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Title: 1492 - Conquest of Paradise 11 View count: 798 Rating: 5.0 (3 ratings) Description: 1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 European adventure/drama film. Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, the film was released for the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage. The story tells of Christopher Columbus' (Gérard Depardieu) discovery of the New World and its effect on the indigenous people, starting with his solicitation of Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) to gain the necessary funding. The film opens in 1491 with Columbus, currently being sheltered by monks, going to the faculty at the University of Salamanca to acquire approval and funding for an expedition to find a new route to the Indies. His justification is that the route along the African coastline is too long and that the Turks have cut off all land routes between China and Christian nations. He enlists the help of Martín Alonso Pinzón to win over the support of Queen Isabella after failing to convince the very reluctant audience at Salamanca. Impressing her, Columbus gets the funding he needs and sets off from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Andalusia, south Spain). The voyage takes longer than expected but he does arrive on the island known as Guanahani but later christened as San Salvador on October 12, 1492. Over the course of the movie, he tries to govern new settlements, but is beset by angry locals and rebellious nobles. In the end, he is removed from his post in 1500 and forced into the Castile prison, but his adult son frees him: thus Columbus can begin to tell him the story of his voyages, but the movie ends when he says: "I remember...". After that, there is a short text telling the rest of the life of Columbus. Music: Despite its dismal box office intake, the film's score by renowned composer Vangelis became a successful album worldwide. Its main theme, Conquest of Paradise, was used by former Portuguese Prime-Minister António Guterres at his 1995 election. Main cast: Gérard Depardieu as Christopher Columbus Armand Assante as Gabriel Sanchez Sigourney Weaver as Queen Isabella I Loren Dean as Older Fernando Columbus Ángela Molina as Beatriz Enriquez de Arana Fernando Rey as Antonio de Marchena Michael Wincott as Adrián de Mújica Tchéky Karyo as Martín Alonso Pinzón Kevin Dunn as Captain Méndez Frank Langella as Luis de Santángel Mark Margolis as Francisco de Bobadilla Kario Salem as de Arojaz Billy L. Sullivan as Younger Fernando Columbus John Heffernan as Brother Buyl Arnold Vosloo as Antonio de Guevara Steven Waddington as Bartolomeo Columbus Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Giacomo Columbus José Luis Ferrer as Alonso de Bolaños Bercelio Moya as Utapán Juan Diego Botto as Diego Columbus Achero Mañas as Ships Boy Fernando García Rimada as King Ferdinand V Albert Vidal as Hernando de Talavera Isabel Prinz as Dueña Jack Taylor as de Vicuña Ángela Rosal as Pinzón's Wife Silvia Montero as Pinzón's Daughter (uncredited) Edited by Sc@libur 2009 Claudio Cavalcante Cunha http://www.scaliburweb.com.br Piracicaba-São Paulo-Brazil Tags: conquest, paradise, 1492, gérard, depardieu, sigourney, weaver, armand, assante, mrscaliburweb, scaliburweb, sc@libur, claudio, cavalcante, cunha, piracicaba, Author: MrScaliburweb |
