1492: Conquest of Paradise

1492: Conquest of Paradise1992

Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Loren Dean
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 154 minutes

1492: Conquest of Paradise (in French, 1492 : Christophe Colomb) is a 1992 English-language French-Spanish epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, which tells the fictionalized story of the travels to the N… more »



Antonio de Marchena:
[Reading from a letter] "And therefore nothing could justify the participation of your Majesties on a venture that relies on such feeble assumptions and which any man of knowledge would take to be impractical, if not impossible.

Columbus:
They didn't listen. They don't want to listen.

Antonio de Marchena:
You mustn't give way to despair. You must wait.

Columbus:
Wait? I've waited seven years already! How much longer do you want me to wait?

Antonio de Marchena:
If God intends you to go, you will go.

Columbus:
Damn God! Damn of all of you! You all sit at your desks concocting theories! Based on what? You never leave the protection of your gardens. Go out! Find out what the world is about and then tell me something I can accept.

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