| The Three Musketeers/The Four Musketeers (Two-Movie Collection) |  | Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,291
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 214 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 012236110309
UPC: 012236110309
EAN: 0012236110309
ASIN: B003BJODK0
Release Date: June 1, 2010
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Product Description
Follows the adventures of the young D'Artagnan and his fellow swordsmen at the court of King Louis XIII; in the second film, Athos, Porthos, Aramis an
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 Michael York August 3, 2010
J. Kroeckel (New Franklin MO)
I really enjoyed these movies. I am a total fan of Michael York and have been for years. He doesn't always get the best movie parts but he seems to be able to make his part work! I would recommend these movies for family enjoyment.
NEW LIONSGATE SET HAS THE EXACT SAME DISC CONTENT AS THE ANCHOR BAY SET (BUT CHEAPER AND IN A STURDIER CASE) June 3, 2010
stryper (Canada)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Yes, rejoice one and all, for this new Lionsgate edition of, The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers have the EXACT same disc content as the Anchor Bay collection (except for a duller silk screen on the discs, light grey with etched writing) same menus, same extras (the new making of documentary actually says, Anchor Bay presents) but in a two disc plastic case (the size of a single disc case) with no chapter card (where as I believe the Anchor Bay set had the chapter lists inside the cardboard, flip open style case, with the plastic disc holders that tended to make you almost brake the discs trying to unlock them) but who ever uses the chapter search cards anyway.
So this is the set to get if you're looking to purchase these movies.
Hope this helps :)
Still funny after all these years August 17, 2010
motoman
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not as funny as I remember but I was a teenage boy when this first came out. They are still pretty funny though in a Mel Brooks way. Worth the price
All for one and two for all March 13, 2010
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Everybody knows (at least vaguely) about "The Three Musketeers" -- evil cardinals, diamonds, and a gang of rather riotous guys whose motto is "All for one and one for all." Fortunately the two-part story of "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" has plenty of charm even if you've read Alexandre Dumas' original novel -- they sparkle with humor, romance, swordplay and political plotting.
Farm lad D'Artagnan (Michael York) arrives in Paris to try to become one of the king's elite Musketeers. After being challenged to three duels within five minutes, D'Artagnan ends up befriending three of the Musketeers: wry alcoholic Athos (Oliver Reed), naughty priest Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and lovable fop Porthos (Frank Finlay). Even though D'Artagnan isn't a Musketeer yet, the three Musketeers take a liking to him -- as does his landlord's sexy wife, the queen's lady-in-waiting Constance (Raquel Welch).
However, the evil Cardinal Richelieu (Charlton Heston) is seeking to overthrow the queen, who is having an affair with the Duke of Buckingham. So he arranges for her infidelity to be exposed by a pair of ruthless assassins, Milady de Winter and Comte de Rocheforte (Faye Dunaway and Christopher Lee). But Constance gets D'Artagnan to go to England to retrieve the gems the queen gave the Duke, along with the help of the three Musketeers.
"The Four Musketeers" is the second half of the original novel, and appropriately called "Milady's Revenge." Milady is, unsurprisingly, very peeved that the Musketeers thwarted her in the previous film. So she gets a special pardon "in advance" from the Cardinal -- she wants to murder D'Artagnan and Constance, and be unscathed by any punishment.
D'Artagnan sends Constance to a convent, hoping that that will keep her safe. Then, idiotically, he starts an affair with Milady, only to discover the harlot's brand on her shoulder. Milady's machinations spread over the English channel to engulf the Duke of Buckingham. Now only the four Musketeers can hope to bring Milady to justice -- but not before a terrible price is paid.
The art of the action-comedy is pretty much lost -- making action funny. And "The Complete Musketeers" is a prime example of that. One good example is the fight with the Cardinal's guards, where Aramis gleefully dodges sword thrusts, and Porthos attacks with rocks and sticks. Another is the scene where the Musketeers use a fake fight to shoplift food.
But the film never quite descends to slapstick, and there is plenty of drama and even tragedy, as one of the important characters dies, and others reveal not-so-pleasant secrets. The sets are outstanding, lavish and full of detail. And the scripting is equally solid, getting across plenty of information in a series of solid one-liners.
All four of the Musketeers are outstanding: York has that naive Luke Skywalker vibe, while Finlay is a lovable hothead, Chamberlin a charming rogue priest, and Reed a tormented soul. Raquel Welch gets to play a fun, comedic character as the clumsy Constance (who, as soon as we see her, falls down the stairs). Heston seems to be relishing the role of a bad guy, and Christopher Lee exudes icy menace as the Comte. Faye Dunaway is also excellent, though she doesn't get to shine until "Four Musketeers."
The spirit of Alexandre Dumas seems to live on in the solid, entertaining, tragic, action-filled "Three Musketeers" and "Four Musketeers" It's a period piece with a wink and nudge.
I haven't seen ALL versions of this story, but so far, THIS is the best! September 5, 2010
Photoscribe (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA)
This film, aside from being one of the most faithful and best cast versions of the Musketeers story by Dumas I can remember seeing, is a Rembrandt painting that moves! With VERY faithful costuming and better than average cinematography, there is also a realism and wit to it that few previous versions had. The only standout as a concession to Hollywood thinking in the cast is plastic Richard Chamberlain as Aramis, kind of a peripheral character to begin with. Another criticism is a blasphemous throwaway scene involving a mental case with a smudge pot on his head in the middle of the film.
The actor to watch in this film is Oliver Reed, whose Athos is the center of the film and the small Musketeer band that is the center of the story itself. The rest of the cast is a quintessential 70's A-list of actors: Faye Dunaway, still hot as a pistol after "Bonnie & Clyde" and "The Thomas Crown Affair" plays the scheming Lady De Winter; Raquel Welch, in what is her best movie to date, plays a bumbling Constance Boniceur; Simon Ward, two years off of "Young Winston" plays the Duke of Buckingham (he's also, oddly enough, the most French-looking character in the movie in his "Duke" makeup despite the fact that his character is decidedly English!); Michael York, whose "Murder On The Orient Express" and "Logan's Run" made him a semi-superstar along with this movie, plays the young D'Artagnon; Frank Finlay, an obscure actor who nonetheless lets his hamminess make for an enjoyably vain Porthos; Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu, (good casting,); Geraldine Chaplin, (Charlie's daughter,) as Queen Anne; Christopher Lee as Rocheforte and Richard Lester's trademark repertoire man, Roy Kinnear, as Blanchet. They all come together to make a movie, (split into two for length,) that is without a doubt the best version of this story in wide release in the last forty years. At least that I'VE ever seen!
Oliver Reed's Athos is parlayed perfectly....Reed really seems to get into the period mindset and the character's "elder statesmen" cast. He also heartily throws himself into the brawls they have, taking young D'Artagnon under his wing, reveling in the spirit and fun of the role as the band's "wise man", and probably doing the most furious fighting of all the actors. Michael York is also perfect as D'Artagnon, having just the right attitude of semi-reckless adeptness as the young Gascon. Welch comes off a bit like a bubblehead in her role of Constance Boniceur, but she was STILL a knockout! Dunaway gives us a hint of what her "Network" Oscar-winning role will be like as the vicious Lady De Winter, a former paramour of Athos, and a future paramour of the callow D'Artagnon. Christopher Lee is in what is probably HIS best role to date as Rocheforte, Cardinal Richelieu's own man Friday.
For some reason, only Blanchet is represented of the Musketeer manservants, although, in the Dumas original, ALL the fellows had assistants that followed them through 2/3 of the story. Athos' attaché, Grimaud, AAMOF, had more story time than Blanchet, but there you have it. The Gene Kelly version of this story, (well photographed but laughable,) did the same thing, excluding ALL the other right-hand men except D'Artagnon's! Lester is obviously following this predecessor's lead, but that is the ONLY lead he follows in this movie! Kinnear plays Blanchet comically, pretty much like he played Victor Spinetti's assistant in "Help!"
This film has been hard to trace down for home video before this because it has been bandied about among a handful of obscure video releasing companies, but there's no way masterpieces like this could be lost forever. Snap it up before it disappears again!!
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