DVD : The Count of Monte Cristo
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: CAVIEZEL,JAMES
EAN: 9780788838125
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788838121
Label: Buena Vista Home Video
Languages:
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Video
MPN: D24019D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Running Time: 131 minutes
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 2002
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 06/06/2006 Run time: 131 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
Revenge rarely gets sweeter than it does in The Count of Monte Cristo, a rousing, impeccably crafted adaptation of Alexandre Dumas p猫re’s literary classic. Filmed countless times before, the story is revitalized by director Kevin Reynolds (rallying after Waterworld) and screenwriter Jay Wolpert, who wisely avoid the action-movie anachronisms that plagued 2001’s dubious Dumas-inspired The Musketeer. Leading a superior cast, Jim Caviezel (Frequency) expresses a delicate balance of obsession and nobility as Dantes, the wrongly accused Frenchman who endures 13 years of prison and torment, then uses a hidden treasure to finance elaborate vengeance on those who wronged him. Memento’s Guy Pearce is equally effective as Dantes’s betraying nemesis, and Richard Harris tops his Harry Potter wizardry with a humorous turn as Dantes’s fellow prisoner and mentor. Filmed on stunning locations in Ireland and Malta, The Count of Monte Cristo easily matches Rob Roy for intelligent swashbuckling entertainment. –Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating: 
- The Passion of Monte Cristo
We must allow James Caviezel to be very good at being lashed- I believe, in fact, it was that aspect of this very performance that landed him the role of Jesus in Passion of the Christ. Besides that, he makes a pretty face, along with Guy Pearce, although somehow Pearce seems ESPECIALLY short in this film. Anyways, the acting is so-so, Caviezel plays Dantes as a whiny little brat, Guy Pearce acts like an evil gremlin, and the end ends happily as hollywood must, tho it makes the story more lame. The … Read More
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- Hollywoodian ending at its worst
I understand such a huge book can not be transferred wholly to the big screen, but the script deviates drastically from the book in the way it ends. Had i known that, i wouldn’t have bought it.
There are some very nice scenes & cinematography.
Rating: 
- This movie had a story
So much better than any movie I have seen lately. I had never read the book or seen the movie and I just loved it. It captured my imagination and the acting was so believable. Jim C. was the Count. I want to see it again and again.
Rating: - DVD Purchase
It was so easy to buy the DVD I was looking for, The Count of Monte Cristo, on Amazon.com! Even ColumbiaHouse did not have it! I entered a search, got instant results, looked at the reviews, chose a seller and ordered a used but “like new”, DVD. It arrived in just days and was in perfect condition! I’m very happy with the seller and with Amazoncom!
Rating: - Completely misses the point!
The book, The Count of Monte Cristo, is one of my favorites. I know that movies can miss certain elements in the book and that usually the book is better. So I can forgive most movies even if they miss some things. But this movie seems to have missed the point entirely. It seems that they thought sword fights and one-liners where what this story is about. Where the book created this fully fleshed world of Edmond Dantes, the movie is like the superficial Hollywood version of the hastily read cliff … Read More
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