Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo / Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present ; a Birnbaum/Barber production a Kevin Reynolds film ; produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman ; screenplay by Jay Wolpert ; directed by Kevin Reynolds.
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FilmPublisher number: 24019 | Touchstone Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publisher: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002]Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
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- Count of Monte Cristo
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- Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editors, Stephen Semel, Chris Womack ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costume designer, Tom Rand ; production designer, Mark Geraghty.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | DVDs | DVD COU | Available | 36748002525154 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The classic tale of swashbuckling adventure by the senior Alexandre Dumas comes to the screen in its umpteenth incarnation, this time from Kevin Reynolds, directing his first feature in five years. James Caviezel stars as Edmond Dantes, an honest sailor who plans to marry his beautiful lover Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk). Edmond doesn't know that his best friend Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce) secretly desires Mercedes for himself and schemes with fallen aristocrat Villefort (James Frain) to frame Edmond for a crime he didn't commit. Sentenced to life on the remote island prison of D'If, Edmond becomes consumed by plans for revenge. Thirteen years pass and he meets a fellow innocent convict, Abbe Faria (Richard Harris), who becomes Edmond's mentor in swordfighting, finance, and escape, confiding that a vast treasure awaits a discoverer on the island of Monte Cristo. Eventually, Edmond is able to get away using Faria's tunnels and makes his way to Monte Cristo, where he retrieves the fortune and uses it to make himself over as the wealthy "Count of Monte Cristo." With the help of a loyal sidekick (Luis Guzman), Edmond insinuates himself into French royalty and sets about getting revenge on Villefort and Fernand, who is now married to Mercedes. The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) also stars Michael Wincott and Albie Woodington. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Bonus features include deleted scenes, audio commentary, "The Napoleonic world," "The clash of steel," "En garde," and "Sword cinematography: the final duel" featurettes, documentaries, "The pen" and "Adapting a classic," theatrical trailers, scene access, interactive sound design player, interactive menus.
Special features: Widescreen (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions -- Audio commentary with director Kevin Reynolds -- "The Napoleonic World" production design featurette -- "En Guarde" multi-angle swordfighting feature -- "The pen" retrospective on author Alexandre Dumas -- "Adapting a classic" screenwriting segment -- "The clash of steel" stunt choreography piece -- Layer-by-layer interactive sound design feature -- 4 deleted scenes with commentary by filmmakers -- THX-certified with optimizer -- Language: English ; French -- Subtitles English ; Spanish.
Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editors, Stephen Semel, Chris Womack ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costume designer, Tom Rand ; production designer, Mark Geraghty.
James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Wincott, Luis Guzman, Helen McCrory, Freddie Jones.
Relates a sailor's preparation for and execution of revenge against the three men responsible for his fifteen years in prison.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
In English or French with optional Spanish subtitles and optiona English subtitle for the hearing impaired; closed-captioned in English.