Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Movie Review 1992

The 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage brought this lame excursion in historical biography to the screen briefly. Columbus is portrayed as a swashbuckling adventurer who finally gets the Queen of Spain to agree to finance his voyage of discovery (which primarily consists of discovering a lot of bare-breasted native women). Story is secondary to the banality of the entire production, including the acting. Brando is briefly seen as Torquemada--another film in which he took his substantial paycheck and ran.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, Explorers, This Is Your Life, Big-Budget Bombs

Screenplay

John Briley, Mario Puzo, Cary Bates

Cast

Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward, Tom Selleck, Marlon Brando, Robert Davi, Oliver Cotton, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Matthieu Carriere, Nigel Terry, Branscombe Richmond

Director

John Glen

Music

Cliff Eidelman

Producer

Alexander Salkind, Ilya Salkind, Warner Bros.

Awards

Golden Raspberries 1992: Worst Support. Actor (Selleck).