Literary Masterpieces: The Count of Monte Cristo
by David Greene
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Actor: Angelo Infanti, Kate Nelligan, Louis Jourdan, Richard Chamberlain, Tony CurtisDirector: David Greene
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 103 minutes
Release Date: 1996-05-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Studio: Live / Artisan
VHS Movie Reviews of Literary Masterpieces: The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie Review: The Best Version of "Cristo"
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this when it was first shown on US television in about 1975 and was amazed by the storyline and the acting. I had seen Chamberlain in his TV series, but this film allowed him a vast range of emotions and exercises which the Tv show did not. I had not read the novel then, of course.
Relatively, this is the video version people should watch. I videotaped it a couple of times (once the result was not so great) and watch it sporadically since. The book I read in 1989 on a commuter train between Sunnyvale and San Carlos - commuter trains are great for reading! The many opinions about the relative merits of the book vis a vis this excellent film are true, BUT, given the time limitations of the film format, details have to be dropped. Oh, yeah, one of the days when I was reading the book three young women ('junior high school age') were sitting nearby and they started a brief dialogue about this book; one said: "Sure, it's by the same author who did 'Muskateers'." And the other two, go: "Ahhhh....."
The recent feature film version didn't affect me the same way... it seemed more distant, perhaps the result of trying to be a FEATURE FILM?
Chamberlain was great, as he would be in "Thorn Birds" and "Shogun" which comprises more data points for the adage that great actors only thrive with great material (and great directors and great cinematographers and other great actors.)
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