The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Count of Monte Cristo

Year:
Duration:
131 min | Spain:134 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.7
Director:
Kevin Reynolds
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 2002-01-25
Filming Locations: Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Earnings
Budget: $35,000,000
Opening Weekend: $11,376,150 (USA) (27 January 2002)
Gross: $54,234,062 (USA) (23 June 2002)
Cast
Actor
Character
Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory
The Count of Monte Cristo
Jim Caviezel
Edmond Dantes
Guy Pearce
Fernand Mondego
Richard Harris
Abbé Faria
James Frain
J.F. Villefort
Dagmara Dominczyk
Mercedès Iguanada
Michael Wincott
Armand Dorleac
Luis Guzmán
Jacopo
Christopher Adamson
Maurice
JB Blanc
Luigi Vampa
Guy Carleton
Mansion Owner
Alex Norton
Napoleon
Barry Cassin
Old Man Dantes
Henry Cavill
Albert Mondego
Zhara Moufid
Holga (credit only) (as Zhara)
Brendan Costello
Viscount
Patrick Godfrey
Morrell
Katherine Holme
Julianne
Freddie Jones
Colonel Villefort
Joe Hanley
Partygoer No. 1
Mairead Devlin
Partygoer No. 2 (as Maireid Devlin)
Stella Feeley
Partygoer No. 3
Joseph Kelly
Gardener
Ivan Kennedy
Outrider
Alvaro Lucchesi
Claude
Karl O'Neill
Marchand
Robert Price
Pascal
Derek Reid
Banker
Eric Stovell
Viscount Toville
Jude Sweeney
Mondego Servant
Brian Thunder
Gendarme
Gregor Truter
Lt. Graypool
Andrew Woodall
Gendarmes Captain
Albie Woodington
Danglars
Gregory James
French Dragoon (uncredited)
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Trivia
The white polka dot dress with ornate floral pattern on the bodice that Dagmara Dominczyk (Mercedès Iguanada) wears at the office of Monsieur Villefort is the same costume Julia Sawalha (Lydia Bennet) wears while observing Wickham horse riding in Pride and Prejudice (1995), and Ruby Bentall (Mary Bennet) wears to the Meryton Assembly Ball in Lost in Austen (2008).
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The red paisley waistcoat Luis Guzmán (Jacopo) wears in the final scene is the same costume Chris Gorell Barnes wears in The Regency House Party (2004), Dan Stevens (Edward Ferrars) wears for Edward's arrival at Norland in Sense & Sensibility (2008), and JJ Feild (Fred Garland) wears in The Shadow in the North (2007).
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The Count of Monte Cristo was one of Mark Twain's favorite books. When Twain toured Europe in 1867, he made a special stop to see the prison, Chateau D'if. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains a humorous spoof of Monte Cristo.
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Goofs
The trunks that Dantes has are from Louis Vuitton, a French luggage house that was founded in 1854. The print, called Monogram, was designed by Louis Vuitton's son in 1896.
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Obvious stunt double during the knife fight between Edmond and Jacopo.
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At the end of the knife fight when Dantes has Jacopo on the ground, Dantes' knife changes between shots.
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Quotes
Fernand: You pleased me some of the time.
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Edmond: Why? In God's name, why?
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Fernand: Take your vengeance. But know that the blood you spill is noble. Blood that will never run through your veins. You are no more a count than I am a commoner!
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Photos from cast
Helen McCrory
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