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Alexander Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo
Count of Monte Cristo (Motion picture : 2002)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (approximately 131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
An innocent man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned for years on a godforsaken island while the friend who betrayed him takes Dantes' ravishing fiancée for himself. Dantes eventually escapes, recovers a fortune in buried pirate treasure, transforms himself into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, and methodically goes about exacting his revenge.
MPAA rating: PG-13. Bonus material not rated.
Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Birnbaum/Barber production, a Kevin Reynolds film ; producers, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman ; screenplay writer, Jay Wolpert ; director, Kevin Reynolds.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Aspect ratio 1.85:1; enhanced for 16x9 televisions.
THX-certified with Optimizer. Digitally mastered.
Special features: Audio commentary by Kevin Reynolds -- "The Napoleonic world" production design featurette -- "En garde" 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.
Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Wincott, Luis Guzman.
Closed-captioned. Sound tracks: English and French, with optional subtitles in Spanish.
Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editors, Stephen Semel, Chris Womack ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costume designer, Tom Rand ; production designer, Mark Geraghty.