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It must be stressed that I fell in love with the original French version as depicted on the screen. I too fell in love ( absolument folle, capotée, coup de foudre) with Cyrano for his words that night! The film made a big impression on me when I went to see it on the big screen, both visually and through the overwhelming beauty of the French language. Therefore the first and definitive cinematographic version of Cyrano that is lodged in my brain cells is the Jean-Paul Rappeneau Cyrano de Bergerac.
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I was and am a real sucker for all those classic swashbucklers of a bygone era. I don’t know how it happened, but it did. I confess that somehow I missed out on seeing the José Ferrer Cyrano somewhere in my youth or childhood. I literally could not stop myself from replaying the many memorable scenes of Depardieu playing Cyrano as I watched the 1950s Hollywood version. I found that the real exercise in analysis and comparison that took place in my mind was between the José Ferrer 1950 version of Cyrano de Bergerac and Gérard Depardieu’s performance of the same role in 1990. What else can one say? It was like comparing apples and oranges. The two movies were presented as two very different interpretations of the original 1897 Edmond Rostand play. The offering on SNATM just in time for Valentine's Day was the 1950 version of Cyrano de Bergerac with José Ferrer coupled with Steve Martin’s Roxanne (1987).
JOSE FERRER CYRANO DE BERGERAC FILM DUEL SCENE UPDATE
Steve Martin adapts the adaptation with his own style and wit with debatable results in the modern update of "Roxanne".
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Edmond Rostand's original stage play is adapted for the screen in an entirely serviceable 1950 version with José Ferrer. 'Le grand amour' is served up with a sizzle as Saturday Night at the Movies on TVO presents a double bill on the Cyrano de Bergerac story.