What's the Difference between Cyrano de Bergerac the Play and Roxanne the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Charlie "CD" Bales
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Portrayed by: Steve Martin
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Roxane
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Roxanne Kowalski
Portrayed by: Daryl Hannah
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Christian de Neuvillette
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Chris McConnell
Portrayed by: Rick Rossovich
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Le Bret (Cyrano's servant)
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Dixie (C.D.'s friend)
Portrayed by: Shelley Duvall
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Viscount Valvert
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Drunks #1, #2
Portrayed by: Ritch Shydner and Kevin Nealon
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Count de Guiche
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This Character does not appear.
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In the Movie |
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Cyrano meets Christian when the Cadets are teasing Christian while talking about their last battle. Christian boldly teases Cyrano about his big nose, Cyrano is angry, but does not respond in kind due to his promise to Roxane that he will protect Christian.
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When Chris eventually meets CD, he accidentally says something about CD's big nose. CD does not beat him up as he is reputed to do to anyone who mentions his nose; because he is in a good mood after meeting Roxanne. |
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Roxane does not find out that Cyrano wrote the letters until much later; and it happens when Cyrano accidentally reveals it.
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Dixie tells Roxanne that CD was the one who wrote the letters.
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The lead character in the play is Cyrano de Bergerac, not CD Bales. |
The lead character in the film is CD Bales, not Cyrano de Bergerac. |
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Christian has admired Roxane from afar and is in love with her. But he is not skilled in speaking or writing letters. Christian is a new Cadet reporting to the same unit that Cyrano serves in.
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Chris encounters Roxanne at a bar, he is very attracted to her, but too shy to talk; he leaves the bar after she tries to introduce herself. Chris is a professional firefighter employed to train the town's unskilled firefighters.
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Count de Guiche plots to have Christian and Cyrano killed by ordering them to hold the line at the front at all costs.
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This does not happen in the film. |