Alain Delon's Masked Rider one of the better Zorro's!
There are many actors who've played Zorro on the screen, but few that I would say really bring the character to life on the screen, and these include Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tyrone Power, Guy Williams (of the Disney TV series), Reed Hadley (of the Republic serial ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION), Duncan Regehr (of the Family Channel TV series), and Alain Delon. This film, shot in Italy/France, takes the origin of Zorro in a new direction, transferring the origin from Los Angeles California to Nuova Aragon in South America and giving a less altruistic reason for creating the identity of Zorro (the murder of Zorro's friend, the new Governor of Nuova Aragon, by the evil Colonel Huerta) among other differences, but the plot flows well enough, the humor of Zorro's outfoxing Hueta and his men has been restored, and the final duel between Zorro and Huerta (probably the longest on record) is excellently choreographed. Although some scenes have been edited to make this film more PG tha! n PG-13 (trimming away some of the more graphic violence), it is still one of the best ZORRO films made and should be considered wrth being a part of any ZORRO film collection. END
Foxy Masked Avenger
I enjoyed the movie, even though the VHS film clarity was questionable...more like a copy made from of a copy of a copy. This older version is action packed. Alain Delon's portrayal of Zorro is outstanding. I particularly enjoyed the scene where Zorro brings the vilain general down to his knees and forces him to apologize to the fair lady. I understand that the original 2 hours version was "butchered" down to only 1 1/2 hour, ... still the plot could be followed, if one doesn't ask too many questions about the unexplained caracters that pop in & out...but please a note to the film editors...get rid of the backgroung music and song. It is the most obnoxious theme ever....la-la-la-no-respect, la-la-la-Zorro-is-back. God please spare me the pain of ever having to listen to this awful song again! I rated this movie 4+ Stars and the music "Minus" -4 Stars. Buy it, I promise you, you'll enjoy it. And when the theme song is played, simply mute the volume and rest your ears.
Great movie, bad DVD
This is a wonderful Zorro film. I am avid Zorro collector and have the original, with the extra scenes, on VHS. This DVD is like someone rescued the various clips from their VHS tape and copied it to DVD. That said, though, ... it's still worth having. The fight scenes are intact and was some of the best swordfighting choreography ever. It's missing all the story buildup, so many of the scenes won't make sense, but the fact that I can still enjoy it even with all that gone says something about this film.
When they say they don't make 'em like they used to, they're talking about 20th Century Fox's exhilarating The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power as the caped one, Linda Darnell as his love interest, and Basil Rathbone at his scurrilous best as Zorro's nemesis. More textured than the 1920 original with Douglas Fairbanks, this 1940 version has Don Diego/Zorro (Powers) returning from Madrid to defend his father and rally the caballeros (noblemen) against Los Angeles's corrupt new governor (J. Edward Bromberg), intent on taxing the peons to death.
If this all sounds like an Old California redo of the classic Adventures of Robin Hood, that's because it is. Powers has a field day as Don Diego, the "fancy clown" betrothed to the governor's niece, Lolita (Darnell). Don... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Tyrone Power Director(s): Rouben Mamoulian DVD Release Date: Released the 07 October 2003 This item is currently not available.
List Price: $14.98 Your Price: YOU SAVE $14.98!
Buy it
The film is great and packed with adventures but the visual and sound quality leaves much to be desired. This particular DVD was not digitally remastered. It seems that they just copied it from a very very very old VHS tape to a DVD, which does spoil the enjoyment of watching Alain Delon in this adventure. Let's hope that one day this flim will be re-released in the format and quality it deserves. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Duccio Tessari DVD Release Date: Released the 17 July 2003 Usually ships within 2 to 3 weeks
List Price: $24.95 Your Price: $24.95YOU SAVE $0!
Buy it
A member of the middle generation of French filmmakers between Renoir and the New Wave, René Clément was a strong visual stylist who tried on different subjects and genres: documentaries, semidocumentaries, wartime dramas, comedies. In Purple Noon he showed a strong facility for feverish film noir, and the results are quite memorable. Based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, the film stars Alain Delon as the notoriously amoral Ripley (a character also played, albeit quite differently, by Dennis Hopper in Wim Wenders's The American Friend). Envious of a playboy pal (Maurice Ronet) having a luxurious time on the Mediterranean, Ripley decides to murder the man and assume his identity. The subsequent suspense concerns the dirty deed... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Alain Delon - Maurice Ronet - Marie Laforêt Director(s): René Clément DVD Release Date: Released the 02 September 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
List Price: $14.99 Your Price: $13.49YOU SAVE $1.5!
Buy it
I have recently rewatched this and found it to be a good overview of the different film and television versions of Zorro. Unfortunately, I found it a bit disappointing that they barely mentioned the Family Channel tv series. The series ran for several years but only got a brief mention in this documentary.
Also, the movie clips seemed to be pulled mostly from the Alain Delon movie and the Douglas Fairbanks version, with only a few others tossed in. It would have been nice if there had been a greater variety of clips, including from the Family Channel version.
However, in terms of providing a good overview of the different versions, this documentary does do the job. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): De Longis - Weske - Antonio Banderas DVD Release Date: Released the 26 December 2000 Special Order
List Price: $14.99 Your Price: $13.49YOU SAVE $1.5!
Buy it
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... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Antonio Banderas - Anthony Hopkins - Catherine Zeta-Jones Director(s): Martin Campbell DVD Release Date: Released the 25 September 2001 This item is currently not available.
List Price: $19.94 Your Price: YOU SAVE $19.94!
Buy it
