Post by Perplexed on Nov 17, 2003 8:16:26 GMT
Right at the end of high school in '74, myself and 6 or 7 other school friends discovered The Three Musketeers directed by the Lester fellow that directed Help and HDN. I wasn't aware of it then and would not have cared. We thought the style was witty, ascerbic, campy, refreshing, and completely addicting. As a group , we went to an art cinema (before that came to mean porn) to see it about 7 times!!!!!
Oliver Reed, Michael York, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, Charelton Heston, Geraldine Chaplain, and a host of strong charactor players round out this terrific ensemble cast. The script "jousts" lovingly at the Dumas classic, without being overly literal. (A sequel shot simultaneoulsy followed a year or so later.)
Anyway, it is interesting about the story. D'Artagñon (York) is a young Musketeer wannabe, who pursues joining up with the other three established Musketeers (Reed, Chamberlain, one other) by proving his worth in a struggle against the evil Cardinal Richelieu (Heston) who, it seems, ordered the death of D"Artagñon's father years ago. He has vowed to find the culprit and revenge his father's murder. Along the way, many plot intrigues are discovered, ultimately he proves himself, loses the girl (in part II, Welch), assists in destroying the evil Lady de Winter (Dunaway), squashes Richeleiu's schemes to depose the King of France, saves the honor or the Queen, covers the Duke of Buckingham's adulterous affair with said Queen, and eventually beats the Cardinals' eye-patched main guard (Christopher Lee), who had carried out the execution of D'Artagñon's father long before.
High spirited romp---very fun---great little comic scenes.
A scene late in the first film, where York, caught in a jam, attempts to get away from a hall filled with enemies by pulling up the carpet, resembles a scene from Help! where the Beatle are attempting to escape a large manor house in a similar fashion.
Lester's directorial style is terrific in these two films (Musketeers). Must see movies.
Oliver Reed, Michael York, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, Charelton Heston, Geraldine Chaplain, and a host of strong charactor players round out this terrific ensemble cast. The script "jousts" lovingly at the Dumas classic, without being overly literal. (A sequel shot simultaneoulsy followed a year or so later.)
Anyway, it is interesting about the story. D'Artagñon (York) is a young Musketeer wannabe, who pursues joining up with the other three established Musketeers (Reed, Chamberlain, one other) by proving his worth in a struggle against the evil Cardinal Richelieu (Heston) who, it seems, ordered the death of D"Artagñon's father years ago. He has vowed to find the culprit and revenge his father's murder. Along the way, many plot intrigues are discovered, ultimately he proves himself, loses the girl (in part II, Welch), assists in destroying the evil Lady de Winter (Dunaway), squashes Richeleiu's schemes to depose the King of France, saves the honor or the Queen, covers the Duke of Buckingham's adulterous affair with said Queen, and eventually beats the Cardinals' eye-patched main guard (Christopher Lee), who had carried out the execution of D'Artagñon's father long before.
High spirited romp---very fun---great little comic scenes.
A scene late in the first film, where York, caught in a jam, attempts to get away from a hall filled with enemies by pulling up the carpet, resembles a scene from Help! where the Beatle are attempting to escape a large manor house in a similar fashion.
Lester's directorial style is terrific in these two films (Musketeers). Must see movies.