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1492 - Conquest Of Paradise

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OUR PRICE	$29.95 Convert Currency

YEAR	1992
RATING	M
RUNNING TIME	156 minutes
REGION	Region 4 (Australia / N.Z.)
SUBTITLES	English

Synopsis

Every child has heard the tale: how a humble mariner named Christopher Columbus left Spain on three ships on an August morning in 1492. How he sought the Orient and instead found an idyllic New World as pristine and untainted as Eden….and how Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand gave him a hero’s welcome upon his return. But there us more to the story that remains to be told.

Director Ridley Scott, who created a compelling vision of the future in “Blade Runner” and a controversial glimpse of the present in “Thelma & Louise”, now takes a journey into the distant past. “1492 reveals the exciting and provocative story of one of the most celebrated, influential and mysterious figures in history. It also tells one of the greatest adventure stories of the last 500 years.

Playing Columbus is France’s Gerard Depardieu, nominated for an Academy Award and winner of Best Actor Award at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival for “Cyrano de Bergerac.”

In the course of his career he has displayed a wide range, from historical figures like “Danton” and Rodin (in “Camille Claudel”) to the charming French immigrant in his American debut, “Green Card”. His over eighty film credits include “The Return of Martin Guerre,” “The Last Metro,” “Jean de Florette,” “Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, “Loulou.” And “Too Beautiful for You”.

As Queen Isabel, Sigourney Weaver rejoins Ridley Scott, the director of her successful debut feature “Alien.” Weaver received Academy Award nominations for her performances in “Alien,” “Gorilla in the Mist” and “Working Girl”. The film’s cast also includes Armand Assante (Q&A,” “The Mambo Kings” as Sanchez, treasurer of the House of Aragon, as well as Angela Molina, Fernando Rey, Tcheky Karyo, Frank Langella, Michael Wincott and Loren Dean.

“I was accused of heightening reality on “Thelma & Louise,” but I don’t think so – that’s what I see.

I see beauty in everything. I can walk into a steelworks and think it’s beautiful.
I don’t even look for it. I find it, I see it, and I like to photograph it.

- Ridley Scott