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La découverte des Amériques par Christophe Colomb et ses répercussions sur les peuples autochtones.La découverte des Amériques par Christophe Colomb et ses répercussions sur les peuples autochtones.La découverte des Amériques par Christophe Colomb et ses répercussions sur les peuples autochtones.
- Récompenses
- 2 nominations
Ángela Molina
- Beatrix
- (as Angela Molina)
Tchéky Karyo
- Pinzon
- (as Tcheky Karyo)
Billy L. Sullivan
- Fernando (aged 10)
- (as Billy Sullivan)
Fernando Guillén Cuervo
- Giacomo
- (as Fernando G. Cuervo)
José Luis Ferrer
- Alonso
- (as Jose Luis Ferrer)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe 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.
- GaffesIn 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.
- Citations
[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."
- Versions alternativesJapanese 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.
- ConnexionsEdited into Spisok korabley (2008)
- Bandes originalesAmazonia
Permission of Grem Records, France
Commentaire à la une
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.
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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- 25 oct. 2000
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 47 000 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 7 191 399 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 3 002 680 $US
- 12 oct. 1992
- Montant brut mondial
- 7 191 399 $US
- Durée2 heures 34 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1
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