Cyrano de Bergerac with Gérard Depardieu: DVD Cover

    Cyrano de Bergerac Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Anne Brochet, Vincent Perez, Jacques Weber

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    • DVD Release Date: 02/10/2004
    • Original Release: 1990
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 2,676

    Viewer Rating: (4 ratings)

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    Features

    Closed Caption; Original theatrical trailer; Original French stereo surround; English and Spanish subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Main Title/Lust & Poetry [8:26]
    2. Monsieur the Critic [5:30]
    3. A Nose By Any Other Name [5:18]
    4. (S)word Fight [4:24]
    5. Love's Biggest Obstacle [5:51]
    6. A Lyrical Feast [5:15]
    7. Rendezvous By Proxy [5:56]
    8. Proud Hero of the Hour [7:04]
    9. Rules for the Novice [3:35]
    10. 2 Men, 1 Romantic Hero [3:11]
    11. Words to Faint By [1:36]
    12. Off to War Some Go [1:44]
    13. Perchance to Speak [5:09]
    14. The Understudy's Hour [5:13]
    15. A Wedding, Quick! [7:58]
    16. The Rats of War [9:37]
    17. Death as Duty [5:27]
    18. The Goodbye Letter [4:04]
    19. For the Love of...a Roast [5:37]
    20. Beauty Under Fire [3:29]
    21. Death and the Maiden [4:26]
    22. Perpetual Mourning [4:34]
    23. His Final Defeat [:17]
    24. End Credits [5:49]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Edmond Rostand's classic drama of inner and outer beauty is given a lavish treatment in this acclaimed French production. Gérard Depardieu portrays the title character, a brilliant, charismatic swordsman with a generous spirit and a genius for poetry. It would seem that such a man would have no trouble attracting women, but Cyrano considers himself doomed to loneliness by an unattractive face featuring an oversized nose. His feelings of inadequacy are emphasized when Roxane, the beautiful woman he adores, attracts the attention of Christian, a young cadet in Cyrano's service. Christian lacks the poetic gift, however, and he ironically turns to Cyrano for help in winning Roxane's love. What follows is a tale of deception, with Roxane falling in love with the ineloquent Christian thanks to Cyrano's words of love. The underlying narrative has become quite familiar to modern audiences through retellings and variations from the 1950 adaptation starring José Ferrer to Steve Martin's Roxanne. Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau's interpretation stresses the tragic majesty of the original, setting a vigorous performance by Depardieu against a beautifully designed reproduction of the period and an emphasis on the sound and poetry of Rostand's original language; the subtitles for the film's English release were penned by renowned British author Anthony Burgess. This attention to detail creates a particularly faithful cinematic rendering of the original work that met with positive critical responses. Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

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    Cyrano de Bergeracby Anonymous

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    August 30, 2004: Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau and cowriter Jean-Claude Carriere present this excellent adaptation of Edmon Rostand's tragic play. Everything in this film was well done: great direction, excellent cinematography, beautiful scenery, and an excellent performance by the entire cast. This romantic tragedy is set in early 17th century France during the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV: the same time period as Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers. Cyrano de Bergerac (Gerard Depardieu) is a musketeer in the regiment of Gascogne. A courageous champion of justice, Cyrano possesses all of the noble qualities the human spirit could be endowed with: courage, strength, prowess, sensibility, a great mind and wit. Despite all of these great qualities, Cyrano's main weakness is his own distorted self-perception regarding his oversized nose. Madly in love with his cousin Roxanne (Anne Brochet) but being too afraid of the rejection his nose might bring, Cyrano's loses his courage everytime he's approached by her. Cyrano's frustrated love soon finds a window when Roxanne tells him about her love for a new cadet in his regiment: Christian De Neuvillette (Vincent Perez), a brave,young, and devilishly handsome musketeer. As much as Cyrano fears the effect of his oversized nose, Christian fears strong-minded women like Roxanne due to his unfortunate lack of wit. An exchange takes place as each man provides the qualities the other lacks to conquer Roxanne: Cyrano becomes Christian's mind, voice and pen, while Christian becomes Cyrano's missing looks. After Christian serenades her with Cyrano's words, Roxanne falls madly in love and is weary to see him go off to war. Outside of this triangle, the powerful Comte de Guiche (Jacques Weber) wants Roxanne for himself and will use all of his royal connections to get her: will he succeed? How long with this masquerade last? Will Roxanne ever find out about the clever deception she's been subjected to? The story is a romantic-tragedy in which Cyrano is our tragic hero. As with the original play, the dialogue in the film is set in verse: the language is therefore poetic and very rich. This is a light tragedy in which Cyrano, is an archetype to the likes of Don Quixote as opposed to a real tragic character such as Romeo or Oedipus. The story has various themes about human nature and life as an experience; how we're often our own worst enemy and critiques. Gerard Depardieu gives the finest performance of his career as Cyrano de Bergerac; his performance is truly one of the best renditions of the love-struck tragic hero. The language is faithful to the play and rich in meaning. The costumes and settings for the film are equally lavish and splendid. This is truly a film meant to be in one's collection.

    Cyrano de Bergeracby Anonymous

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    February 04, 2004: I have to say that this is the most romantic film I have ever seen. It has every element of romance, poetry and tragedy and DePardieu is more beautiful than his nose, certainly. The story has been told many times, but not quite like this.


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