Release Date | 8 October 1992 |
Budget | $40,000,000 USD |
US Box Office | $7,000,000 USD |
Tagline | Centuries before the exploration of space, there was another voyage into the unknown. |
Genre | Adventure Biography Drama History |
1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, written by Roselyne Bosch and starring Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, and Sigourney Weaver. It portrays a version of the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on indigenous peoples.