Gerard Depardieu won the Best Actor award at Cannes for his performance as Cyrano in this lavish adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actor--Gerard Depardieu. Academy Awards: Best Costume Design. Read more
| Starring | Gerard Depardieu, Jacques Weber, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez |
|---|---|
| Director | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Gerard Depardieu won the Best Actor award at Cannes for his performance as Cyrano in this lavish adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actor--Gerard Depardieu. Academy Awards: Best Costume Design.
| Starring | Gerard Depardieu, Jacques Weber, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Roland Bertin |
|---|---|
| Director | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 12 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Nov 2000 Production year: 1990 |
| Format | DVD |
Exuberant version of the romantic French classic, using the rhymed couplets of the original. The English subtitles, in a rhyming translation by Anthony Burgess, are a distraction, though.
"...[Depardieu's performance is his] own magical achievement. It is expansive, funny, gross, dainty, and always humane....[It] finds surprising new life in a theatrical antique..."
Poor picture quality and audio (only 2-channel) does not do justice to this masterpiece. It was obviously amateur night at Tartan Video when they mastered it.
Fantastic! Fast, funny, action-packed,witty, moving and brilliantly acted by Gerard Depardieu. The only film ever to have made my husband cry!