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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.
4 October 1953, Istanbul, Turkey
1 January 1938, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
5 September 1966, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
5 October 1955, Madrid, Spain
29 August 1975, Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina
23 May 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 March 1963, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
21 October 1936, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
21 January 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 November 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1968, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
4 October 1949, New York City, New York, USA
September1946, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
24 August 1956, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 May 1980, New York, USA
16 June 1962, Pretoria, South Africa
30 May 1934, New York City, New York, USA
June 17, 2002
The moments when it approaches greatness only make its shortcomings that much more transparent.April 01, 2003
Misses the mark by an entire continent.July 26, 2002
Gorgeous to look at and frequently quite compelling ... but, obviously, not without some big gaping flaws.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 24, 2003
Not quite sure why this one tanked as badly as it did; I thought it was gorgeously realized, myself.October 18, 2008
Here's a one-word review of 1492: hubris.July 11, 2003
Over-ambitious but still utterly beautiful