The Count of Monte Cristo 2002
Directed by Kevin Reynolds
- Adventure, Drama, History, Action
- 131 min
- PG-13
Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge.
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
AdventureDramaHistoryActiontreasurebased on novel or bookloss of loved onemarseille, francefemale loverex-lovernapoleon bonaparteprison escapesword fighttortureperiod dramahistorical
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Jim CaviezelEdmond Dantes
- Guy PearceFernand Mondego
- Richard HarrisAbbé Faria
- James FrainJ.F. Villefort
- Dagmara DominczykMercedes Iguanada
- Michael WincottArmand Dorleac
- Luis GuzmánJacopo
- Christopher AdamsonMaurice
- JB BlancLuigi Vampa
- Henry CavillAlbert Mondego
Crew
- Kevin ReynoldsDirector
- Jay WolpertScreenplay
- Alexandre DumasNovel
- Andrew DunnDirector of Photography
- Edward ShearmurOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen SemelEditor
- Christopher WomackEditor
- Gary BarberProducer
- Roger BirnbaumProducer
- Jonathan GlickmanProducer
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