| Fencing
Contest from "The Three Musketeers" |
1898. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1903. |
| Le
Mousquetaire de la Reine |
1903.
AKA The Queen's Musketeers. Directed by Georges Méliès.
The same director is credited with a movie with the same title in
1909; I don't know if that is a remake or a re-release, or if one
of these dates is an error. |
| I
Tre Moschettieri |
1909.
AKA The Three Musketeers. Directed by Mario Caserini. |
| Le
Mousquetaire de la Reine |
1909.
Directed by Georges Méliès. I don't know if this is
a remake or a re-release of the same director's 1903 version, or if
one of these dates is an error. |
| The
Three Musketeers, part 1 |
1911.
Directed by J. Searle Dawley; starring Sydney Booth, Herbert Delmar,
Jack Chagnon and Harold M. Shaw. |
| The
Three Musketeers, part 2 |
1911.
Directed by J. Searle Dawley; starring Sydney Booth, Herbert Delmar,
Jack Chagnon and Harold M. Shaw. |
| D'Artagnan
the Brave |
1913. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1914.
Directed by Charles V. Henkel. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1914. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1916.
AKA D'Artagnan. Directed by Charles Swickard; adapted
by J.G. Hawks; starring Orin Johnson, Dorothy Dalton and Walt Whitman.
63 minute story of D'Artagnan and the musketeers thwarting conspiracy
in the court of Louis XIII. Note: Walt Whitman, who here plays Richelieu,
later played D'Artagnan's father in 1921's The
Three Musketeers. |
| A
Modern Musketeer |
1917.
Directed by Allan Dwan; story by Allan Dwan and F.R. Lyle, Jr.; starring
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Marjorie Daw, Frank Campeau, Kathleen Kirkham,
Tully Marshall, Eugene Ormonde and Zasu Pitts. A restless young Kansan,
dreaming of the adventures of the Three Musketeers, sets out in his
Model T across the West to become a modern D'Artagnan. |
| Les
Trois Mousquetaires |
1921. Directed
by Henri Diamant-Berger; starring Aimé Simon-Girard, Max Charlier,
Henri Rollan, Charles Martinelli, Pierre de Guingand and Pierrette
Madd. A serial of 14 26-minute episodes. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1921.
Directed by Fred Niblo; starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Léon
Bary, Eugene Pallette and George Siegmann and Walt Whitman. 119 minute
story in which D'Artagnan and the musketeers save the queen's honor
from the plots of Richelieu. Particularly notable for the athleticism
of Fairbanks in the role of D'Artagnan. Note: Walt Whitman, who here
plays D'Artagnan's father, played Richelieu in 1916's The
Three Musketeers. This is the earliest version I've seen
myself, and so far as I know the earliest version available for purchase.
|
| The
Western Musketeer |
1922.
This is listed due to the title; I don't know if this is in any way
related to the story of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. |
| The
Three Must-Get-Theres |
1922.
Directed and written by Max Linder; starring Max Linder, Bull Montana,
Frank Cooke, Caroline Rankin, Jobyna Ralston, Jack Richardson, Charles
Mezzetti and Clarence Wertz. 58-minute spoof featuring such characters
as Dart-In-Again and the Duke of Rich-Lou. |
| Pimple's
Three Musketeers |
1922.
Starring Fred Evans. I don't know if this is in any way related to
the story of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. |
| Der
Mann Mit der Eisernen Maske |
1922.
AKA The Man With the Iron Mask. Directed by Max Glass;
starring Albert Bassermann and Vladimir Gajdarov. |
| The
Fourth Musketeer |
1923. Directed
by William K. Howard; written by Paul Schofield and H.C. Witwer; starring
Johnnie Walker, Eileen Percy, Eddie Gribbon, William Scott, Edith
Yorke and George Stone. I don't know for sure if this is in any way
related to the story of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, though
it seems highly likely. |
| The
Cowboy Musketeer |
1925.
Directed by Robert De Lacey; written by Buckleigh Fritz Oxford; Tom
Tyler, Jim London, Frances Dare, David Dunbar and Frankie Darro. This
is a Western; I don't know if it is in any way related to the story
of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. |
| The
Gay Musketeer |
1928.
I don't know if this is in any way related to the story of D'Artagnan,
Athos, Porthos and Aramis, but would point out that this movie predates
(I believe) the modern usage of the word "gay". |
| The
Iron Mask |
1929.
Starring Allan Dwan, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., William Blakewell, and
Nigel de Brulier. A half-silent, half-talkie. Note: Douglas Fairbanks
Sr. was a dynamic D'Artagnan in the 1921 The
Three Musketeers. |
| Les
Trois Mousquetaires |
1933.
AKA Three Musketeers. Directed and written by Henri
Diamant-Berger; starring Jean-Louis Allibert, Henri Baudin, Harry
Baur, Thomy Bourdelle and Paul Colline. 246-minute movie that closely
follows Dumas. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1933.
Directed by Colbert Clark; starring John Wayne, Raymond Hatton, Lon
Chaney Jr., Francis X. Bushman, William Desmond, John Qualen and Noah
Beery Jr. A serial of twelve chapters totaling 215 minutes, in which
the story is translated to North Africa, with the Foreign Legion taking
the place of the King's Musketeers. |
| Die
Vier Musketiere |
1934.
AKA The Four Musketeers. Directed by Heinz Paul; written
by Siegmund Graff and Hella Moja; starring Hans Brausewetter, Friedrich
Ettel, Käthe Haack, Fritz Kampers, Fritz Odemar, Liselotte Schaak,
Werner Schott, Erhard Siedel, Hermann Speelmans, Agnes Straub and
Paul Westermeier. |
| Les
Quatre Mousquetaires |
1934.
AKA De Vier Musketiers. Directed by Gaston Schoukens;
starring Esther Deltenre, Max Moreau, Lucien Mussière, Billy
Pitt, Rittche, Réginald, Mona Sem. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1935.
Directed by Rowland V. Lee; starring Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Ian
Keith, Onslow Stevens, Ralph Forbes, Margot Grahame and Heather Angel.
A good adaptation, surprising in just 96 minutes. |
| I
Quattro Moschettieri |
1936.
AKA The Four Musketeers. Directed by Carlo Campogalliani.
Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan pursue a mission for the Queen
of France, by way of an extended underwater stay in the kingdom of
Neptune, to Venice. Sounds rather awful, but I will admit to a real
yen to see it. |
| The
Man in the Iron Mask |
1939.
Directed by James Whale; written by George Bruce; starring Louis Hayward,
Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut, Alan Hale Sr., and Walter Kingsford.
Loose 110-minute adaptation of the Dumas story in which the veteran
musketeers guide and protect Philippe, twin brother of Louis XIV. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1939.
AKA The Singing Musketeer. Directed by Alan Dwan; adapted
by William A. Drake, Sam Hellman, Ray Golden, Sam Hellman, Sid Kuller
and M.M. Musselman; starring Don Ameche as D'Artagnan and the Ritz
Brothers comedy team as his [sorta] brothers in arms. 73 minute movie
musical comedy version of the classic story. |
| El
Forsane el Talata |
1941.
AKA The Three Musketeers. Directed by Togo Mizrahi;
starring Ehsane El Gazaerli and Fawzi El Gazaerli. An Egyptian version
of the story! |
| Los
Tres Mosqueteros |
1942.
AKA The Three Musketeers. Directed by Miguel M. Delgado;
written by Jaime Salvador; starring Janet Alcoriza, José Arjona,
Alfonso Bedoya, Antonio Bravo, María Calvo and Cantinflas. |
| El
Hombre de la Máscara de Hierro |
1943. A Spanish version of The Man
in the Iron Mask
portion of Le
Vicomte de Bragelonne. |
| Los
Tres Mosqueteros |
1945.
AKA The Three Musketeers. Directed by
Julio Saraceni; written by Hugo Mac Dougall; starring Roberto Airaldi,
Pedro Becco, Armando Bo, Augusto Codecá, Helena Cortesina and
Francisco Donadio. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1948.
Directed by George Sidney; adapted by Robert Ardrey; starring Gene
Kelly, Van Heflin, Gig Young, Vincent Price, Lana Turner, June Allyson,
Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn and Robert Coote. This 125-minute screenplay
manages to cram an amazing percentage of the story into a single standard-length
movie. The humor and Gene Kelly's D'Artagnan are somewhat broad, but
the movie is very good and the scenery and costumes make full use
of the Technicolor process. I particularly like Van Heflin's Athos. |
| Il
Figlio di d'Artagnan |
1949.
AKA Son of D'Artagnan. |
| The
Sword of D'Artagnan |
1951.
AKA Blades of the Musketeers. Directed by Budd Boetticher;
written by Roy Hamilton; starring
Robert Clarke, John Hubbard, Mel Archer and Keith Richards. |
| At
Sword's Point |
1952.
AKA Sons of the Musketeers and Espada de D'Artagnan.
Directed by Lewis Allen; written by Walter Ferris and Joseph Hoffman;
starring Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Douglas, Dan O'Herlihy,
Alan Hale Jr. and Blanche Yurka. Note: Wilde and Hale also appear
in The Fifth Musketeer, Hale also
appears in Lady in the Iron Mask,
and Hale's father had appeared in The Man in
the Iron Mask. |
| Lady
in the Iron Mask |
1952.
Starring Patricia Medina, Ralph Murphy, Louis Hayward, Alan Hale Jr.
and John Sutton. Note: Hale also appeared in At
Sword's Point, and would appear in The
Fifth Musketeer, and his father had appeared in The
Man in the Iron Mask. |
| Il
Boia di Lilla |
1952.
AKA Milady and the Musketeers. |
| Los
Tres Mosqueteros |
1953. AKA
The Three Musketeers. Directed by Enrique Carreras;
written by Julio Porter; starring Amelia Vargas, Gogó Andreu,
Toño Andreu, Alfredo Barbieri, Mario Baroffio, Guillermo Battaglia
and María Luisa Santés. |
| Les
Trois Mousquetaires |
1953.
AKA The Three Musketeers and Fate Largo ai Moschettieri!
Directed by André Hunebelle; written by Michel Audiard; starring
Louis Arbessier, Steve Barclay, Bourvil, Gino Cervi, Georges Chamarat,
Jacques François, Danielle Godet, Georges Marchal, Jean Martinelli,
Renaud Mary. 116-minute movie with a good part for Planchet. Note:
Georges Marchal also appears in Il Visconte
de Bragelonne, Si Versailles
m'Était Conté and Le
Masque de Fer. |
| Il
Visconte de Bragelonne |
1954.
AKA Count of Bragelonne, The Last Musketeer,
and Le Vicomte de Bragelonne. Directed by Fernando Cerchio;
written by Alexandre Astruc and Roland Laudenbach; starring Georges
Marchal, Dawn Addams and Jacques Dumesnil. Note: Georges Marchal also
appears in Les Trois Mousquetaires,
Si Versailles m'Était Conté
and Le Masque de Fer. |
| Si
Versailles m'Était Conté |
1954.
AKA Affairs in Versailles, Fabulous Versailles,
Royal Affairs in Versailles, Versailles.
Directed and written by Sacha Guitry; starring Claudette Colbert,
Danièle Delorme, Gisèle Pascal, Édith Piaf, Georges
Marchal, Jean Marais and Gérard Philipe. 152 minute sericomic
history of Versailles. Notes: Georges Marchal also appears in Les
Trois Mousquetaires, Il Visconte de Bragelonne,
and Le Masque de Fer. Jean
Marais later appears in Le Masque de
Fer. |
| Cuatro
Contra el Imperio |
1955. |
| Il
Cavalieri della Regina |
1955.
Directed by Mauro Bolognini; written by Mauro Bolognini and Golfiero
Colonna; starring Jeff Stone, Jacqueline Planchet, Domenico Modugno,
Paul Campbell, Sebastian Cabot and Paul Müller. |
| Los
Tres Mosqueteros y Medio |
1957. |
| La
Vendetta della Maschera di Ferro |
1961.
AKA The Prisoner of the Iron Mask. Starring Francesco
de Feo, Michael Lemoine, Wandisa Guida, Andreas Bosic, Jany Clair,
Giovanni Materassi. |
Les
Trois Mousquetaires: Les Ferrets de la Reine
|
1961.
AKA D'Artagnan ja Kolme Muskettisoturia. Directed by
Bernard Borderie; written by Jean Bernard-Luc and Bernard Borderie;
starring Gérard Barray, Mylène Demongeot, Perrette Pradier,
Georges Descrières, Bernard Woringer, Jacques Toja, Françoise
Christophe, Guy Tréjan, Daniel Sorano, Guy Delorme. 95-minute
French adaptation of the first volume of the Dumas classic.
Followed by Les Trois
Mousquetaires: La Vengeance de Milady. Note: Guy Delorme
appeared also in Le Fou du Roi. |
Les
Trois Mousquetaires: La Vengeance de Milady
|
1961.
AKA Vengeance of the Three Musketeers, The Fighting
Musketeers, and D'Artagnan ja Kolme Muskettisoturia.
Directed by Bernard Borderie; written by Jean Bernard-Luc and Bernard
Borderie; starring Gérard Barray, Mylène Demongeot,
Perrette Pradier, Georges Descrières, Bernard Woringer, Jacques
Toja, Françoise Christophe, Guy Tréjan, Daniel Sorano,
Guy Delorme. 91-minute French adaptation of the second volume of the
Dumas classic. Sequel to Les
Trois Mousquetaires: Les Ferrets de la Reine. Note: Guy
Delorme appeared also in Le Fou
du Roi. |
| Le
Masque de Fer |
1962.
AKA The Iron Mask and L'Uomo dalla Maschera di
Ferro. Starring Jean Marais. Note: Jean Marais previously
appeared in Si Versailles m'Était
Conté. |
Il
Colpo segreto di d'Artagnan
|
1962.
AKA The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan and Le Secret
de D'Artagnan. Directed by Siro Marcellini; written by Milton
Krims and Siro Marcellini; starring Franco Fantasia, George Nader,
Mario Petri, Magali Noel, Massimo Serato and Georges Marchal. D'Artagnan
and Porthos try to prevent the assassination of the king. |
| Cyrano
et D'Artagnan |
1963.
AKA Cyrano e D'Artagnan. Directed by Abel Gance; adapted
by José Luis Dibildos; starring José Ferrer and Jean-Pierre
Cassel. Cassel would later appear as Louis XIII in the Richard Lester
films The Three Musketeers and The
Four Musketeers. |
| I
Quattro Moschettieri |
1963.
Starring Georges Rivière. |
| D'Artagnan
Contro i Tre Moschettieri |
1963.
AKA Revenge of the Musketeers. Starring Fernando Lamas. |
| Zorro
e i Tre Moschiettieri |
1963.
AKA Zorro and the Three Musketeers. |
| The
Third Musketeer |
1965.
I don't know for certain that this is related to the story of D'Artagnan,
Athos, Porthos and Aramis, though it seems likely. |
| Backtrack! |
1969.
Directed by Earl Bellamy; written by Borden Chase; starring Doug McClure,
Neville Brand, William
Smith and Peter Brown.
Comprised of pieces of episodes of the Western series The
Virginian, including the pilot for the series Laredo,
and bits of Laredo
episodes, this story gives us a Western take on the story Dumas
told, with Texas Rangers taking the place of musketeers. |
Die
Sexabenteuer der drei Musketiere
|
1971.
AKA The Sex Adventures of the Three Musketeers. Starring
Sybil Danning. Note: Sybil Danning appeared in the Richard Lester
films The Three Musketeers and The
Four Musketeers. |
Tutti
per Uno, Botti per Tutti
|
1972.
AKA Three Musketeers of the West, Alle für
Einen - Prügel für Alle, and Todos para Uno,
Golpes para Todos. |
Li
Chiamavano i Tre Moschettieri...Invece Erano Quattro
|
1973.
AKA D'Artagnan och de Tre Musketörerna. |
| The
Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds |
1973.
AKA Los Tres Mosqueteros. Directed by Richard Lester;
adapted by George MacDonald Fraser; starring Michael York, Oliver
Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway,
Roy Kinnear, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, Geraldine Chaplin and
Jean-Pierre Cassel. With its sequels, The Four
Musketeers and Return of the Musketeers,
this gets my vote for the best adaptation of the Dumas story. This
105 minute movie covers the first volume with flair and humor. Notes:
Jean-Pierre Cassel, who appears here as Louis XIII, once appeared
as D'Artagnan in Cyrano et D'Artagnan,
and later performed the role of Cyrano de Bergerac in Return
of the Musketeers. Sybil Danning, who appears here uncredited,
previously appeared in Die Sexabenteuer der Drei
Musketiere. |
| The
Four Musketeers: The Revenge of Milady |
1974.
AKA Los Cuatros Mosqueteros. Directed by Richard Lester;
adapted by George MacDonald Fraser; starring Michael York, Oliver
Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway,
Roy Kinnear, Christopher Lee, Raquel Welch, Geraldine Chaplin and
Jean-Pierre Cassel. Darker than the previous movie
in this series, this 108-minute movie also covers the second volume
of the Dumas story less closely than the previous movie followed the
first. Still a very good movie; followed by a very loose adaptation
of Twenty Years After. Notes: Jean-Pierre Cassel, who
appears here as Louis XIII, once appeared as D'Artagnan in Cyrano
et D'Artagnan and later performed the role of Cyrano de
Bergerac in Return of the Musketeers.
Sybil Danning, who appears here as Eugenie, previously appeared in
Die Sexabenteuer der Drei Musketiere. |
| Les
Trois Mousquetaires |
1974. Animated movie. |
| Les
Quatre Charlots Mousquetaires |
1974.
AKA The Four Charlots Musketeers. Starring Jean
Valmont. |
| À
Nous Quatre, Cardinal |
1974.
Directed by André Hunebelle; starring Gérard Rinaldi,
Gérard Filipelli, Jean Sarrus, Jean-Guy Fechner, Josephine
Chaplin, Jean Valmont, Yvan Tanguy, Gib Grossac and Georges Mansart. |
| Muschetarul
Român |
1975.
AKA The Romanian Musketeer. I don't know whether this
is related to the story of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
I would guess it has a hero who takes his inspiration from D'Artagnan,
but it's only a guess. |
| Viva
D'Artagnan |
1977. |
| D'Artanyan
i Tri Mushketyora |
1978. AKA
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan
y los Tres Mosqueteros. Directed by
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich; written by Mark Rozovsky; starring
Mikhail Boyarsky, Veniamin Smekhov, Igor Starygin, Valentin Smirnitsky. |
| The
Fifth Musketeer |
1979.
AKA Behind the Iron Mask and Das Geheimnis der
eisernen Maske. Directed by Ken Annakin; starring Beau Bridges,
Cornel Wilde, Ian McShane, Lloyd Bridges, José Ferrer, Alan
Hale Jr. and Rex Harrison. Despite the quality of the cast, I didn't
care for this one. Note: Both Alan Hale Jr. and Cornel Wilde had appeared
in At Swords Point, Hale had also
appeared in Lady in the Iron Mask,
and José Ferrer had portrayed Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano
et D'Artagnan. |
| Le
Fou du Roi |
1984.
Directed and written by Yvan Chiffre; starring Guy Delorme, Diane
Bellego, Gaëtan Bloom, Yvan Chiffre, Jean Desailly. A comic 95
minute adaptation of The Man in the Iron Mask portion
of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne. Note: Guy Delorme had previously
appeared as de Rochefort in Les
Trois Mousquetaires: Les Ferrets de la Reine and Les
Trois Mousquetaires: La Vengeance de Milady. |
| Muj
prítel d'Artagnan |
1989.
Directed by Radoslav Urban; adapted by Alexander Lukes.
|
| The
Return of the Musketeers |
1989.
AKA El Regreso de los Mosqueteros. Directed by Richard
Lester; adapted by George MacDonald Fraser; starring Michael York,
Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, Geraldine Chaplin,
C. Thomas Howell, Christopher Lee, Roy Kinnear, Kim Cattrall, Philippe
Noiret and Jean-Pierre Cassel. Though only loosely based on Twenty
Years After, this 103-minute movie remains surprisingly close
to the spirit of the novel. Notes: Roy Kinnear, playing Planchet as
in The Three Musketeers and The
Four Musketeers, died in a fall off a horse in the making
of this film, which is dedicated to him. Jean-Pierre Cassel, who played
Louis XIII in The Three Musketeers
and The Four Musketeers, and D'Artagnan
in Cyrano et D'Artagnan, in this
outing plays Cyrano de Bergerac. Philippe Noiret had also appeared
as D'Artagnan in La Fille de D'Artagnan
and in the TV movie Cyrano de
Bergerac. |
The
Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers
|
1992. |
| Mushketery
20 let Spustya |
1992.
AKA Musketeers Twenty Years Later. Directed by Georgi
Yungvald-Khilkevich; written by Georgi Nikolayev and Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich;
starring Mikhail Boyarsky, Veniamin Smekhov, Valentin Smirnitsky and
Igor Starygin. Adaptation of Twenty Years After. Sequel
to D'Artanyan i Tri Mushketyora
and followed by Tajna Korolevy Anny ili Mushketyory
30 let Spustya |
| Tajna
Korolevy Anny ili Mushketyory 30 let Spustya |
1993.
AKA The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later.
Directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich; written by Georgi Nikolayev
and Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich; starring Mikhail Boyarsky, Veniamin
Smekhov, Valentin Smirnitsky and Igor Starygin. Adaptation of Le
Vicomte de Bragelonne, sequel to D'Artanyan
i Tri Mushketyora and Mushketery
20 let Spustya. This series is the only attempt to put
out the entire story cycle with the same performers and a unity of
story. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1993.
Directed by Stephen Herek; written by David Loughery; starring Chris
O'Donnell, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt and Charlie Sheen. This
105-minute movie produced by Disney pretty much abandons the Dumas
story and history both. However, D'Artagnan and the musketeers are
all reasonably good looking, and there is an interesting bit of insight
into Milady at the end. |
| La
Fille de D'Artagnan |
1994.
AKA Revenge of the Musketeers, D'Artagnan's Daughter,
and The Daughter of D'Artagnan. Directed by Bertrand
Tavernier; written by Jean Cosmos and Michel Léviant; starring
Sophie Morceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich, Sami Frey, Jean-Luc
Bideau, Raoul Billerey. D'Artagnan's daughter, a headstrong young
woman who's been raised in a convent since her mother's death, seeks
the help of her father and his friends to avenge a murder and thwart
a plot against the king. No relationship to Twenty Years After,
but charming and funny. The end credits are perhaps the best part...
Philippe Noiret had also appeared in Return
of the Musketeers and in the TV movie Cyrano
de Bergerac. |
| The
Three Musketeers |
1996. An animated version of the Dumas
classic. |
| The
Mask of Dumas |
1998.
Directed by William Richert; starring Edward Albert, Dana Barron,
Timothy Bottoms, Dan Coplan, Meg Foster, Dennis Hayden, Nick Richert,
William Richert and Rex Ryon. Based on a book of the same name.
A thriller whose mysteries the hero can solve only by reference to
the intrigues of Richelieu in Les Trois
Mousquetaires and to a 17th Century Venetian lawsuit involving
the printer of a satanic book. |
| Musketeers
Forever |
1998.
Directed by Georges Chamchoum; starring Tony Calabretta, Michael Dudikoff,
Lee Majors and Martin Neufeld. 120-minute story of a group of former
secret agents, one named D'Artagnan, running a night club in Las Vegas,
who band together to defend right and justice. |
| The
Man in the Iron Mask |
1998.
Directed and written by Randall Wallace; starring Leonardo diCaprio,
Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy Irons, John Malkavich,
and Hugh Laurie. Good performances, particularly on the part of the
older actors, but don't expect Dumas's story. Note: Gérard
Depardieu also appeared in Blanche. |
| Young
Blades |
2000.
Directed by Mario Andreacchio; written by John Goldsmith; starring
Hugh Dancy, Sarah-Jane Potts, Scott Hickman, Anthony Strachan, Callum
Blue, Ben McCosker and Ben Cross. Inspired by Dumas only, this 92
minute movie is set in 1615. The action begins as Richelieu attempts
to prevent the marriage of Anne of Austria to 14-year-old Louis XIII.
Four teenagers--D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis--unite to thwart
the plot. |
| The
Musketeer |
2001.
Directed by Peter Hyams; adapted by Gene Quintano; starring Justin
Chambers, Nick Moran, Steven Spiers, and Jan Gregor Kremp. Dumas and
history are both out the window again. This 105-minute film is most
notable for its amazing fight scenes, which blend Asian martial arts
with European weapons and setting, but Catherine Deneuve's Anne of
Austria is marvelous. |
| Blanche |
2002.
Directed and written by Bernie Bonvoisin; starring Lou Doillon, Roschdy
Zem, Antoine de Caunes, Jean Rochefort, Carole Bouquet, José
Garcia, Miguel Borrás and Gérard Depardieu. Note: Gérard
Depardieu also appeared in The Man in the
Iron Mask. |