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.
24 May 1980, New York, USA
21 January 1958, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8 October 1949, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
31 July 1969, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1968, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
5 September 1966, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
21 October 1936, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
27 December 1948, Châteauroux, Indre, France
September1946, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
16 June 1962, Pretoria, South Africa
5 October 1955, Madrid, Spain
11 March 1963, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1 December 1944, Madrid, Spain
1 January 1938, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
30 May 1934, New York City, New York, USA
26 November 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
29 August 1975, Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina
24 August 1956, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 October 1953, Istanbul, Turkey
23 May 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 October 1949, New York City, New York, USA
20 September 1917, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
July 26, 2002
Gorgeous to look at and frequently quite compelling ... but, obviously, not without some big gaping flaws.
July 24, 2003
Not quite sure why this one tanked as badly as it did; I thought it was gorgeously realized, myself.
July 11, 2003
Over-ambitious but still utterly beautiful
October 18, 2008
Here's a one-word review of 1492: hubris.
April 01, 2003
Misses the mark by an entire continent.
June 17, 2002
The moments when it approaches greatness only make its shortcomings that much more transparent.
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.
