Past Event
Monday, July 28, 2014, 8 p.m.
Film in the Garden: 1492 Conquest of Paradise
1450 El Prado, San Diego, 92101
Cost: Free
Grab a picnic, a blanket, and a few friends and come enjoy this film beneath the stars.
Released by Paramount to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' voyage, this adventure/drama directed by Ridley Scott and starring Gerard Depardieu tells the fictionalized story of the discovery of the Americas.
In 1909, Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida was commissioned to create a large composition representing Columbus departing on his first voyage across the Atlantic. Sorolla undertook the commission seriously, with meticulous research and enormous effort. This work of art is featured in the exhibition "Sorolla and America."