Cyrano de Bergerac
by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Actor: Anne Brochet, G?rard Depardieu, Jacques Weber, Roland Bertin, Vincent PerezDirector: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Brand: DEPARDIEU,GERARD
Cinematographer: Pierre Lhomme
Writer: Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Producer: Andr? Szots
Producer: Michel Seydoux
Producer: Ren? Cleitman
Writer: Edmond Rostand
Writer: Jean-Claude Carri?re
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-02-10
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie Review: Horrible translation, disappointing cuts
Summary: 2 Stars
Others have panned the translation; I agree. Even more disappointing, though, are the cuts. This play is all about words, not about battles. If the director had spent less time on battle scenes we could have had more of the poetry and wit that make this play the classic that it is. In the theater, when Cyrano threatens to annihilate the audience, one of the theater-goers makes a reference to Sampson. But why throw away the opportunity to show that Cyrano has wit, not just bluster? Why eliminate the repartee when the patron asks, in the Burgess translation, "Do you think you're Sampson?" and Cyrano answers, "Lend me your jawbone, sir, and you'll soon see." Did they think nobody would understand the reference? And why eliminate Roxanne's lament at the end, "I never loved but once. And now I must lose twice." The play is every bit as much about her and the maturing of her understanding of what true love is as it is about Cyrano, but this film reduces her to mere decoration. At the last, this film turns out to be exactly like the character of Christian: handsome, but empty.
Summary of Cyrano de Bergerac
One of France's literary treasures commands the screen with this "exceptionally graceful adaptation" (Los Angeles Times) that received a Best Foreign Film Golden Globe?(r) and five Oscar?(r) nominations*, including Best Actor for Gerard Depardieu! Cyrano (Depardieu), a master swordsman and poet, feels he cannot woo his beloved Roxane (Anne Brochet) due to an unfortunate physical flaw: his grotesquely large nose. Resigning himself to helping another suitor, the dashing yet tongue-tied Christian (Vincent Perez), Cyrano uses his mastery of words to win Roxane forhim. But when Roxane finds that she has fallen for Christian's mindand not for his beautywhich of her two suitors will finally possess her heart? *1990: Foreign Language Film, Art Direction-Set Decoration, Costume Design (won), MakeupDirector Jean-Paul Rappeneau and cowriter Jean-Claude Carriere had the brilliant idea of casting France's most lovably vulnerable hunk, the massive Gerard Depardieu, in one of French literature's meatiest roles: the sword-wielding poet Cyrano. Equipped with a massive nose and a heart to match, Depardieu soars as the heart-broken soldier who must lend his words of love to another man to woo the woman he yearns for. Rappeneau spared no expense in taking this Edmond Rostand play into realistic locations for the battle scenes in the second act, making the film as exciting as it is romantic and funny. Depardieu attacks the role in great gulps, consuming all the oxygen in any room he enters. Macho but sensitive, he creates a larger-than-life Cyrano, whose wrenching sadness at the lack of interest from his lady love will have you reaching for the tissues. --Marshall Fine
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