"In 1897, the French poet Edmond Rostand published a play, Cyrano de Bergerac, on the subject of Cyrano's life. This play, Rostand's most successful work, concentrates on Cyrano's love for the beautiful Roxane, whom he's obliged to woo on behalf of a more conventionally handsome but less articulate friend, Christian de Neuvillette.
The play has been adapted for cinema several times, notably in 1990 with Gérard Depardieu in the title role. That 1990 version's dialog is in French with subtitles written by Anthony Burgess in rhymed couplets, mirroring the form of the dialog in the original play. The most famous film version in English is the 1950 film, with José Ferrer in the title role, a performance for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Steve Martin wrote & starred in a contemporary retelling, Roxanne, earning himself the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1988. Based on Rostand's play is the libretto by Wm James Henderson to the 1913 opera Cyrano by Walter Damrosch."
RATING 4 STARS
A timeless classic. I always get lost in this twisted but romantic {and almost heroic} love story. Enough said.