The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers - 2-Disc Set ( The 3 Musketeers / The 4 Musketeers ) ( The Revenge of Milady )

The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers - 2-Disc Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: The 3 Musketeers / The 4 Musketeers
Alternate Title: The Revenge of Milady
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
214 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1973 - 1974 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Lester

Written By:
George MacDonald Fraser
Alexandre Dumas père

Actors:
Oliver Reed ..... Athos
Raquel Welch ..... Constance de Bonancieux
Richard Chamberlain ..... Aramis
Michael York ..... D'Artagnan
Frank Finlay ..... Porthos
Christopher Lee ..... Rochefort
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Queen Anne of Austria
Faye Dunaway ..... Milady
Roy Kinnear ..... Planchet
Michael Gothard ..... Felton
Nicole Calfan ..... Maid Kitty
Ángel del Pozo ..... Jussac
Eduardo Fajardo ..... Duke of Buckingham
Simon Ward ..... Louis XIII
Jean-Pierre Cassel

Synopsis:

The Three Musketeers (1973)
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the cardinal.

The Four Musketeers (1974)
D'Artagnan (York), Athos (Reed), Aramis (Chamberlain), and Porthos (Finlay) scuttle the plans of Lady de Winter (Dunaway) to remove Queen Anne (Chaplin) from the seat of power. De Winter is determined to get revenge against the Musketeers, and when she learns that D'Artagnan is infatuated with the lovely Constance (Welch), she first tries to foil their romance by seducing D'Artagnan herself, and then by persuading Rochefort (Lee) to kidnap Constance. She then engineers the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham (Ward), a close friend of D'Artagnan; when word of the Duke's death and Constance's imprisonment reaches D'Artagnan and his comrades, the foursome ride off to rescue the fair lady and see that justice is done against de Winter.

The Three Musketeers (1973)
Richard Lester's adaptation of The Three Musketeers was only the latest of many when released in 1974, but it arrived with a spirit all its own, one influenced as much by Lester's '60s work as the Alexandre Dumas classic.

The Four Musketeers (1974)
D'Artagnan (Michael York), Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and Porthos (Frank Finlay) scuttle the plans of Lady de Winter (F. Dunaway) to remove Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin) from the seat of power. De Winter is determined to get revenge against the Musketeers, and when she learns that D'Artagnan is infatuated with the lovely Constance (Raquel Welch), she first tries to foil their romance by seducing D'Artagnan herself, and then by persuading Rochefort (C. Lee) to kidnap Constance. She then engineers the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham (Simon Ward), a close friend of D'Artagnan; when word of the Duke's death and Constance's imprisonment reaches D'Artagnan and his comrades, the foursome ride off to rescue the fair lady and see that justice is done against de Winter. The Four Musketeers was filmed concurrently with The Three Musketeers; it was originally intended to be one film, but when director Richard Lester realized the movie would be over three and a half hours long, the decision was made to release it as two separate features instead. This led to lawsuits filed by several of the stars, claiming that they were hired under false pretenses and entitled to be paid for making two films rather than one. The actors won their case, but their settlement was significantly less than the salary they hoped to receive.

The Three Musketeers (1973)
A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.

The Four Musketeers (1974)
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 October, 2011.

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