Un uomo ingiustamente imprigionato riesce a fuggire e a trovare un tesoro nascosto, con il quale finanzierà la sua vendetta contro coloro che lo hanno accusato.Un uomo ingiustamente imprigionato riesce a fuggire e a trovare un tesoro nascosto, con il quale finanzierà la sua vendetta contro coloro che lo hanno accusato.Un uomo ingiustamente imprigionato riesce a fuggire e a trovare un tesoro nascosto, con il quale finanzierà la sua vendetta contro coloro che lo hanno accusato.
- Partygoer No. 2
- (as Maireid Devlin)
- Jacopo
- (as Luis Guzman)
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Lo sapevi?
- QuizScreenwriter Jay Wolpert came up with the idea, not present in the novel, that Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) and Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) started out as best friends. His logic was that it would work better as a "buddy" film that turned sinister. Wolpert believed that when a friendship soured, the hate generated was both more terrible and more believable.
- BlooperEdmond's eye color fluctuates between brown and blue throughout the movie.
- Citazioni
Edmond: Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you: as Albert Mondego, the man!
- Versioni alternativeThe UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove two shots of a man hanging to avoid giving children the impression that a person can hang for some time with no ill effects and in order to obtain a PG classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The Count of Monte Cristo: An Epic Reborn (2002)
The movie version of the book leaves a bare bones plot, which is quite simple. Edmond Dantes (James Caviezel) is falsely imprisoned for treason, having been blackmailed by his friend Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) who covets Dantes' wife-to-be. Queue languishment in prison where he plots his escape and his ultimate revenge on Dantes in a highly fashionable style.
This movie is a neat little adaptation of the novel, seeing as it manages to retain some great pacing on screen. At times, admittedly, you feel there's certain pieces rushed (particularly towards the end as Dantes' plan unveils), but since it suffices to keep the story moving along swiftly that's OK. The script is nice and witty - there's a real sense of fun permeating the movie. While Caviezel is a serious actor, Guy Pearce is obviously loving his role as the dastardly Mondego, hamming and camping it up with a glee that's delightful to behold - he steals the screen every time he's on it. Other members of the cast similarily light up the movie, particularly Luis Guzmán as Dantes' side-kick Jacopo, and a wonderful turn by Richard Harris as the high-camp -prison-warder Abbé Faria (I found him hilariously nasty).
The direction on the movie is nice and smooth - there's no need for any fancy trickery here on the part of Kevin Reynolds. Indeed the smooth almost gentle nature of it all, including well paced sword fights, is a nice change from some of the more overly-excessive energetic work of today's movies.
Is the movie perfect? No. It's not smart enough, or quite well made enough for that. But it is a hell of a lot of fun, and most certainly enjoyable - and that's often all you want. With it's great sense of fun, and some lovely performances throughout, it's a worthwhile diversion for a while. I'll give it a 7.8.
- Aidan McGuinness
- 22 apr 2002
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- The Count of Monte Cristo
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- Budget
- 35.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 54.234.062 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 11.376.150 USD
- 27 gen 2002
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 75.395.048 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 11 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1