Jim Caviezel (Persons of Interest, Escape Plan) who plays Edmond Dantes, nailed this performance, as a young innocent sailor who is betrayed by his jealous best friend. This version of The Count of Monte Cristo was absolutely Amazing.
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Although this movie has been made many times over the years, the first motion picture produced of this novel was in black and white in 1934. Original novel written by Alexander Dumas, (Three Musketeers) in 1844.
Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Waterworld) did an epic job directing this movie. Is an amazing, riveting, revenge, love story.
Released: 1/25/02 The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). The Count of Monte Cristo Rated: Pg-13 Runtime: 2:11min. The humor is funny, and it's clever enough for me to say that it's a really great movie that I'm glad I got to see it. The first 20 minutes are a bit slow for me to comprehend, but when the main character goes to prison, that's when the film starts to get really good because I start to really care about the main character as he's been in prison for more than a decade, and I wanted him to succeed. The acting is pretty swell from Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce, and the action scenes are entertaining, especially when it goes Mano y Mano.
This is one of the films that my friend wanted me to see and review. So he betrayed Edmund by putting him in jail for treason, and he's been in jail for years to the point of wanting revenge, wanting to get out of prison, and not believing in God anymore. He became one of the leading authors of the French Romantic Movement, in Paris.The Count of Monte Cristo is directed by Kevin Reynolds, and it stars Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, and Richard Harris in an adventure adaptation of the book by the same name by Alexandre Dumas about Edmund Dantés (Jim Caviezel) who got a letter from Napoleon Bonaparte, which got Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) jealous, especially when he likes Edmund's girlfriend. At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.ĭumas's father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.ĭumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.Īlexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son).
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