1492 Conquest of Paradise
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Biography, Period piece, Adventure, Epic, Action/Adventure, Drama
Year: 1992
Country: France, United Kingdom, Spain, United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, Armand Assante, Loren Dean, Frank Langella, Mark Margolis, Arnold Vosloo, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Ángela Molina, Kevin Dunn, John Heffernan, Tchéky Karyo, Billy L. Sullivan, Kario Salem
1492: Conquest of Paradise is an epic 1992 European adventure/drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, which tells the story of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus (Gérard Depardieu) and the effect this had on the indigenous people. The film was released for the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage.
Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas and the effect this has on the indigenous people, starting with his solicitation of Queen Isabella I (Sigourney Weaver) to gain the necessary funding.
1492: Conquest of Paradise opened in theatres on October 9, 1992. It was rated PG-13 in the United States due to violence and brutality.
Overall, the film had mixed reviews and poor box office results. The movie review site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 47% "rotten" rating. However, movie critic Roger Ebert said in his review that the film was satisfactory, stating "Depardieu lends it gravity, the supporting performances are convincing, the locations are realistic, and we are inspired to reflect that it did indeed take a certain nerve to sail off into nowhere just because an orange was round."
The film was not a success, debuting at
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