Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
“Chosen by a queen. Driven by a dream. He dared to go to the edge, and kept going.”
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.
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19 people
Georges Corraface
Christopher Columbus
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Rachel Ward
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John Glen Director · Mario Puzo Screenplay John Briley Screenplay
Worldwide gross $8.3M · Budget $40M · United States release August 21, 1992
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,251,071
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Sociedad Quinto Centenario (Madrid)
Production
Christopher Columbus Productions
Production
France · Spain · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · August 20, 1992
Theatrical
United States · August 21, 1992
Theatrical
Greece
June 1, 2004 · Theatrical
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