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1492 - Conquest of Paradise (Widescreen Edition)
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302787290
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6302787297
Label: Paramount
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 142 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: October 09, 1992
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Editorial Review:
One of Ridley Scott's most wrong-headed films, this one (like all of his movies) looks fabulous and sounds utterly ridiculous, almost from the beginning. His first mistake was casting the wonderful Gerard Depardieu as Columbus and forcing him to speak English, which Depardieu does with decided difficulty. After spending way too much time on the ocean with Columbus's three ships (you kind of wish they would sail over the edge of the world), they arrive in the West Indies, only to turn around and sail back. The rest of the film deals with the not particularly comprehensible politics of Columbus's venture, which leads to the violent slaughter of trusting natives by a band of cardboard villains. Depardieu, who radiates sympathy, looks like he's at sea with this material. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The editorial reviewer has proven himself to be an idiot. Period.
It is utterly unclear to me, what has the editorial found "ridiculous" about this movie. Yes, the Depardieu's accent is obvious, but I've never had any difficulty understanding his lines. Besides, let's not forget the fact that Columbus wasn't an english as well. The music in this movie is magnicficent. It alone brings at east 3+ stars to the rating. The plot is very dynamic and action-packed. Within two and a half hours we see not one, but two journeys to the West and back. Moreover, due to such ... Read More
Rating:  - Paradise Found
Ridley Scott, who also directed Blade Runner and Gladiator, had an equally impressive take on the great Columbus. Columbus was really a great mariner and that is all; the movie shows this richly, as he is at a loss amidst the political infighting in Spain and later in the colonies. Tapped to be the first governor of Hispanola(now Haiti and the Dominican Republic), he was so inept as to antagonize the native peoples as well as his own fellow Europeans. The movie captures this with vivid outdoor ... Read More
Rating: - confusion on the product.amazing nevertheless
take care as this title is not an official catalogue movie in the Us the one i ordered through amazon market place was advised as zone 2 Pal.
No problem but what i received was "all zone" pal english speaking 5.1 no subtitles.
I was expecting for a zone 2 to be french speaking with at least english subtitles.
The explanation is that this advertised zone 2 pal dvd is the UK version.
as for the film this is amazing and i don't understand the review mentioning the transfer is ... Read More
Rating:  - Beautiful but vacuous
The perils of working towards an anniversary and trying to beat a rival project to the screen are all too evident in 1492 - Conquest of Paradise. It's easily Ridley Scott's most beautiful looking film, designed and shot with real love and care. With almost every shot gorgeous enough to take down and frame, it's like walking through an art gallery at times. Unfortunately that's never enough to compensate for a terrible screenplay by Roselyne Bosch that seems to have been written on the bus to work and ... Read More
Rating: - Absolutely Brilliant
I'm not bothered by Depardieu's accent. There are many movies out there where it's hard to understand everything the actor says. He was a great choice for playing Christopher Columbus because he could portray, with depth, the emotional integrity of a man embarking on a voyage that has never been done before. He has to possess a certain determination to give him enough strength to believe in himself and his dreams as well as convince the highest of the nobility to support him in his quest. Depardieu ... Read More
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