The Complete Musketeers (The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers)
by Richard Lester
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Actor: Frank Finlay, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard ChamberlainDirector: Richard Lester
Producer: Alexander Salkind
Producer: Ilya Salkind
Producer: Michael Salkind
Producer: Pierre Spengler
Producer: Wolfdieter von Stein
Writer: Alexandre Dumas p?re
Writer: George MacDonald Fraser
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 214 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
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Movie Review: The Definitive Three Musketeers!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie series! Despite the slapstick, the film sticks very close to the original material. The swordfights are incredible - no sped up wizardly or silly prancing about. It's tough and gritty with the slapstick actually giving the fights a grim humor of the slip-ups which could occur in real situations.
All the actors are superb - Oliver Reed very much fits the role of Athos on and off screen, Michael York is excellent as the dashing but bumbling country bumpkin turned hero, Finlay and Chamberlain play off each other well thru-out the films with their banter, Charleston Heston as the scheming Cardinal Richelieu an odd but very effective choice, Faye Dunaway as one of film's scariest assassin femme fatale, Raquel Welch as the goodnatured but clumsy Constance, and Christopher Lee as the villainous Rochefort - older than the musketeers but more than their match. There's also Spike Milligan whose hilarious as the innkeeper and Roy Kinnear as York's hapless porter.
The DVD extras are bit thinner than one would like such as no subtitles only captions but you get a 25 minute saga on both DVDs with interviews of Lee, York, Welch, producer Salkind, Heston, and two others. You learn how real the stunts and sword fights were and the cuts and bruises the actors incurred. Heston recounts a great line of the historical Richelieu which director Lester when told of it by Heston insisted that the line be put into the film.
Heston's Richelieu I feel is one of the best representations of the character because he didn't go in for chewing the scenery as Tim Curry's character does in the 1993 version. His Richelieu was not so much an evil villain but a true politician who you believe honestly wanted to help France - in his own way, of course. I know some dislike Heston for his other scene-chewing roles and his later NRA stance but here he gives an excellent performance of a dynamic, complex character who dominates everyone and everything with a quiet but powerful presence.
If you like adventure and action, get this DVD today! You won't be disappointed!
Summary of The Complete Musketeers (The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers)
Join the Musketeers D'Artagnan (Michael York), Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), Porthos (Frank Finlay) and the stunning yet clumsy maiden Constance (Raquel Welch) as they battle for fortune, glory and vengeance against the devious Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston), Milady de Winter (Faye Dunaway) and Count de Rochefort (Christopher Lee). These are the two hit movies that redefined the rousing action and riotous comedy of the swashbuckler genre for a whole new generation. This is THE COMPLETE MUSKETEERS! Director Richard Lester (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, HELP!) and producers Ilya & Alexandre Salkind (SUPERMAN) created an international sensation with these all-star adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' timeless tale. Both THE THREE MUSKETEERS and THE FOUR MUSKETEERS have now been completely restored from original vault elements and loaded with exclusive extras for the ultimate two-disc Musketeer collection!Richard Lester's 1975 sequel to his romping Three Musketeers--released the year before--reunites his swashbuckling cast for a decidedly less happy and more somber experience. This time, D'Artagnan (Michael York) and his Musketeer mentors (Richard Chamberlain, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay) have a tougher fight against their old enemies, and the adventure is not without its casualties. But the film is highly entertaining, filled with that same loony air that makes most films by Lester (How I Won the War, A Hard Day's Night, Help!) so much fun. The actors are with him every step of the way: Reed, Chamberlain, Finlay, and York are a heroic version of the Marx brothers, Raquel Welch was never better, and Charlton Heston clearly enjoys playing the evil Cardinal Richelieu. --Tom Keogh
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