The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1982 PART 11

[Labryschick]

In the book Esmeralda is a silly, shallow girl of sixteen, who is in love with the Capt. up to the very end. She isn't even an actual gypsy. I really didn't like her, so it annoys me that she lives in nearly all versions. It also annoys me how in a few versions they turn her into someone with a socio-political agenda. The Esmeralda in the book had no such lofty ambitions.

[Zinnogirl]

Do I get that right? Esmeraldas 'husband' did convince all the poor guys to save her life and Quasi just killed and attacked them?

This is more tragic than Esmeralda would actually die. Stupid fool, he didn't earn her kiss... Phah! Now I am in a bad mood.

>:-[

[swastikausa]

well he couldnt hear them so its a tragic irony. friendly fire in 1453

[Aerodil]

I just love this movie!

[Sylvanyicool]

awwww poor quasimodo.....why do people always look at the outside....y cant people also look on the inside......seriously!!! idiots!!!! esmeralda should really get that in her head!!

[Heylilvelvet]

@Sylvanyicool agreed :)

[TheNotverysocial]

Am I the only person annoyed that her hanging is avoided in all versions except the seventy-seven?

[mads11112222]

Christ Quassy is ugly!!! he looks like freakin monster lol. 

[FierceyKun]

@mads11112222 and your ugly in the inside :)

[bruiseviolet05]

This movie is a little bit more accurate than some of the other adaptations although I am pissed Sister Gudule never makes an appeareance in any of them.

[feefeenou]

Ouch. Getting impaled on a wall-hook thing looks more painful than the fall frollo got in the book xD

[XxM00nSHADExX]

Frollo's death scene pisses me off in this movie;;

he openly admitted her was deeply in love with Esmeralda (in the book he even stabs himself when he thinks shes dead) but him dieing a cruel death in front of her doesn't bother her. She just shakes it off like its nothing!

Quasi would never kill his master, either, especially in such a way!

[ShatteredxSpiritx]

I cried when Jacobi died! He is so my favourite actor and character in anything :'(

[maham21jan]

Derek Jacobi's the best Frollo and that's probably the best thing I like about this version + the test to become a vagabond. I hate how stiff and charmless Esmeralda is :-S pisses me off!

[TheAnnoyingThing1915]

quasimoto is boss, he, the cripple, beat an entire army of probally more then 100 by himself!

[agwoodliffe]

They should have asked Quasimodo to come with them!!

[Wonkapoo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOES! DEREK JACOBI!

*cries into hat*

[FurriDragonz]

0:16-quasimodo, that was wrong.

[teeno4ka]

and David Suchet\Clopin, you too?

oh what a sad movie((

[teeno4ka]

OH GOD how dare they kill Frollo in such way??

it's horrible, and in the book Quasimodo would NEVER do such thing to his master

exuse my bad English I'm really distressed((

[babeecznik]

heh, in book Quasimodo has pushed Frollo from the cathedral tower:P

[colmhearne]

Quasimodo is probably the sadest, lonliest and pitiful character imaginable

[x93Frost93x]

5:24... Ouch

[x93Frost93x]

Esmeralda just left, right, she didn't die, did she?

[HugosNotreDame]

Yup, she ran away

[x93Frost93x]

thanks dude n.n

[nas1on1]

my fav part when the fire leaves the dragon head.

3:30

[t5y665yrty56]

this is the only version where she displays some affection for quasimodo

[Batmanfan1993]

YESS!!!!!! GO QUASI GO QUASI!! WHOOT WHOOT!!

i love you gringoire!!! the music is so wonderful when he's climbing up, i love it.

stinkin frollo.....STOP BEING A PEDIFILE!!!

[NeroFreyr]

D: Wah.

[randomcandy567]

i wish that the boat scene was in this movie.... and also , i'm reading the book for english and i love it but really i can't understand why gringoire is in love with the goat.

[lovedisney04]

who's gringoire agen? :$ and he's in love wiv djali!!! :S rah..i mustve missed alot! lol

[bruiseviolet05]

@randomcandy567 Since Gringoire can't have Esmeralda since she is in love with Phoebus he respects her decision and takes out his sexual frustration on the goat or at least that is what's implied.

[TheManeatingchicken]

@randomcandy567 If memory serves he isn't in love with the goat it can just make him money.

[randomcandy567]

was this version not supposed to be aired on television instead of being made into a movie??

[shakira04031991]

esmeralda dies, but they decided not to kill her, like in 1923 1939 1996 and disney version.

it's so sweet when she kisses quasimodo

[BeDazzledByMyJewellz]

I thought Esmeralda was supposed to die?

[Choco12234]

its so sad

[xmenlover92]

Poor Quasi...First he has to stand and watch as Esme is reunited with Pierre and THEN because of his broken heart he...*sobs* I LOVE THIS VERSION! Anthony Hopkins is a god.

[greenvalley87]

what was frollo trying to do with esmeralda? i'm asking myself was he trying to betray her to the authorities, or was he helping her sneak out off the church?

[vanilyne78]

I'm asking the same question ^^ or Maybe he try to rape her again ...

(Excuse my english, I'm French ^^)

[greenvalley87]

hey, it's alright, i understand you perfectly. somebody please tell me what he intended to do with her?

[HugosNotreDame]

In the book he and Gringoire helped her sneak out of the cathedral. Just in time, cause a moment later the soldiers arrived with orders to hang Esmeralda. I think that he wanted to save her in the film too.

[bruiseviolet05]

@HugosNotreDame Ultimately he turns her in though since she refuses to be his.

[twolionss]

In the film he is saving her, but in the book it is suggested that he is the one who asked the court for the dissolution of sanctuary (because he wanted her alone away from Quasi),and at the same time agreed with Gren to cause the attack on Notre Dame, so as to get her out unnoticed. Very cunning our Dom Claude...

[HugosNotreDame]

I'm not sure, but I've found somewhere a suggestion, that it wasn't Frollo who asked the court for the dissolution of sanctuary, but Charmoule

[twolionss]

Yes, the book is not clear on this-gives me an excuse to read it again! btw thanks again for all your wonderful clips esp. the ones from the musical, excellent!

[randomcandy567]

he was trying to rape her again.

typical. Don't get me wrong,though, Sir Derek Jacobi is a really good actor!

[SakuraMayonaka]

i think in this version it was another attempt of rape. he wanted her all to himself , so he was taking her from the safety of the bell tower because he knew quasi was there. i don't think its to sneak her out in this version, the forceful way he drags her down the stairs seems to suggest that he was once again trying to rape her . i hope that answers your question a little, but in truth i'm not sure of the true answer^^

[naly202]

i'm sad! grrr! they completely abbandoned frollo's magistral exit from the stage... almost nothing is more unique and frolloesque than his great falling from the stone hights of Notre Dame!

they made him die like a vampire or so... sigh...

[twolionss]

I so agree!I love this film-Sir Derek Jacobi as Frollo, what more can a NDDP/SDJ fan ask for?!He does his best(that dungeon scene leaves me breathless every time I watch it),but there is not much one actor can do when the rest of the role is poorly written. I am still waiting for a production that shows THE KISS, just to mention another ommition...

[naly202]

ohhhh. you're right! that kisssss. and btw. i don't like the esme-phoebus scene. i mean (in the book)frollo actually saved the silly esme from the thilthy hands of phoebus, who was carelessly taking advantage of her ignorance. in this version all that phoebus says is "i'll never understand a gypsy...etc" and then frollo appears and stabs him. why? anyway phoebus' actor is fit for the role (even if too ugly), he's soo annoying.

[twolionss]

yes,exactly,thank you for pointing that out! that scene makes no sense at all,since esme is obviously not going to go all the way and F hears all, then why the stabbing???Such a poor handling of the story!This film,as much as I love it,is a wasted opporunity IMO.Such great actors and yet the script is inept!I have to point out though, that there are 50 minutes missing so we are not seeing the complete version.

[naly202]

50 minutes missing? howcome?

[twolionss]

Don't get me wrong, HugosNotreDame has posted the entire DVD version,which is the same as the VHS one.Still,when it was first edited for TV,it was 50 min longer.There are moments when it seems fragmented(ie the beginning of the scene where Grin incites the attack on ND is a bit abrupt).And another thing:in the end credits there is an actor listed as Coppenhole.I don't remember any such role in the film(there is one in the book though),maybe it was cut when the film was trimmed down???

[naly202]

50 minutes missing? howcome?

[mherrera1983]

What do you mean when you say "THE KISS"? Are you talking about the kiss Frollo gives Esmerelda after she fainted in the book?

[twolionss]

Yes, that's the one. As far as I know no production has shown it yet...

[SakuraMayonaka]

no they havn't, and no production has shown esmeraldas true identity with the amulet , which is the part that also explains why quasimodo was left at the steps of notre dame.

[twolionss]

I always wondered about the fight scene between Derek Jacobi and Anthony Hopkins - it seems that art imitates life here, considering the fact that in many cases they were competing for the same parts...

[naly202]

i read somewhere a sir d.j. quote saying that anthony hopkins was looking for hollywoodian fame(that's why we all know him. he IS one of my faves too), sir derek never cared too much about fame, he loved theatre and quiet life.

[twolionss]

Yes but still I wonder if the whipping is a bit too realistic...