DVD

The Count of Monte Cristo / Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment present a Birnbaum/Barber production, a Kevin Reynolds film ; producers, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman ; screenplay writer, Jay Wolpert ; director, Kevin Reynolds.

Reynolds, Kevin, 1952- (director.). Caviezel, Jim, 1968- (actor.). Cavill, Henry, 1983- (actor.). Pearce, Guy, 1967- (actor.). Frain, James, (actor.). Dominczyk, Dagmara, 1976- (actor.). Harris, Richard, 1930-2002 (actor.). Wincott, Michael, 1958- (actor.). Guzmán, Luis, 1956- (actor.). Dunn, Andrew (Andrew William), (director of photography.). Semel, Stephen, (film editor.). Womack, Chris (Film editor) (Added Author). Shearmur, Edward, (composer.). Rand, Tom, (costume designer.). Geraghty, Mark, (production designer.). Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 Comte de Monte-Cristo. English. (Added Author). Spyglass Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Wincott, Luis Guzman, Helen McCrory, Freddie Jones, Henry Cavill. (Cast).

Summary:

An innocent man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned for years on a godforsaken island while the friend who betrayed him takes Dantes ravishing fiancé for himself. Dantes eventually escapes, recovers a fortune in buried pirate treasure, transforms himself into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, and methodically goes about exacting his revenge.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2002.
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the novel by Alexander Dumas. Special features: commentary by Kevin Reynolds; theatrical trailer; The Pen (feature on Alexandre Dumas); adapting a classic (screenwriting feature); The Napoleonic World (production design feature); The clash of steel (fight choreography feature); deleted scenes; sword choreography; the final duel; layer by layer sound design; Edmonds escape.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editors, Stephen Semel, Chris Womack ; music, Edward Shearmur ; costume designer, Tom Rand ; production designer, Mark Geraghty.
Participant or Performer Note:	James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Wincott, Luis Guzman, Helen McCrory, Freddie Jones, Henry Cavill.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:	DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	In English or French with optional Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned.