The Four Musketeers (1974) ( The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge ) ( The 4 Musketeers )

The Four Musketeers (1974) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge
Alternate Title: The 4 Musketeers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

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

Directed By:
Richard Lester

Written By:
Alexandre Dumas père
George MacDonald Fraser

Actors:
Oliver Reed ..... Athos
Raquel Welch ..... Constance de Bonancieux
Richard Chamberlain ..... Aramis
Michael York ..... D'Artagnan
Frank Finlay ..... Porthos/O'Reilly the jeweller
Christopher Lee ..... Rochefort
Geraldine Chaplin ..... Anna of Austria
Jean-Pierre Cassel ..... Louis XIII
Spike Milligan ..... M. Bonancieux
Roy Kinnear ..... Planchet
Georges Wilson ..... Treville
Simon Ward ..... Duke of Buckingham
Faye Dunaway ..... Lady de Winter
Charlton Heston ..... Cardinal Richelieu
Joss Ackland ..... D'Artagnan's Father

Synopsis:

D'Artagnan has become a Musketeer. Protestants hold La Rochelle, and the Queen loves Buckingham, who'll soon send ships to support the rebels. Richelieu enlists Rochefort to kidnap Constance, the Queen's go-between and D'Artagnan's love. The Cardinal uses the wily, amoral Milady de Winter to distract D'Artagnan. But soon, she is D'Artagnan's sworn enemy, and she has an unfortunate history with Athos as well. Milady goes to England to dispatch Buckingham; the Musketeers fight the rebels. Milady, with Rochefort's help, then turns to her personal agenda. Can D'Artagnan save Constance, defeat Rochefort, slip de Winter's ire, and stay free of the Cardinal? All for one, one for all.

This comic interpretation of Alexandre Dumas's classic adventure saga picks up where 1974's The Three Musketeers left off, as D'Artagnan (Michael York), Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and Porthos (Frank Finlay) scuttle the plans of Lady de Winter (Faye 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 (Christopher 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 Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 20 December, 2020.