Better than updated version.
Added 9/15/2009
This is the movie for fans of classic movies. I've seem many versions of this story, and by far this was the best. While others leave you asking a thousand questions, this movie makes the story easy to understand.
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An oldie, but a goodie!
Added 5/16/2009
Hadn't seen this since high school when I had to watch it for literature class. I actually enjoyed it then. Was just browsing around and came across it and picked up to see it again. The wife and I watched it and she loved it (Chamberlin, of course). Next best thing to the book itself.
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The Best Version of "Cristo"
Added 3/25/2008
I saw this when it was first shown on US television in about 1975 and was amazed by the storyline and the acting. I had seen Chamberlain in his TV series, but this film allowed him a vast range of emotions and exercises which the Tv show did not. I had not read the novel then, of course.
Relatively, this is the video version people should watch. I videotaped it a couple of times (once the result was not so great) and watch it sporadically since. The book I read in 1989 on a commuter train between Sunnyvale and San Carlos - commuter trains are great for reading! The many opinions about the relative merits of the book vis a vis this excellent film are true, BUT, given the time limitations of the film format, details have to be dropped. Oh, yeah, one of the days when I was reading the book three young women ('junior high school age') were sitting nearby and they started a brief dialogue about this book; one said: "Sure, it's by the same author who did 'Muskateers'." And the other two, go: "Ahhhh....."
The recent feature film version didn't affect me the same way... it seemed more distant, perhaps the result of trying to be a FEATURE FILM?
Chamberlain was great, as he would be in "Thorn Birds" and "Shogun" which comprises more data points for the adage that great actors only thrive with great material (and great directors and great cinematographers and other great actors.)
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Cut verison of a fine miniseries
Added 7/7/2007
When I first saw the Count of Monte Cristo it was presented in the TV mini-series format, which provided more depth to the performances of the actors. And followed the sequence of this classic very closely. Giving great drama to the trails of Edmond. From arrest, to years in prison, escape, obtaining the treasure of Monte Cristo, and finally revenge. But this beautiful mini-series was cut fron a multi hour sensation, into as poor imatation of the original work. If the original mini-series was to be released, I beleive you to be greatly entertained. But of the Movie version is to be released, you will find dis-jointed scenes and a story that many times is hard to follow because the essence of this story was left on the edditing room floor.
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In different language
Added 5/31/2007
Well, it's for anyone who can read or hear German. There is no English language or subtitled for English so I send it back for refund.
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Better than updated version.
Added 9/15/2009
This is the movie for fans of classic movies. I've seem many versions of this story, and by far this was the best. While others leave you asking a thousand questions, this movie makes the story easy to understand.
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An oldie, but a goodie!
Added 5/16/2009
Hadn't seen this since high school when I had to watch it for literature class. I actually enjoyed it then. Was just browsing around and came across it and picked up to see it again. The wife and I watched it and she loved it (Chamberlin, of course). Next best thing to the book itself.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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The Best Version of "Cristo"
Added 3/25/2008
I saw this when it was first shown on US television in about 1975 and was amazed by the storyline and the acting. I had seen Chamberlain in his TV series, but this film allowed him a vast range of emotions and exercises which the Tv show did not. I had not read the novel then, of course.
Relatively, this is the video version people should watch. I videotaped it a couple of times (once the result was not so great) and watch it sporadically since. The book I read in 1989 on a commuter train between Sunnyvale and San Carlos - commuter trains are great for reading! The many opinions about the relative merits of the book vis a vis this excellent film are true, BUT, given the time limitations of the film format, details have to be dropped. Oh, yeah, one of the days when I was reading the book three young women ('junior high school age') were sitting nearby and they started a brief dialogue about this book; one said: "Sure, it's by the same author who did 'Muskateers'." And the other two, go: "Ahhhh....."
The recent feature film version didn't affect me the same way... it seemed more distant, perhaps the result of trying to be a FEATURE FILM?
Chamberlain was great, as he would be in "Thorn Birds" and "Shogun" which comprises more data points for the adage that great actors only thrive with great material (and great directors and great cinematographers and other great actors.)
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