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The Cabinet of the United States is part of the executive branch of the U.S. government that normally acts as an advisory body to the President of the United States. It is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the U.S. government serving under the President. Among those are the Vice President and the heads of the federal executive departments, all of whom are by federal law (3 U.S.C. § 19) in the line of succession to the President and have duties under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. Members of the Cabinet (except for the Vice President) serve at the pleasure of the President, who can dismiss them at will for no cause. All federal public officials, including Cabinet members, are also subject to impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial in the Senate for "treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors".
The President can also unilaterally designate senior White House staffers, heads of other federal agencies and the Ambassador to the United Nations as members of the Cabinet, although this is a symbolic status marker and does not, apart from attending Cabinet meetings, confer any additional powers.
Contents
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1 History
2 Background
2.1 In the Constitution and federal law
2.2 Confirmation process
2.3 Salary
3 Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials
3.1 Vice President and the heads of the executive departments
3.2 Cabinet-level officials
4 Former executive and Cabinet-level departments
5 Renamed heads of the executive departments
6 Other positions no longer of Cabinet rank
7 Proposed Cabinet departments
8 Gallery
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
History[edit]
There is no explicit reference to a "Cabinet" in the United States Constitution, the United States Code, or the Code of Federal Regulations. In the Constitution, the President is authorized (but not compelled) to "require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices." The Constitution does not provide for an explicit forum where the principal officers' opinions can be obtained less formally, without writing, such as a formal Cabinet.
George Washington, the first U.S. President, organized his principal officers into a Cabinet, and it has been part of the executive branch structure ever since. Washington's Cabinet consisted of six members: himself, the Vice President John Adams, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.
Presidents have used Cabinet meetings of selected principal officers but to widely differing extents and for different purposes. Secretary of State William H. Seward and then Professor Woodrow Wilson advocated use of a parliamentary-style Cabinet government. But President Abraham Lincoln rebuffed Seward, and Woodrow Wilson would have none of it in his administration. In recent administrations, Cabinets have grown to include key White House staff in addition to department and various agency heads. President Ronald Reagan formed seven subcabinet councils to review many policy issues, and subsequent Presidents have followed that practice.[1]
Background[edit]
In the Constitution and federal law[edit]
The term "principal Officer in each of the executive Departments" is mentioned in the Opinion Clause (Article II, Section 2, Clause 1) and the term "Heads of Departments" is mentioned in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution. The term "principal officers of the executive departments" is also mentioned in the Twenty-fifth Amendment, Section 4, the executive departments being listed in 5 U.S.C. § 101. Although there are occasional references to "Cabinet-level officers," which when viewed in their context do refer to these "principal officers" and "heads of departments," the terms "principal officers" and "heads of departments" are not necessarily synonymous with "Cabinet" members.
In 3 U.S.C. § 302 with regard to delegation of authority by the President, it is provided that "nothing herein shall be deemed to require express authorization in any case in which such an official would be presumed in law to have acted by authority or direction of the President." This pertains directly to the heads of the executive departments as each of their offices is created and specified by statutory law (hence the presumption) and thus gives them the authority to act for the President within their areas of responsibility without any specific delegation.
Under the 1967 Federal Anti-Nepotism statute, federal officials are prohibited from appointing their immediate family members to certain governmental positions, including those in the Cabinet.[2]
Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, an incoming administration may appoint acting heads of department from employees of the relevant department. These may be existing high-level career employees, from political appointees of the outgoing administration, or sometimes lower-level appointees of the incoming administration.[3]
Confirmation process[edit]
The heads of the executive departments and all other federal agency heads are nominated by the President and then presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority (although before the use of the "nuclear option" during the 113th US Congress, they could have been blocked by filibuster, requiring cloture to be invoked by 3⁄5 supermajority to further consideration). If approved, they receive their commission scroll, are sworn in and then begin their duties.
An elected Vice President does not require Senate confirmation, nor does the White House Chief of Staff, which is an appointed staff position of the Executive Office of the President.
Office
Senate Confirmation Review Committee
Secretary of State Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of the Treasury Finance Committee
Secretary of Defense Armed Services Committee
Attorney General Judiciary Committee
Secretary of the Interior Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Secretary of Agriculture Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Secretary of Commerce Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Secretary of Labor Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Secretary of Health and Human Services Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (consult) & Finance Committee (official)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Secretary of Transportation Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Secretary of Energy Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Secretary of Education Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs Committee
Secretary of Homeland Security Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Trade Representative Finance Committee
Director of National Intelligence Select Committee on Intelligence
Ambassador to the United Nations Foreign Relations Committee
Office of Management and Budget Budget Committee & Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Select Committee on Intelligence
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Environment and Public Works Committee
Administrator of the Small Business Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Salary[edit]
Main article: Executive Schedule
The heads of the executive departments and most other senior federal officers at cabinet or sub-cabinet level receive their salary under a fixed five level pay plan known as the Executive Schedule, which is codified in Title 5 of the United States Code. 21 positions, including the heads of the executive departments and others, receiving Level I pay are listed in 5 U.S.C. § 5312, and those 46 positions on Level II pay (including the number two positions of the executive departments) are listed in 5 U.S.C. § 5313. As of January 2016, the Level I annual pay was set at $205,700.[4]
The annual salary of the Vice President is $235,300.[4] The salary level was set by the Government Salary Reform Act of 1989, which also provides an automatic cost of living adjustment for federal employees. The Vice President does not automatically receive a pension based on that office, but instead receives the same pension as other members of Congress based on his ex officio position as President of the Senate.[5]
Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials[edit]
See also: Cabinet of Donald Trump
The individuals listed below were nominated by President Donald Trump to form his Cabinet and were confirmed by the United States Senate on the date noted, or are serving as acting department heads by his request pending the confirmation of his nominees. For a full list of people nominated for Cabinet positions, see Formation of Donald Trump's Cabinet.
Vice President and the heads of the executive departments[edit]
The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments, listed here according to their order of succession to the Presidency. These 15 positions are the core "cabinet member" seats, as distinct from other Cabinet-level seats for other various top level White House staffers and heads of other government agencies, none of whom are in the presidential line of succession and not all of whom are Officers of the United States.[6] Note that the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate follow the Vice President and precede the Secretary of State in the order of succession, but both are in the legislative branch and are not part of the Cabinet.
Cabinet
Office
(statutory basis)
Incumbent
Term began

Vice President
(Constitution, Art. II, Sec. I)
Mike Pence
January 20, 2017

Secretary of State
(22 U.S.C. § 2651a)
Rex Tillerson
February 1, 2017

Secretary of the Treasury
(31 U.S.C. § 301)
Steve Mnuchin
February 13, 2017

Secretary of Defense
(10 U.S.C. § 113)
James Mattis
January 20, 2017

Attorney General
(28 U.S.C. § 503)
Jeff Sessions
February 9, 2017

Secretary of the Interior
(43 U.S.C. § 1451)
Ryan Zinke
March 1, 2017

Secretary of Agriculture
(7 U.S.C. § 2202)
Sonny Perdue
April 25, 2017

Secretary of Commerce
(15 U.S.C. § 1501)
Wilbur Ross
February 28, 2017

Secretary of Labor
(29 U.S.C. § 551)
Alex Acosta
April 28, 2017

Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631 and 42 U.S.C. § 3501)
Eric Hargan
October 10, 2017
Acting

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(42 U.S.C. § 3532)
Ben Carson
March 2, 2017

Secretary of Transportation
(49 U.S.C. § 102)
Elaine Chao
January 31, 2017

Secretary of Energy
(42 U.S.C. § 7131)
Rick Perry
March 2, 2017

Secretary of Education
(20 U.S.C. § 3411)
Betsy DeVos
February 7, 2017

Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(38 U.S.C. § 303)
David Shulkin
February 14, 2017

Secretary of Homeland Security
(6 U.S.C. § 112)
Elaine Duke
July 31, 2017
Acting
Cabinet-level officials[edit]
The following officials hold positions that are considered to be Cabinet-level positions. Cabinet-level officials attend Cabinet meetings, but are not official Cabinet Members:
Cabinet-level Officials
Office
Incumbent
Term began

White House Chief of Staff
(Pub.L. 76–19, 53 Stat. 561, enacted April 3, 1939, Executive Order 8248, Executive Order 10452, Executive Order 12608)
John F. Kelly
July 31, 2017

Trade Representative
(19 U.S.C. § 2171)
Robert Lighthizer
May 15, 2017

Director of National Intelligence[7][8]
(50 U.S.C. § 3023)
Dan Coats
March 16, 2017

Ambassador to the United Nations
(22 U.S.C. § 287, Executive Order 9844, Executive Order 10108)
Nikki Haley
January 27, 2017

Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(31 U.S.C. § 502, Executive Order 11541, Executive Order 11609, Executive Order 11717)
Mick Mulvaney
February 16, 2017

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency[7]
(50 U.S.C. § 3036)
Mike Pompeo
January 23, 2017

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(5 U.S.C. § 906, Executive Order 11735)
Scott Pruitt
February 17, 2017

Administrator of the Small Business Administration
(15 U.S.C. § 633)
Linda McMahon
February 14, 2017
Former executive and Cabinet-level departments[edit]
Department of War (1789–1947), headed by the Secretary of War: renamed Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947.
Department of the Navy (1798–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Navy: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Post Office Department (1829–1971), headed by the Postmaster General: reorganized as the United States Postal Service, a government corporation.
National Military Establishment (1947-1949), headed by the Secretary of Defense: created by the National Security Act of 1947 and recreated as the Department of Defense in 1949.
Department of the Army (1947–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Army: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Department of the Air Force (1947–1949), headed by the Secretary of the Air Force: became a military department within the Department of Defense.
Renamed heads of the executive departments[edit]
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: created in July 1781 and renamed Secretary of State in September 1789.[9]
Secretary of War: created in 1789 and was renamed as Secretary of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The 1949 Amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 made the Secretary of the Army a subordinate to the Secretary of Defense.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor: created in 1903 and renamed Secretary of Commerce in 1913 when its labor functions were transferred to the new Secretary of Labor.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare: created in 1953 and renamed Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979 when its education functions were transferred to the new Secretary of Education.
Other positions no longer of Cabinet rank[edit]
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (1996–2001): created as an independent agency in 1979, raised to Cabinet rank in 1996,[10] and dropped from Cabinet rank in 2001.[11]
Director of Central Intelligence (1995–2001)[12][13][14]
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (1993–2009)[15][16]
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (2009–2017)[17][18]
Proposed Cabinet departments[edit]
"Department of Commerce" or "Department of Industry and Commerce", proposed by Secretary of the Treasury William Windom in a speech given at a Chamber of Commerce dinner in May 1881.[19]
"Department of Natural Resources", proposed by the Eisenhower administration,[20] President Richard Nixon,[21] the 1976 GOP national platform,[22] and by Bill Daley (as a consolidation of the Departments of the Interior and Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency).[23]
"Department of Peace", proposed by Senator Matthew Neely in the 1930s, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, and other members of the U.S. Congress.[24][25]
"Department of Social Welfare", proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in January 1937.[26]
"Department of Public Works", proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in January 1937.[26]
"Department of Conservation" (renamed Department of Interior) proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt in January 1937.[26]
"Department of Urban Affairs and Housing", proposed by President John F. Kennedy.[27]
"Department of Business and Labor", proposed by President Lyndon Johnson.[28]
"Department of Community Development", proposed by President Richard Nixon; to be chiefly concerned with rural infrastructure development.[21][29]
"Department of Human Resources" proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a revised Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[21]
"Department of Economic Affairs" proposed by President Richard Nixon; essentially a consolidation of the Departments of Commerce, Labor and Agriculture.[30]
"Department of Environmental Protection", proposed by Senator Arlen Specter and others.[31]
"Department of Intelligence", proposed by former Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell.[32]
"Department of Global Development", proposed by the Center for Global Development.[33]
"Department of Arts", proposed by Quincy Jones.[34]
"Department of Business", proposed by President Barack Obama as a consolidation of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s core business and trade functions, the Small Business Administration, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency.[35][36]
Gallery[edit]
James K. Polk and his Cabinet in 1846. The first Cabinet to be photographed.
President Buchanan and his Cabinet
Abraham Lincoln met with his Cabinet for the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation draft (July 26, 1862).
President Theodore Roosevelt's Cabinet
President William H. Taft's second cabinet, 1912
(photographed by Harris & Ewing photo studio)
The Nixon Cabinet, 1969
President Gerald R. Ford meeting with his Cabinet (June 25, 1976)
President Jimmy Carter's Cabinet meeting (February 13, 1978)
President Reagan and his Cabinet (September 11, 1986)
President George H. W. Bush and his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room (September 5, 1989).
The Clinton Cabinet, in 1993.
The Bush Cabinet (February 2008).
The first Obama Cabinet (September 2009).
The Trump Cabinet (March 13, 2017)
See also[edit]
Black Cabinet
Brain trust
Cabinet of the Confederate States of America
Kitchen Cabinet
List of African-American United States Cabinet Secretaries
List of female United States Cabinet Secretaries
List of foreign-born United States Cabinet Secretaries
List of living former members of the United States Cabinet
List of people who have held multiple United States Cabinet-level positions
List of United States Cabinet members who have served more than eight years
List of United States political appointments that crossed party lines
St. Wapniacl (historical mnemonic acronym)
Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States
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Further reading[edit]
Bennett, Anthony. The American President's Cabinet. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1996. ISBN 0-333-60691-4. A study of the U.S. Cabinet from Kennedy to Clinton.
Grossman, Mark. Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO; three volumes, 2000; reprint, New York: Greyhouse Publishing; two volumes, 2010). A history of the United States and Confederate States Cabinets, their secretaries, and their departments.
Rudalevige, Andrew. "The President and the Cabinet", in Michael Nelson, ed., The Presidency and the Political System, 8th ed. (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006).
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Cabinet.
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U.S. Senate's list of Cabinet members who did not attend the State of the Union Address (since 1984)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Kevin Reynolds
Produced by
Gary Barber
Roger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
Screenplay by
Jay Wolpert
Based on
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Starring
Jim Caviezel
Guy Pearce
Richard Harris
James Frain
Dagmara Dominczyk
Luis Guzmán
Music by
Edward Shearmur
Cinematography
Andrew Dunn
Edited by
Stephen Semel
Production
company
Touchstone Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures
Release date
25 January 2002 (2002-01-25)
Running time
131 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
United States
Ireland
Language
English
Budget
$35 million
Box office
$75.4 million[1]
The Count of Monte Cristo is a 2002 adventure drama film produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman that was directed by Kevin Reynolds. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père and stars Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, and Richard Harris.[2] It follows the general plot of the novel (the main storyline of imprisonment and revenge is preserved); but many aspects, including the relationships between major characters and the ending, have been changed, simplified, or removed; and action scenes have been added. The film met with modest box office success.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 Soundtrack
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
The Azure Window of Gozo appears in the background of some scenes (picture from 2003)[3]
In 1815, Edmond Dantés, Second Mate of a French merchant vessel, and his friend Fernand Mondego, representative of the shipping company, seek medical help at Elba for their ailing captain. Napoleon Bonaparte, having kept his guardians from killing the pair, exchanges his physician’s services with Edmond for the delivery of a letter. Edmond is sworn to its secrecy, but the exchange is witnessed by Fernand.
In Marseille, the company owner Morrell commends Edmond for his bravery, promoting him to captain over First Mate Danglars, who had given Edmond explicit orders not to land at Elba. Edmond thereafter states his intention to marry his girlfriend, Mercédès, whom Fernand lusts after.
Fernand and Danglar inform on Edmond regarding Bonaparte's letter. Villefort, the city's magistrate, has Edmond arrested, but initially prepares to exonerate Edmond until he learns the letter is addressed to Villefort's father, a Bonapartist. He burns the letter and orders Edmond imprisoned in Château d'If. Edmond escapes, and turns to Fernand for help, but Fernand instead turns him over to the pursuing Gendarmes. Edmond is consigned to the island prison and its sadistic warden, Armand Dorleac. Villefort has Fernand assassinate his father in exchange for persuading Mercédès that Edmond has been executed for treason and that she should take comfort in Fernand.
Six years later, Edmond is startled in his cell by an eruption in the ground revealing another prisoner. Abbé Faria, who has been imprisoned for 11 years after he refused to tell Bonaparte the whereabouts of the treasure of Spada, has dug an escape tunnel. However, upon seeing that he is in Edmond's cell, he realizes he dug in the wrong direction. In exchange for his help digging a new escape tunnel, Edmond is educated by Faria in all manner of scholarship and swordplay for the next 7 years. Faria dies in a tunnel cave-in but before expiring he reveals a map to the treasure. Edmond escapes by switching himself for Faria's body in the body bag, and is thrown into the sea, pulling Dorleac along with him, whom he drowns.
Floating ashore, Edmond encounters a band of pirates preparing to execute a fellow pirate, Jacopo, (Luis Guzmán). Their leader, Luigi Vampa, decides justice and entertainment would be better served by pitting Edmond and Jacopo in a knife fight. Edmond wins, but spares Jacopo, who swears himself to Edmond for life, and they both work for the pirates until they arrive in Marseille.
Edmond learns from Morrell, who does not recognize him, that Fernand and Danglars are complicit in his betrayal, and that Fernand and Mercédès have wed. With Faria's map, he and Jacopo locate the treasure of Spada. Using his newfound wealth and advanced education, he establishes himself in Parisian society as "The Count of Monte Cristo," and swears vengeance on those who conspired against him.
Edmond ingratiates himself to the Mondegos by staging the kidnap and rescue of their son, Albert (Henry Cavill). He lures Fernand, Villefort and Danglars into a trap by letting slip the notion that he has located the treasure of Spada, and is shipping it through Marseille. His plans result in Danglars being caught red-handed in the act of theft, and Villefort being tricked into revealing his role in his father's death; both are arrested. Fernand is brought to financial ruin as Edmond has his gambling debts called in.
Even though his appearance has dramatically changed, Edmond is recognized by Mercédès. Eventually, she softens him, and they rekindle their relationship. As Fernand prepares to flee, Mercédès reveals the only reason she married him was that she was pregnant with Albert, who is really Edmond’s son.
Edmond ambushes Fernand in the ruins of his family's country estate, having led Fernand to believe that the treasure of Spada would be waiting for him. Albert intervenes when Edmond attempts to kill Fernand, but Mercédès tells him of his true parentage. Fernand attempts to flee, but changes his mind upon realizing that he has nothing left to live for, and challenges Edmond to a fight to death; Edmond prevails.
Edmond purchases Château d'If, intending to raze it, but instead leaves it standing as he swears to Faria to use his vast resources for good.
Cast[edit]
Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantès, Zatara, the Count of Monte Cristo
Guy Pearce as Fernand Mondego
James Frain as J.F. Villefort
Dagmara Dominczyk as Mercedès Mondego (née Herrera)
Luis Guzmán as Jacopo
Richard Harris as Abbé Faria
Michael Wincott as Armand Dorleac, prison warden
Henry Cavill as Albert Mondego
Albie Woodington as Danglars
JB Blanc as Luigi Vampa
Alex Norton as Napoléon
Patrick Godfrey as Morrell
Freddie Jones as Colonel Villefort
Helen McCrory as Valentina Villefort
Christopher Adamson as Maurice
Reception[edit]
The Count of Monte Cristo holds a rating of 74% based on 144 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes with the critical consensus being that, "Though it may not reach for any new artistic heights, The Count of Monte Cristo is an old-fashioned yet enjoyable swashbuckler."[4] At Metacritic, the film received a score of 61 out of 100, with generally favourable reviews.[5]
Roger Ebert gave the film 3 stars out of 4 writing, "The Count of Monte Cristo is a movie that incorporates piracy, Napoleon in exile, betrayal, solitary confinement, secret messages, escape tunnels, swashbuckling, comic relief, a treasure map, Parisian high society and sweet revenge, and brings it in at under two hours, with performances by good actors who are clearly having fun. This is the kind of adventure picture the studios churned out in the Golden Age--so traditional it almost feels new."[6]
Soundtrack[edit]
The Count of Monte Cristo OST
Soundtrack album by Edward Shearmur
Released
25 January 2002
Recorded
2001
Genre
Soundtrack
Length
53:03
Label
RCA
The Count of Monte Cristo Official Soundtrack was composed and conducted by Edward Shearmur and performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra.[7]
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References[edit]
Jump up ^ "The count of Monte Cristo budget". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
Jump up ^ "The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)". IMDb Pro. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
Jump up ^ Khomami, Nadia (8 March 2017). "'It's heartbreaking': Maltese mourn collapse of Azure Window arch". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017.
Jump up ^ The Count of Monte Cristo at Rotten Tomatoes
Jump up ^ "Count of Monte Cristo, The". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
Jump up ^ http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-count-of-monte-cristo-2002
Jump up ^ "The Count of Monte Cristo (Soundtrack)". Retrieved 2009-02-07.
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