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1492: Conquest of Paradise

  • 19921992
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
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AdventureBiographyDrama
Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people.
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    • Ridley Scott
    • Rose Bosch(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Armand Assante
    • Sigourney Weaver
    • Ridley Scott
    • Rose Bosch(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Armand Assante
    • Sigourney Weaver
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    • 116User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
    • 47Metascore
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    Sigourney Weaver, Gérard Depardieu, and Fernando Guillén Cuervo in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    Sigourney Weaver and Gérard Depardieu in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    Sigourney Weaver in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    Gérard Depardieu in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    Gérard Depardieu in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
    Gérard Depardieu in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

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    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Columbus
    Armand Assante
    Armand Assante
    • Sanchez
    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
    • Queen Isabel
    Loren Dean
    Loren Dean
    • Older Fernando
    Ángela Molina
    Ángela Molina
    • Beatrix
    • (as Angela Molina)
    Fernando Rey
    Fernando Rey
    • Marchena
    Michael Wincott
    Michael Wincott
    • Moxica
    Tchéky Karyo
    Tchéky Karyo
    • Pinzon
    • (as Tcheky Karyo)
    Kevin Dunn
    Kevin Dunn
    • Captain Mendez
    Frank Langella
    Frank Langella
    • Santangel
    Mark Margolis
    Mark Margolis
    • Bobadilla
    Kario Salem
    Kario Salem
    • Arojaz
    Billy L. Sullivan
    Billy L. Sullivan
    • Fernando (aged 10)
    • (as Billy Sullivan)
    John Heffernan
    • Brother Buyl
    Arnold Vosloo
    Arnold Vosloo
    • Guevara
    Steven Waddington
    Steven Waddington
    • Bartolome
    Fernando Guillén Cuervo
    Fernando Guillén Cuervo
    • Giacomo
    • (as Fernando G. Cuervo)
    José Luis Ferrer
    • Alonso
    • (as Jose Luis Ferrer)
      • Ridley Scott
      • Rose Bosch(scenario)
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    • Trivia
      The replicas of Columbus' ships used in the film were built in Spain between 1990 and 1992. In 1992 they sailed the route of Columbus' first voyage to commemorate to 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Today they are exhibited in Palos de la Frontera, Spain, and they are visited by approximately 200.000 people each year.
    • Goofs
      In the film, the nobleman Adrián de Moxica cuts the hand of a Native American because he wasn't able to pay taxes in gold to the Spaniards, something which Columbus condemns. In fact, it was Columbus himself who introduced this practice of cutting the hands.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Young Fernando Columbus: Of all the words my father wrote - and there were many - I remember these the most: "Nothing that results from human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. And those who are enlightened before the others are condemned to persue that light in spite of others."

    • Alternate versions
      Japanese laserdisc is a longer cut of the film with five deleted scenes and a few extended ones. And R-rated violence that was cut for the US PG-13 version. The soundtrack for the film indicates that the film was originally much longer.
    • Connections
      Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Amazonia
      Permission of Grem Records, France

    User reviews116

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    Setting History on it's Ear
    Director Ridley Scott and writer Roselyne Bosch play fast and loose with historical accuracy in this white-washed telling of Christopher Columbus' adventures.

    Rather than seeing the Columbus of history plundering other lands in search of gold while brutally enslaving and mass murdering the natives, we are presented with a kind, gentle, benign Columbus (portrayed by the surrealistically cast Gérard Depardieu) who's surrounded by unscrupulous characters. Scott's Columbus is an idealistic visionary who only wants "a new world," yet is a pawn caught between bad people doing bad things. Poor Columbus ... all he wants to do is explore.

    Of course, this calls for *a lot* of historical revisionism for the screenplay, which re-arranges events and the instigators of them (atrocities are shifted to the work of others rather than Columbus, and for different reasons; otherwise, it's omitted from the story).

    But why fictionalize history (reality is always more interesting) with this pabulum, and then pass it off as "history"? Either no research was done, or they intentionally fabricated the story; there is no other option.

    "Life has more imagination than we carry in our dreams," we are told just before the closing credits. Indeed. Too bad the writer didn't follow this advice. The truth would have made far better drama.
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    • Release date
      • October 9, 1992 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Spain
      • English
      • Spanish
      • Latin
      • Arabic
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    • Filming locations
      • Playa Herradura, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
    • Production companies
      • Gaumont
      • Légende Films
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    • 2 hours 34 minutes
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