The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Reynolds |
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Gary Barber Roger Birnbaum Jonathan Glickman |
| Screenplay by | Jay Wolpert |
| Based on |
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas |
| Starring |
Jim Caviezel Guy Pearce Richard Harris James Frain Dagmara Dominczyk Luis Guzmán |
| Music by | Edward Shearmur |
| Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
| Edited by | Stephen Semel |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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131 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $75.4 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Edward Shearmur | |
| Released | 25 January 2002 |
| Recorded | 2001 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 53:03 |
| Label | RCA |
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The Count of Monte Cristo is a 2002 adventure drama film produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman that was directed by Kevin Reynolds. The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père and stars Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, and Richard Harris. It follows the general plot of the novel (the main storyline of imprisonment and revenge is preserved); but many aspects, including the relationships between major characters and the ending, have been changed, simplified, or removed; and action scenes have been added. The film met with modest box office success.
In 1815, Edmond Dantés, Second Mate of a French merchant vessel, and his friend Fernand Mondego, representative of the shipping company, seek medical help at Elba for their ailing captain. Napoleon Bonaparte, having kept his guardians from killing the pair, exchanges his physician’s services with Edmond for the delivery of a letter to a Monsieur Clarion.
In Marseille, the company owner Morrell commends Edmond for his bravery, promoting him to captain over First Mate Danglars, who gave Edmond explicit orders not to land at Elba. Edmond states his intention to marry his girlfriend, Mercédès, whom Fernand lusts after.
Fernand and Danglars inform on Edmond, concerning the letter Fernand saw Napoleon hand him, to the city’s Magistrate, Villefort, who has Edmond arrested. Villefort prepares to exonerate Edmond until he learns the letter is addressed to Villefort's father, a Bonapartist; he burns the letter and orders Edmond locked up in Château d'If. Edmond escapes, and turns to Fernand for help, but Fernand holds him up and turns him over to the pursuing gendarmes. Edmond is consigned to the island prison and its sadistic warden, Armand Dorleac. Villefort has Fernand assassinate his father in exchange for persuading Mercédès that Edmond has been executed for treason and that she should take comfort in Fernand.
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