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The Mask of Zorro [VHS]
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Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s): Antonio Banderas Anthony Hopkins Catherine Zeta-Jones Stuart Wilson Matt Letscher Creators: David Foster (Producer) Doug Claybourne (Producer) John Eskow (Writer) Johnston McCulley (Writer) Randall Jahnson (Writer) Ted Elliott (Writer) Terry Rossio (Writer) Director(s): Martin Campbell
Recording label: Sony Pictures EAN: 9780800124458Binding: VHS TapeISBN: 0800124456Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Release Date: 1998-12-01Universal product code (UPC): 043396216938Number of discs: 1Audience rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)Product Description Packaged in the original full-color printed cardboard sleeve, this classic VHS tape is in excellent condition.
Amazon.com A lusty and rousing adventure, this calls to mind those glorious costume dramas produced so capably by the old Hollywood studio system--hardly surprising, in that its title character, a de facto Robin Hood in Old California, provided starring vehicles for Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power, the '50s TV hit, and dozens of serials and features. Zorro, a pop-fiction creation invented by Johnston McCulley in 1918, is given new blood in this fast-moving and engaging version, which actually works as a sequel to the story line in the Fairbanks-Power saga, The Mark of Zorro. A self-assured Anthony Hopkins is Don Diego de la Vega, a Mexican freedom fighter captured and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California to Santa Ana. Twenty years later, he escapes from prison to face down his mortal enemy, a land grabbing governor played with slimy spitefulness by Stuart Wilson. Too old to save the local peasants on his own, he trains bandito Antonio Banderas to take his place. Much swashbuckling ensues as Banderas woos Catherine Zeta-Jones, becomes a better human being, and saves the disenfranchised rabble. Director Martin Campbell wisely instills a measure of frivolity into the deftly choreographed action sequences, while letting a serious tone creep in when appropriate. This covers much ground under the banner of romantic-action-adventure, and it does so most excellently. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Running time: 136 minutesLanguage: English (Unknown)
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