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'Monte-Cristo' is hero for all ages.(Arts and Lifestyle)

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From: The Boston Herald
Date: 20020117
Author:Verniere, James

Alexandre Dumas pere, one of the world's greatest storytellers, is also a colossus on the movie screen, and he would have been a colossus even if he had only written one unforgettable book: "The Count of Monte-Cristo."

Newly adapted for the screen and a Jan. 25 release by director Kevin Reynolds, whose previous credits ("Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "Waterworld") do not exactly inspire confidence, with Jim Caviezel ("The Thin Red Line") in the title role, "The Count of Monte-Cristo" has captured the imaginations of people all over the world since its original newspaper ...

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