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Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, Spanish, Subtitled, Original, Trailers
One of France's literary treasures commands the screen with this "exceptionally graceful adaptation" (Los Angeles Times) that received a Best Foreign Film Golden Globe and five Oscar nominations*, including Best Actor for Gerard Depardieu!Cyrano (Depardieu), a master swordsman and poet, feels he cannot woo his beloved Roxane (Anne Brochet) due to an unfortunate physical flaw: his grotesquely large nose. Resigning himself to helping another suitor, the dashing yet tongue-tied Christian (Vincent Perez), Cyrano uses his mastery of words to win Roxane for him. But when Roxane finds that she has fallen for Christian's mind and not for his beauty which of her two suitors will finally possess her heartFormat: DVD MOVIE
Editor's Note
Gerard Depardieu won the Best Actor award at Cannes for his performance as Cyrano in this lavish adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actor--Gerard Depardieu. Academy Awards: Best Costume Design.
Plot Summary
A famed 17th century writer courageously makes enemies of France's polite society by exposing their hypocrisies in political pamphlets. But his bravery in politics does not extend to romance. Cyrano de Bergerac, pining away for love of his cousin Roxanne, refuses to reveal his affections for fear that she will find his grotesque form unappealing. Instead, Cyrano teaches the beautiful but stupid Christian how to woo Roxanne. Though she initially finds Christian attractive, it is his beautiful poetry and gorgeously written letters -- all penned by Cyrano -- that win her heart. Christian dies in battle before he ever has the chance to tell Roxanne the truth, and Cyrano keeps the secret until his own death.
| Features | Audio: French | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 9/7/2004 |
| Running Time: 138 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 1005998 | | UPC: 00027616902276 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: French | | Available Audio Tracks: French | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.66:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Cannes (1990) |  | Gérard Depardieu, Winner, Best Actor |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...CYRANO is more than a career culmination for Depardieu; it's a startling surprise...a towering performance, magnificent and moving..." 11/29/1990 p.117-8USA Today
"...Both battle scenes and the film's interior lighting ooze feeling and mood..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 11/16/1990 p.4D New York Times
"...[Depardieu's performance is his] own magical achievement. It is expansive, funny, gross, dainty, and always humane....[It] finds surprising new life in a theatrical antique..." 11/16/1990 p.C14 Los Angeles Times
"...This CYRANO is a film of dash and vigor, an exceptionally graceful adaptation of a play for the screen..." 12/18/1990 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Cyrano de Bergerac is a splendid movie not just because it tells its romantic story, and make - Roger Ebert
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