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1492: Conquest of Paradise
The movie depicts the fictionalized story of the discovery of the New World by the Genoan explorer Christopher Columbus (Gérard Depardieu) as well as the effect this has on the indigenous people.
21 January 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1968, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
24 August 1956, Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 August 1975, Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina
8 October 1949, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
26 November 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 October 1955, Madrid, Spain
11 March 1963, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
4 October 1949, New York City, New York, USA
20 September 1917, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
24 May 1980, New York, USA
July 26, 2002
Gorgeous to look at and frequently quite compelling ... but, obviously, not without some big gaping flaws.
July 24, 2003
Not quite sure why this one tanked as badly as it did; I thought it was gorgeously realized, myself.
April 01, 2003
Misses the mark by an entire continent.
January 18, 2004
An uneven film and overlong, but not without some merit.
January 19, 2003
This is one Columbus who should have stayed at home. A real loser.
July 11, 2003
Over-ambitious but still utterly beautiful
June 17, 2002
The moments when it approaches greatness only make its shortcomings that much more transparent.
October 18, 2008
Here's a one-word review of 1492: hubris.
