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This is one of the worst and loosest adaptations of The Three Musketeers yet. The scenery and swordplay were good. The best actors in the movie were the seasoned ones (Tim Roth for example). Nick Moran and the actor playing Porthos were also well cast. Mena Suvari and Justin Chambers need to take more acting lessons. Catherine Deneuve and Jeremy Clyde gave fine performances but too old for their parts as was the actor playing Planchet. The actor playing Athos was terribly miscast. For anyone who likes good adaptations of the classics please see Richard Lester's 1974/75 Three and Four Musketeers with Michael York,George Sidney's 1948 version with Gene Kelly,the 1999 video stage play and the 1961 two part French production and the 1978 Russian version.If you like silents see the Douglas Fairbanks Sr. version. The Musketeer also cut out the Three Musketeers worst enemy Milady de Winter,the Cardinal's beautiful murderous femme fatale agent. If you don't want to see another version of Three Musketeers then either buy or check out the book online or at your local library.

This is one of the most faithful adaptations of the Alexandre Dumas novel.It's a video stageplay not a movie.The actors and actresses are from the stage.They're adults who work for the Northwest Children's Theatre.This is a Global stage production.This version covers the entire Dumas novel from D'Artagnan's leaving Gascony to join the musketeers.On his way to Paris to enlist in the musketeers he encounters Cardinal Richelieu's two deadliest agents the dastardly Rochefort and the beautiful countess Milady de Winter.From then on he has encounters with the Three Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis and becomes their new companion and then learns of Cardinal Richelieu's plots against the monarchy and of Queen Anne's indiscretion.Court intrigue,war and crimes also figure prominently in this story.The actor playing D'Artagnan a stage actor named Dana Young does his fencing scenes well a little inexperienced dramatically but he is the right age for the part (18-21). Brian Russell does a great job as the Duke of Buckingham reminds one of actor Billy Zane.Deirdre Atkinson,Geoffrey Alm and Tobias Anderson give wonderful performances as Milady,Rochefort and Cardinal Richelieu.The villains stole the show in this version.I will say that Tobias Anderson's Cardinal Richelieu physically reminds me of how late actor Ray Walston would have looked if he had played the part of the Cardinal.This version had good fencing and good costumery.For purists of the Alexandre Dumas novel you need to see this version.For those who loved the Michael York 1974-75 productions and the Gene Kelly 1948 version you need to see this one.This is the complete novel in 145 minutes.This is also a must for literature teachers to show their students.If you're a Three Musketeer lover as I am you need to see this one.

This is one of the best and one of the most faithful productions of the Dumas novel I have ever seen.It's a filmed 145 minute video stageplay performed by adult actors and actresses of the Northwest Children's Theatre in Portland,Oregon.It starts out with D'Artagnan leaving his home and family in Gascony.Finding trouble along the way to Paris by meeting up with the Cardinal Richelieu's Agents.Then meeting the Three Musketeers by accident and immediately becoming their ally.Later he becomes involved with the Queen's seamstress and gets involved with court intrigues and gets the Three Musketeers involved as well.To save the Queen's honor they have dangerous confrontations with Cardinal Richelieu's Agents Rochefort and Milady.I won't give away what happens but those who know the novel will love this version.If you have seen other versions like the 1948 Gene Kelly or the 1974 Michael York version you will appreciate this one.This is the whole novel portrayed in this one not just part of the novel as in some of the 1930's versions.I will say that the villains Geoffrey Alm (Rochefort),Deirdre Atkinson (Milady) and Tobias Andersen (Cardinal Richelieu) and Brian Russell (the Queen's lover The Duke of Buckingham).They are the ones who stole this show.A production well done.