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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1990 DVD Release: 02/10/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 18 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 8 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Period Film

Edmond Rostand's classic drama of inner and outer beauty is given a lavish treatment in this acclaimed French production. Gérard Depardieu portrays the title character, a brilliant, charismatic swordsman with a generous spirit and a genius for poetry. It would seem that such a man would have no trouble attracting women, but Cyrano considers himself doomed to loneliness by an unattractive face featuring an oversized nose. His feelings of inadequacy are emphasized when Roxane, the beautiful woman he adores, attracts the attention of Christian, a young cadet in Cyrano's service. Christian lacks the poetic gift, however, and he ironically turns to Cyrano for help in winning Roxane's love. What follows is a tale of deception, with Roxane falling in love with the ineloquent Christian thanks to Cyrano's words of love. The underlying narrative has become quite familiar to modern audiences through retellings and variations from the 1950 adaptation starring José Ferrer to Steve Martin's Roxanne. Director Jean-Paul Rappeneau's interpretation stresses the tragic majesty of the original, setting a vigorous performance by Depardieu against a beautifully designed reproduction of the period and an emphasis on the sound and poetry of Rostand's original language; the subtitles for the film's English release were penned by renowned British author Anthony Burgess. This attention to detail creates a particularly faithful cinematic rendering of the original work that met with positive critical responses. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

Gérard Depardieu - Cyrano de Bergerac
Anne Brochet - Roxane
Vincent Perez - Christian de Neuvillette
Jacques Weber - Count DeGuiche
Roland Bertin - Ragueneau

Jean-Paul Rappeneau's acclaimed 1990 drama Cyrano De Bergerac comes to DVD for the first time in the U.S. from MGM Home Entertainment with a widescreen transfer and Dolby Digital Stereo sound in the original French language. Subtitles are available in English and Spanish. The English subtitles were adapted by Anthony Burgess from his translation of the play. Special features include the original theatrical trailer. This is a pretty bare-bones disc for an Academy Award-winning film. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide