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Actors: Gérard Depardieu. Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Angela Molina, Fernando Rey, Michael Wincott, Tchéky Karyo
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about 1492: Conquest of Paradise |
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1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE was directed by Ridley Scott in 1992.
For seven years now, Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor, has tried to persuade the Spanish authorities to send him to explore the territories located beyond the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus is sure to reach thus the Indies more quickly than while passing by the East. He finally manages to persuade the Queen Isabelle de Castille to grant her support to him. With his three ships, Columbus arrives at the island of San Salvador after 10 weeks of navigation. Columbus never uses violence with the natives he meets on the islands he discovers. After having left forty settlers on the island of Hispaniola, he returns to Spain to submit his report.
Although Columbus could bring back only little gold of his tour, he obtains from the Queen the authorization to organize a second expedition intended to explore the territories more methodically in order to carry back wealths in Spain finally. This time, Colombus is accompanied by noble ones who don't agree with his way of organizing the administrative life of Natividad, the first city created on the American territory. The colony is now more and more often attacked by tribes of enemy Indians and Colombus, after four years spent on Hispaniola, still did not find gold on the island. He must even now deal with the rebellion of Moxica, a noble Spanish, who decided to get rid of Colombus and his two brothers. When Colombus returns finally to Spain, the bad news arrived before him and he is thrown in prison by Isabelle of Castille.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of 1492: Conquest of Paradise |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- middle ages
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- getting wild with tribes
Terrain
- jungle
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- longhair/girliemon (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- skinny (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Spain
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- The Caribbean
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- snakes
- heat/bugs
Water?
Yes
Water:
- peddle boat
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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