the Texian Army . Buoyed by a desire for revenge , the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto , on April 21 , 1836 , ending the revolution . The Texas Revolution ( October 2 , 1835  April 21 , 1836 ) began when colonists ( primarily from the United States ) in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government . After a decade of political and cultural clashes between the Mexican government and the increasingly large population of American settlers in Texas , hostilities erupted in October 1835 . Texians ( English - speaking settlers ) disagreed on whether the ultimate goal was independence or a return to the Mexican Constitution of 1824 . While delegates at the Consultation ( provisional government ) debated the war ' s motives , Texians and a flood of volunteers from the United States defeated the small garrisons of Mexican soldiers by mid - December 1835 . Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth - most populous city in the United States after Chicago , located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico . With a census - estimated 2014 population of 2 . 239 million within an area of , it also is the largest city in the Southern United States , as well as the seat of Harris County . It is the principal city of Houston  The Woodlands  Sugar Land , which is the fifth - most populated metropolitan area in the ___MASK15___ . ___MASK31___ ( formerly Buena Vista Pictures Distribution and Buena Vista Film Distribution Company ) is an American film distributor owned by The Walt Disney Company . Established in 1953 as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company , the company handles theatrical distribution , marketing and promotion for films produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios , including Walt Disney Pictures , Walt Disney Animation Studios , Pixar Animation Studios , DisneyToon Studios , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm , Disneynature , and Touchstone Pictures . The division took on its current name in late 2007 , which before that had been Buena Vista Pictures Distribution since 1987 . Samuel " Sam " Houston ( March 2 , 1793July 26 , 1863 ) was an American politician and soldier , best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United States as a constituent state . His victory at the Battle of San Jacinto secured the independence of Texas from Mexico in one of the shortest decisive battles in modern ___MASK63___ . The only American to be elected governor of two states ( as opposed to territories or indirect selection ), Houston was also the only governor within a future Confederate state to oppose secession ( which led to the outbreak of the American Civil War ) and to refuse an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy , a decision that led to his removal from office by the Texas secession convention . ___MASK23___ is an American film production company and a division of Walt Disney Studios , owned by ___MASK46___ . The division is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank , California , and is the main producer of live - action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit . It took on its current name in 1983 . Today , in conjunction with the other units of Walt Disney Studios , ___MASK23___ is classified as one of Hollywood ' s " Big Six " film studios . Touchstone Pictures is an American film distribution label of ___MASK31___ . Previously , Touchstone operated as an active film production banner of Walt Disney Studios , owned by The Walt Disney Company . Established on February 15 , 1984 by then - Disney CEO Ron W . Miller as Touchstone Films , it typically releases films targeted to adult audiences with more mature themes and darker tones than those released under the flagship Walt Disney Pictures and Disneynature label . Ronald William " Ron " Miller ( born April 17 , 1933 ) is a former professional American football player , the son - in - law of Walt Disney , and a former president and CEO of what is now ___MASK46___ . The Alamo is a 2004 American war film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution . The film was directed by Texan John Lee Hancock , produced by Ron Howard , Brian Grazer , and Mark Johnson , distributed by Touchstone Pictures , and starring Dennis Quaid as Sam Houston , Billy Bob Thornton as David Crockett , and Jason Patric as Jim Bowie . The screenplay is credited to Hancock , John Sayles , Stephen Gaghan , and Leslie Bohem . In contrast to the earlier 1960 film of the same name , the 2004 film attempts to depict the political points of view of both the Mexican and Texan sides ; Santa Anna is a more prominent character . The film received mixed reviews by critics and was a massive box - office flop . Early life . Quaid was born in Houston , Texas , the son of Juanita B . " Nita " Quaid , a real estate agent , and William Rudy Quaid , an electrician . Quaid has English , Irish , Scots - Irish , and Cajun ( French ) ancestry . War film is a film genre concerned with warfare , typically about naval , air , or land battles , with combat scenes central to the drama . It has been strongly associated with the 20th century . The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war films often end with them . Themes explored include combat , survival and escape , sacrifice , the futility and inhumanity of battle , the effects of war on society , and the moral and human issues raised by war . War films are often categorized by their milieu , such as the Korean War ; the most popular subject is the Second World War . The stories told may be fiction , historical drama , or biographical . Critics have noted similarities between the Western and the war film . The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 . The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America . The Union won the war , which remains the bloodiest in U . S . ___MASK63___ . Disneynature is an independent film unit of Walt Disney Studios that produces nature documentary films . The production company was founded on April 21 , 2008 and is headquartered in Paris , ___MASK66___ . Disney veteran Jean - Francois Camilleri , who also serves as senior vice president and general manager for ___MASK31___ ___MASK66___ , heads the unit . Texians ( also known as Texasians , Texilingans , Texicans , and Texonians ) were residents of Mexican Texas and , later , the Republic of Texas . While the term " Texian " continued to be used to refer to residents of this region after its annexation by the ___MASK15___ in 1845 , residents of the U . S . state of Texas soon became known as Texans instead . Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón ( 21 February 1794  21 June 1876 ), often known as Santa Anna or López de Santa Anna and sometimes called " the Napoleon of the West ", was a Mexican - born Spaniard ( creole | criollo people ) who fought to defend royalist New Spain and then for Mexican independence . He served as a Mexican politician and general . He greatly influenced early Mexican politics and government , and was a skilled soldier and cunning politician , who dominated Mexican ___MASK63___ in the first half of the nineteenth century to such an extent that historians often refer to it as the " Age of Santa Anna ". He was called " the Man of Destiny ", who " loomed over his time like a melodramatic colossus , the uncrowned monarch ." Santa Anna first opposed the movement for Mexican independence from Spain , but then fought in support of it . Though not the first " caudillo " ( military leader ) of modern Mexico , he " represents the stereotypical caudillo in Mexican ___MASK63___ ," and among the earliest . Conservative historian , intellectual , and politician Lucas Alamán wrote that " The ___MASK63___ of Mexico since 1822 might accurately be called the ___MASK63___ of Santa Anna ' s revolutions ... His name plays the major role in all the political events of the country and its destiny has become intertwined with his ." Fiction is the classification for any story or universe derived from imagination  in other words , not based strictly on ___MASK63___ or fact . Fiction can be expressed in a variety of formats , including writings , live performances , films , television programs , animations , video games , and role - playing games , though the term originally and most commonly refers to the narrative forms of literature ( see " literary " fiction ), including the novel , novella , short story , and play . Fiction constitutes an act of creative invention , so that faithfulness to reality is not typically assumed ; in other words , fiction is not expected to present only characters who are actual people or descriptions that are factually true . The context of fiction is generally open to interpretation , due to fiction ' s freedom from any necessary embedding in reality ; however , some fictional works are claimed to be , or marketed as , historically or factually accurate , complicating the traditional distinction between fiction and non - fiction . Fiction is a classification or category , rather than a specific mode or genre , unless used in a narrower sense as a synonym for a particular literary fiction form .