Kline’s Cyrano is indeed all these things. In more classic interpretations (as by, say, José Ferrer in his Oscar-winning performance in the 1950 film), Cyrano is an exaggerated version of the gallant ideal the other characters aspire to: more manly, more skilled in the martial arts, more eloquent. This implicit sadness sets Cyrano apart even more than usual from the soldiers of his Gascon regiment and the bons vivants of Paris. Jennifer Garner, with Daniel Sunjata, left, and Kevin Kline in ∼yrano de Bergerac. Credit. A melancholy and fatigue underlie his flamboyant wit, a sense of the toll taken by being too ugly for courtly love and too independent for courtly politics. Kline’s Cyrano has heard the chimes at midnight. His bluster-free take on a man of bluster grows on you by stealth, and once you’re used to it, it makes wonderfully good sense. His Cyrano is in this same understated vein, a seemingly perverse choice for a character who hymns his own panache. Yet lately his interpretations have been more and more subdued and inward looking, including a superb, mortality-steeped Falstaff and a bizarrely Noël Cowardish Lear. Kline is an actor of matinee-idol charm who is known to have made a meal of a set or two. Cyrano, the rapier-wielding versifier who hides his love-torn heart, is a role that invites grandstanding and scenery chewing. The central surprise of this “Cyrano” - which may at first throw some traditionalists - is its restraint. He is the perfect man to bring “Cyrano” into the 21st century, presenting the play’s flowery sensibility without making audiences feel they’ve been doused in perfume. (Even “Fiddler on the Roof,” in his hands, suggested a Vogue layout on Shtetl Chic.) He also has a strong sentimental streak, tempered by his aesthetic sense. Leveaux, the British director of the exquisite-looking Broadway productions of “Nine” and “Jumpers,” does pretty better than most of his peers, which is his blessing and his curse. Jennifer Garner and Kevin Kline in David Leveauxs production of "Cyrano de Bergerac," at the Richard Rodgers Theater. The pleasures of “Cyrano,” when presented this astutely, aren’t so different from those of true-hearted old movies that you think you’ve outgrown but wind up watching straight through when you stumble upon them on television. It does, though, establish this romantic tale of a 17th-century French cavalier poet with a soul as big as his outsize nose as something perhaps more rare: an immortal popcorn entertainment that pushes emotional buttons just as effectively today as it did when it was written 110 years ago. Leveaux’s savvy production may not make a case for Edmond Rostand’s plumed war horse as an immortal work of high art. Starring an artfully low-key Kevin Kline and a captivating Jennifer Garner, Mr. And it goes down so easily, you’re drunk and misty-eyed before you know it. David Leveaux’s disarming revival of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” which opened last night at the Richard Rodgers Theater, is a double shot of silvery hokum, sweet but surprisingly potent. dbr:Screen_Actors_Guild_Award_for_Outstand.Sometimes a glass of moonshine is just what you need to take the sting out of life.dbr:List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Kevin_Kline.dbr:List_of_film_adaptations_of_Cyrano_de_Bergerac.
dbr:Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(disambiguation).wikipedia-en:Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(2008_film).wikidata:Cyrano de Bergerac (2008 film).yago-res:Cyrano de Bergerac (2008 film).freebase:Cyrano de Bergerac (2008 film).dbc:Films_based_on_Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(play).The film was first broadcast on PBS' Great Performances on 7 January 2009. The production captures the 2007 Broadway revival, recorded before a live audience. Cyrano de Bergerac is a 2008 made-for-television adaptation of the 1897 play by Edmond Rostand, starring Kevin Kline as Cyrano, Jennifer Garner as his cousin Roxanne, and Daniel Sunjata as Christian.
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