Movie Description 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.
| Credits | | Cast: | Anne Brochet, Gérard Depardieu, Roland Bertin |
| Details | | Edition: | World Films |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Widescreen - 1.66 Audio: Stereo Surround - French Additional Release Material: Original Theatrical Trailer, Yellow subtitles for easy legibility.
English subtitles were adapted for the film by Anthony Burgess, from his translation of the play.
Rappeneau and Carriére scripted a scene without dialogue, which makes Roxanne arrival at the field of battle more credible. She is disguised in boy's clothing and her wagon-full of food for the starving troops is accompanied by a group French soldiers.
Jacques Weber (Count de Guiche) had portrayed Cyrano de Bergerac in a recent stage revival of the French classic.
The film was produced with the financial assistance from Sofinergie, Club de Investisseurs and Centre National de la Cinématographie.
Editorial Reviews "...CYRANO is more than a career culmination for Depardieu; it's a startling surprise...a towering performance, magnificent and moving..." Rolling Stone - p.117-8 - Peter Travers (11/29/1990)
"...Both battle scenes and the film's interior lighting ooze feeling and mood..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars USA Today - p.4D - Mike Clark
"...[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..." New York Times - Vincent Canby (11/16/1990)
"...This CYRANO is a film of dash and vigor, an exceptionally graceful adaptation of a play for the screen..." Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (12/18/1990)
Awards 1990CannesBest ActorGérard Depardieu
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