Question 1

What screenwriting change made the film's betrayal more personal than in the original novel?

Accepted Answer

Screenwriter Jay Wolpert added that Fernand Mondego and Edmond Dantés started as best friends, believing a soured friendship generates more terrible and believable hate for a 'buddy' film turned sinister.

Question 2

Which famous author was a fan of The Count of Monte Cristo and even visited its prison setting?

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain was a fan; he visited the Chateau D'if prison during a 1867 European tour, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains a humorous spoof of Monte Cristo.

Question 3

What sequence was created for the film to make Edmond's story more cinematic than in the book?

Accepted Answer

The encounter with Napoleon on Elba was created specifically for the film to show events visually rather than just having Edmond recount them.

Question 4

Where was the movie filmed, and what location stood in for the Parisian estate?

Accepted Answer

It was filmed in Malta and Ireland, with Powerscourt House in County Wicklow serving as the Parisian estate Dantés buys.

Question 5

How many adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo had been made before this film?

Accepted Answer

This was the seventeenth adaptation of the classic tale.

Question 6

What screenwriting change did Jay Wolpert make to the classic story for this adaptation?

Accepted Answer

Screenwriter Jay Wolpert added the idea that Fernand Mondego and Edmond Dantés started out as best friends, which was not in the original novel, to create a 'buddy' film that turns sinister.

Question 7

Which literary figure was a fan of The Count of Monte Cristo and referenced it in their own work?

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain was a fan of the book, visited the Chateau D'if prison in 1867, and included a humorous spoof of Monte Cristo in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Question 8

Why does the film show Edmond Dantés meeting Napoleon on Elba?

Accepted Answer

The filmmakers created the Napoleon on Elba sequence specifically for the film to visually depict events that Edmond only recounts in the book, making it more cinematically interesting.

Question 9

Where was The Count of Monte Cristo filmed, and what location stood in for a Parisian estate?

Accepted Answer

The movie was filmed in Malta and Ireland, with Powerscourt House in County Wicklow serving as the Parisian estate that Dantés buys.

Question 10

What is the central conflict that drives Edmond Dantés's story in the film?

Accepted Answer

Edmond Dantés's life is shattered when his best friend Fernand deceives him, leading to 13 years in prison, after which he escapes and plots revenge by insinuating himself into the French nobility.

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