A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man. Cyrano, a 17thcentury french soldier and man of letters, loves roxane. Top french movies list, best french movies page 14 by. Each feature film sheet has twenty followalong questions in english that go with the film. Fastforward through four more productions in the 30s and 40s and we land at the 1946 broadway revival. This is despite comments left by other people who seem to be having various odd problems playing and burning those same movies. There is also a one page cloze test gapfilled activity based on the summary, with 35 missing. And i grant that accolade entirely because of the splendid performance of jose ferrer. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsmanpoet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous roxane. It is at once a respectful interpretation of its original source material and an actionpacked, fullbodied production designed to appeal to contemporary audiences.
Top movies of 1990 list, best movies 1990 page 4 by. I admit that i dont own the rights but the videos parts have been on youtube for some time and since it wasn. At last, it was a surprise to see this movie gain a triumph 11 french cinema awards in 1991 and a huge. Everything about this production is absolute perfection. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. In 1946 hampden passed the torch to jose ferrer, who won a tony award for playing cyrano in a. His one curse in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapiersharp wit, he believes that roxane will reject him. The story tells the tale of our largenosed hero cyrano falling in love with the beauteous roxane.
Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Embarrassed by his large nose, a romantic poetsoldier romances his cousin by proxy. Ferrer and ralph clanton had previously appeared in the 1946 broadway. He is very well followed by the whole of the distribution. Overall this is an average postwar french production with minimal settings are inexistent cinematography, except some fine and well taken cartoons accompanying cyrano s description of. Calculated based on members top french movie list and ratings. It is suitable for 3rd year french level students and of course is entirely in french. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Postcards from the edgesaving gracewhite hunter, black. He outshines all other cast members in what would be a forgettable b movie, were it not for his brilliant portrayal of the long nosed poet and swordsman. Anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques weber, roland bertin, philippe moriergenoud plot.
An extremely rare version of the all time most popular french play recently made available on dvd. Translated from the french by gladys thomas and mary f. Depardieu, like jose ferrer, was also nominated for the best actor academy award for his performance, and actually won best actor at the cannes film festival, and the cesar award for best actor. Modern french remake of the classic tale of a deformed mans unrequited love for a beautiful woman. It stars gerard depardieu, anne brochet and vincent perez. Overall this is an average postwar french production with minimal settings are inexistent cinematography, except some fine and well taken cartoons accompanying cyrano s description of his space travels. Cyrano and dartagnan appear together in many stories published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and on film in cyrano et dartagnan 1964, in which jose ferrer once again played cyrano.
The charismatic swordsmanpoet helps another woo the woman he loves in this straightforward version of the play. He is in love with a woman named roxanne, but he believes that she could never love him because of his nose. Additional formats may also be available from the main gutenberg site. The top movies of 1990 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members top movies list. The film is now in the public domain, and is available in both bluray and dvd formats. Since it first saw the light of night on a parisian stage in 1897, it never goes long unperformed in some form or other. It uses poet brian hookers 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. The garutso balanced lens is an insitu camera lens effectively simulating a faux 3d effect by keeping the foreground and background in focus at the same time. Aug 20, 20 featuring derek jacobi, this video is the best english translation of the french play. If you like or even love the story, it is a dvd, you will watch again and again.
In 1946 hampden passed the torch to jose ferrer, who won a tony award for playing. The film was a coproduction between companies in france and hungary. That film gave my mind lots to think about, a luxuriant feast for the ears, and a beautiful indelible memory for the inner eye. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Download this subtitles from our download location, see more details bellow. Ferrer and ralph clanton had previously appeared in the 1946 broadway revival of the play in the. The devil diabolique 1955 hd remastered english subtitles. When the handsome christian too falls for roxanne, cyrano agrees to help him woo her through loveletters under christians name. Kevin kline and jennifer garner are reviving edmond rostands plumed, caped evergreen on broadw. Accented text 247k main site readingrooms uk mirror minho pacific zipped accented text 89k. The film was directed by jeanpaul rappeneau and won an oscar along with many other award nominations.
This film adaptation directed by michael gordon of the 1897 french alexandrine verse drama by edmond rostand, uses poet brian hookers 1923 english blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. The packaging states that it has english language and french subtitles, but neither the bluray or the dvd have either. That is why i recommend seeing depardieu as cyrano, in french if you can manage it, as the ultimate movie experience on this subject. Roxane tells to cyrano about hers christians passion 1990 duration. Kevin kline and jennifer garner are reviving edmond rostands plumed, caped evergreen on broadway. Foreign language film, art directionset decoration, costume design won, makeup.
It is suggested as an activity after viewing the film. Dumas hero, dartagnan, makes a brief appearance in the play, though he is frequently left out of film versions. The subtitles in this movie are done so well, one almost forgets the movie was done in french. The words seem to glide effortlessly off of gerard. Gerard depardieu, anne brochet, vincent perez, jacques.
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