The Count of Monte-Cristo Page #4

Synopsis: A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Director(s): David Greene
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.0
NOT RATED
Year:
1975
103 min
1,707 Views


Father, you promised me that this morning

would be going to see al grandfather.

Already is average tomorrow

and you know that is frightened.

good morning, Danglars.

Good morning, mister.

how Much you will delay?

It has to eat and to rest.

Since when we have such visits, father?

This gentleman does not have aspect

neither of criminal neither of lawyer.

I am afraid that my daughter

speaks too much ytiene few manners.

- please, you excuse it.

- Father!

Valentine, I have the honor to

present you al condede Montecristo.

Montecristo!

Mister, I will be the envy

of all the girls of Paris.

Is certain it quedicen!

You are attraction!

you are as rich as they say?

Rich in experiences,

young lady. Rich in years.

AND to richer every single moment in my

appreciation of the beauties of Paris.

you are busy?

- I am it?

you would do me a great favor? You

would come to see my grandfather?

Valentine, not to say foolishness.

will illuminate him the

life during many days.

Will Be a honor.

The count of Montecristo! Extraordinary!

How have you done to bring it here?

Therefore has not been easy.

Grandfather, I bring

al count of Montecristo.

you See it influyenteque I am?

I Bring atu fourth al man that

every Paris desires to know.

Mister count, my grandfather,

the Mr. Noirtierde Villefort.

Is a honor.

My grandfather is paralyzed by an

injured old woman of Austerlitz.

Only speaks with the eyes.

What do you want, grandfather?

Another pillow? Water?

TO, B, C, D, AND, F, G...

Barrois, it wants the eyeglasses.

is glad to see it. Truth, grandfather?

do not you need another tongue.

Is hour to begin with the food?

My grandfather is a prisoner of its body,

but its will is like

its mind, unconquerable.

it Possesses something

of what few can presume.

The devotion of a to be loved.

Is a sad affirmation, mister.

- has arrived the Mr. Albert.

- Albert!

Mister, Please, return immediately!

you excuse me for looking at fixedly.

is not habitual that a man have

before al great enemy of his life.

do not seek explanations.

touches me to my to leave you plotted,

to the day that you review

him me delantede your son.

we go.

Mister count, I present

you to Albert Mondego.

Mister, Is a great honor.

The honor is mine.

every Paris speaks of vos.

Good morning, Noirtier.

every Paris dies porestrechar

its hand and here I am I.

AND here you are on the verge of

starting him the hand of the arm!

The city is a hotbed of gossip

on the count of Montecristo.

- Albert, you control you.

- My father, mister!

To my father participates!

Diceque you are an oriental!

It says that knew you in Turkey.

My father was an ambassador

in the kingdom of Yanina.

You have heard to speak of my

father, the count of Mondego?

Who has not heard to speak of the

great general Fernando Mondego?

Always I have desired to know it.

My darling count, I am

the father of Albert.

General.

My son amazes me. He did not know that

he had risen so much in the social adder.

I Am I who has elevated in the scale.

Who has not heard to

speak of the military feats

of the general one Mondego?

My darling count!

I present You my mother,

the countess of Mondego.

Mister, my son still is a

boy that is dedicated to play.

tells me that we have visit

but does not tell me its name.

Says that I will remain

pleasantly surprised.

do not we know us,? truth, mister?

Aquin I have the honorde to direct me?

I Am its servant, the

count of Montecristo.

you have seen it?

it knew You?

Believes that knows me.

But refuses to admit what believes.

AND when creates it?

Will Be too late, princess.

we will Act as the divine

sword, with an extreme rapidity.

- Still the housewives?

- Not.

can not influence in you?

It cannot convince you?

you Answer me, porfavor.

No divine neither earthly power

will be able to dissuade me.

Neither the angels neither the

devils will avoid that avenge me.

Well, my mister, well.

Recalls that your revenge is mine.

Al, the roles of Mondego.

- Villefort?

- We expect news of the doctor.

- Danglars?

- We have all the documents.

Well.

The people considers to Villefort

an affectionate father, a devout son,

and a faithful servant of the law.

Danglars is the magician of the

finances, asesorde large fortunes,

the lion that protects

the wealth of the country.

Mondego is the hero of war.

The favorite one of the boulevards, they

known with the nickname of "peacock",

by its many medals.

Well,

we know that Villefort

is a wolf, Danglars a hog,

and Mondego a hyena.

AND porfin we will leave hunt.

Well! Very well!

The wrist!

Well, very well!

Already you are the

teacher. I the student.

you leave it there.

- Us there is side a lot to find you.

- Is used to occurring.

to accused wagons of contraband.

You fled, they captured you, And

they condemned you by life to wagons.

you fled again.

Continue. I turn out to

be fascinating myself.

you have been a thief, smuggler,

swindler, and possibly murderous.

In the course of your travels

you have learned to speak Italian.

Perfetto, signore.

from now on you are Andrea,

the count of Cavalcanti.

I am it?

you are the son of the commander

Bartolomeo of Cavalcanti,

whose names are recorded in

the guestbooks of Florence.

you are very rich.

Well! I spend a lot money, clear.

of course.

you will Occupy some apartments that

have elected for you in Faubourg.

you will have three servants.

You will buy a carriage.

Sees to seek it to Baltinte.

The horses are of Devedeux.

you will do the cut to a precious girl.

do not I want that pay

attention to expenses.

over the coming weeks,

when be not with her,

they will see you everywhere with me.

The count accompanies al count.

Exactly.

How call you?

The count of Cavalcanti!

The count of Montecristo!

What happiness that you have come.

It is a pleasure to see you, count.

I present You my friend,

the count of Cavalcanti,

to whom you have had the amiability

to include in the invitation.

A friend of the count of

Montecristo is my friend.

I present You my daughter, Valentine.

- Young lady.

- Mister count.

Cavalcanti is in Paris by family matters.

- it has left its wife in Italy?

- Is not married.

- Does a lot that you know it?

- A few days.

was presented before me

with letters of introduction

of my agents in Rome.

I Know to sufamilia every

Italy knows to the Cavalcanti,

that already were rich when

the Medici were peasants.

costs me to suggest it to him,

but a great honor would do me if...

I hope that its promised

do not exceptions.

My daughter is not promised.

it is not promised Alberto Mondego?

Not, at all. Only are friends.

- My darling count!

- Is a matter of two matters, baron.

The first one, the newspaper

"LeJournal du Globe".

they Say that is for sale. I

would like to possess a newspaper.

please, you arrange its purchase.

Well, I approve it! A businessman

should possess a newspaper.

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Sidney Carroll

Sidney Carroll (May 25, 1913 – November 3, 1988) was a film and television screenwriter. Although Carroll wrote most frequently for television, he is perhaps best remembered today for writing the screenplays for The Hustler (1961) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and for A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966). He has also won Emmys for the documentaries The Louvre (1978) and China and the Forbidden City (1963). In 1957, Carroll won an Edgar Award, in the category Best Episode in a TV Series, for writing "The Fine Art of Murder", an installment of the ABC program Omnibus. He wrote the screenplays for the 1974 Richard Chamberlain television version of The Count of Monte Cristo as well as the original story for the Michael Caine heist movie Gambit. He continued to write for television until 1986. more…

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