Underplayed Gems

1492 – Conquest of Paradise (1992)

1492 – Conquest of Paradise poster
Original title
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Directed by
Ridley Scott
Genre
drama film, adventure film, biographical film, historical film
Country
United Kingdom, France, Spain
Runtime
2h 29m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 926 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This film follows Christopher Columbus as he sails to the New World and then struggles to govern the colony he establishes there. It shows the conflict between the European explorers and the Indigenous people.

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What happens

1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch. It stars Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, and Sigourney Weaver, and portrays the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on Indigenous peoples. The film was released to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage. It debuted less than two months after John Glen's film Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, often leading to confusion between the two. The film received mixed to negative reviews, with particular criticism aimed at its historical inaccuracy and dramatic quality, and was a box-office bomb in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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