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Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Count of Monte Cristo' comes to life on screen
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- January 24, 2002
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(Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Following recently released film
versions of Alexandre Dumas' novels, "The Three Musketeers" and "The
Man in the Iron Mask," another of the author's classics is making
the transition to the screen.
The "Count of Monte Cristo," called the grandfather of all revenge
movies by director Kevin Reynolds, is the latest adaptation of the
Alexandre Dumas novel with the same name. It opens in theaters nationwide
this Friday.
Like other Dumas novels, it is the kind of story that continues to
fascinate modern audiences. Actor Jim Caviezel attributes the popularity
of the swashbuckling epic to the adventurous ...