TY - ADVS AU - Reynolds,Kevin AU - Brigham,Chris AU - Birnbaum,Roger AU - Barber,Gary AU - Glickman,Jonathan AU - Wolpert,Jay AU - Caviezel,Jim AU - Pearce,Guy AU - Harris,Richard AU - Frain,James AU - Dominczyk,Dagmara AU - Wincott,Michael AU - Guzmán,Luis AU - McCrory,Helen AU - Jones,Freddie AU - Rand,Tom AU - Shearmur,Edward AU - Semel,Stephen AU - Womack,Chris AU - Geraghty,Mark AU - Dunn,Andrew AU - Dumas,Alexandre ED - Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm), ED - Spyglass Entertainment (Firm), ED - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), TI - The Count of Monte Cristo SN - 0788838121 PY - 2002///] CY - Burbank, CA PB - Touchstone Home Entertainment KW - Dumas, Alexandre, KW - False imprisonment KW - Drama KW - Escapes KW - Treasure troves KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Film adaptations KW - Action and adventure films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the novel by Alexander Dumas; Special features: An epic reborn: The pen (feature on Alexandre Dumas), Adapting a classic (screenwriting feature), The Napoleonic world (production design feature), The clash of steel (fight choreography feature); Deleted scenes; En garde: multi-angle dailies (swordfighting feature); Layer by layer: sound design (interactive feature); Audio commentary (by Kevin Reynolds); Special features: Widescreen (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions -- Audio commentary with director Kevin Reynolds -- "The Napoleonic World" production design featurette -- "En Guarde" multi-angle swordfighting feature -- "The pen" retrospective on author Alexandre Dumas -- "Adapting a classic" screenwriting segment -- "The clash of steel" stunt choreography piece -- Layer-by-layer interactive sound design feature -- 4 deleted scenes with commentary by filmmakers -- THX-certified with optimizer -- Language: English ; French -- Subtitles English ; Spanish; For private home use only; Costume designer, Tom Rand ; music by Edward Shearmur ; film editors, Stephen Semel, Chris Womack ; production designer, Mark Geraghty ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn; Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, James Frain, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Wincott, Luis Guzman, Helen McCrory, Freddie Jones; MPAA rating: PG-13; for adventure violence/swordplay and some sensuality N2 - An innocent man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned for years on a godforsaken island while the friend who betrayed him takes Dantes ravishing fiancé for himself. Dantes eventually escapes, recovers a fortune in buried pirate treasure, transforms himself into the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo, and methodically goes about exacting his revenge ER -