Director: Kevin Reynolds
Starring: James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris,
and Henry Cavill.
Plot
The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander
Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is
falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand,
who wants Dantes' girlfriend Mercedes for himself.
Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau
d'If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those
who betrayed him.
Locations:
Majority of the scenic filming was done in County
Wicklow.
The scene in which Dantes washes up on a beach after his
escape from prison is on Silver Strand beach.
While the party that Dantes hosts as his home for his
new arrival as a Count is Powerscourt Estate. The fight
scene between Guy Pearce and James Caviezel was filmed
near Slane, Co. Kildare.
Other locations around Wicklow included Kilruddery
House, Brittas Bay Beach, Blainroe Beach, Enniskerry and
Ardmore Studios.
