Movies

December, 1990

Cyrano De Bergerac (Orion Classics) boasts one of the meatiest parts ever written for an actor. No fewer than four previous cinematic Cyranos have been made of the hammy hyperbolic hero, not including Steve Martin's modernized tour de force in the 1987 Roxanne. José Ferrer won an Academy Award for 1950's mediocre American version. This year, Gerard Depardieu was deservedly named Best Actor at Cannes for his very French and feeling performance as Edmond Rostand's flamboyant, big-nosed duelist. En...