Count of Monte Cristo & Walk to Remember Cast, Crew & Storylines<br>

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Romantic Releases:
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
and "A Walk to Remember"

Synopsis - "The Count of Monte Cristo"

“The Count of Monte Cristo” is Alexandre Dumas' classic story of an innocent man wrongly but deliberately imprisoned and his brilliant strategy for revenge against those who betrayed him.

Dashing young sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is a guileless and honest young man whose peaceful life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) are abruptly shattered when his best friend Fernand (Guy Pearce), who wants Mercedes for himself, deceives him. Set up to be unlawfully sentenced to the infamous island prison of Chateau D'If, Edmond is trapped in a nightmare that lasts for thirteen years. Haunted by the baffling course his life has taken, over time everything he ever believed about right and wrong is abandoned and replaced by all-consuming thoughts of vengeance against those who betrayed him. With the help of an equally innocent fellow inmate (Richard Harris), Dantes plots and succeeds in his mission to escape from prison, whereupon he transforms himself into the mysterious and wealthy Count of Monte Cristo. With cunning ruthlessness, he cleverly insinuates himself into the French nobility and systematically destroys the men who manipulated and enslaved him.

Release Date: January 25, 2002
Directed By: Kevin Reynolds
Screenplay By: Jay Wolpert
Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman
Film Editors: Stephen Semel and Chris Womack
Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn
Music By: Edward Shearmur
Costume Designer: Tom Rand
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, Dagmara Dominczyk, Henry Cavill, James Frain, Luis Guzman, and Alex Norton
Rating: PG-13 for adventure violence/swordplay and some sensuality.
Official Site: "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Review: Review of "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Photos: Gallery of Publicity Stills

Synopsis - "A Walk to Remember"
Jamie was the last person Landon was likely to fall for. One night a prank that he and his buddies set up goes terribly wrong and lands a kid in the hospital. As punishment, Landon must tutor a young student at a poor school and participate in the Drama Club's Spring play two activities the principal hopes will teach him some humility. They also happen to throw him into close contact with Jamie. Clearly in over his head, Landon is forced to ask her for help. Soon, against his own expectations, Landon finds himself falling in love with this outwardly plain girl who possesses a passion for life he never imagined possible. But it isn't easy. For reasons of her own, Jamie does everything she can to run away from romance until it becomes impossible to deny. Being together will test everything that they believe in. Most of all, it will test the power of love and faith to transform a life into something worth living.

Release Date: January 25, 2002
Directed By: Adam Shankman
Screenplay By: Karen Janzen
Producers: Denise Di Novi and Hunt Lowry
Film Editor: Emma Hickox
Cinematographer: Julio Macat
Original Music: Mervyn Warren
Costume Designer: Douglas Hall
Starring: Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Al Thompson and Daryl Hannah
Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, language, and some sensual material.
Official Site: "A Walk to Remember"
Photos: Gallery of Publicity Stills
Interviews: Interviews with the Mandy Moore, Shane West, and Adam Shankman
Premiere Coverage: Interviews & Photos from the Premiere