The Mask of Zorro is a movie directed by Martin Campbell in 1998 and based on the characters from the book The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley, first published in 1919. The movie features Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., and others.
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Storyline
In 1821, Don Diego de la Vega, a Spanish-born California nobleman, fights against soldiers in the Mexican War of Independence as Zorro, a mysterious masked swordsman who defends the Mexican peasants and commoners of Las Californias. Don Rafael Montero, the corrupt governor of the region, learns of De La Vega’s alter ego and attempts to arrest him.
Movie vs Book
Year
1998
Minutes
136
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Mask of Zorro
Director: Martin Campbell
Country: USA
Year: 1998
Length: 2h16m
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Year
1919
Pages
265
Book Rate
7.96
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Book
The Mark of Zorro
Author: Johnston McCulley
Country: USA
First published in: 1919
Length: 265 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Zorro
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Martin Campbell
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“I never have any idea about who I would cast in my books. I don't think I could ever write a book thinking of it as a movie the whole time.”
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