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The Return of the Musketeers (1989) 5.7
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort.... See full summary » Director:Richard Lester |
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| Michael York | ... | ||
| Oliver Reed | ... | ||
| Frank Finlay | ... | ||
| C. Thomas Howell | ... |
Raoul
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| Kim Cattrall | ... | ||
| Geraldine Chaplin | ... | ||
| Roy Kinnear | ... | ||
| Christopher Lee | ... | ||
| Philippe Noiret | ... | ||
| Richard Chamberlain | ... | ||
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Eusebio Lázaro | ... |
Duke of Beaufort
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| Alan Howard | ... | ||
| David Birkin | ... | ||
| Bill Paterson | ... | ||
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... |
Cyrano de Bergerac
(as Jean Pierre Cassel)
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It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbé, and Athos, a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt Beaufort's escape from prison, the musketeers are expendable, and Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I. They are also pursued by Justine, the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy 20 years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve the Queen, and secure Beauford's political reforms. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Swashbuckling action, comedy capers and rollicking adventures, bigger and better than ever. They're back... all for one and one for all!Parents Guide:
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25 August 1989 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
A testőrök visszatérnek See more »Filming Locations:
Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK See more »Company Credits
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Cardinal Mazarin: Roundhead diplomacy. Does he think he can cut off a crowned head, even an English one, and royal France will stand by doing nothing?
Justine de Winter: What will France do?
Cardinal Mazarin: Stand by... protesting.
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Roy Kinnear's final role was completed by a double and a British actor who was a soundalike for him. See more »Goofs
Whilst ballooning to the finale castle, the fire keeps changing from lit in long shots to unlit in close up. See more »Quotes
Justine de Winter: King Charles' death is inevitable, and France must not interfere. General Cromwell insists.Cardinal Mazarin: Roundhead diplomacy. Does he think he can cut off a crowned head, even an English one, and royal France will stand by doing nothing?
Justine de Winter: What will France do?
Cardinal Mazarin: Stand by... protesting.
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French politics always have been a mess. The backdrop of "La Fronde" as the French civil war was known, is difficult to explain. There were no good or bad guys. The country was thrown into confusion and disarray.
The challenge of adapting the second Dumas novel (as well as the third) is that there is no clear cut plot element to hang your hat on. Unlike the race to get the jewels back from the first novel, "Twenty Years Later" is rather episodic and dis-jointed. the musketeers are no longer musketeers and (in the novel) they are not even on the same side of the political fence.
The movie tries. There is an attempt at the levity of the previous two films. The screenwriters attempt to throw in a weird romance between Athos' son Raoul and Lady De Winter's daughter (an evil son in the book). The writers also keep many of the major set pieces from the book (the fire ship plot against the heroes, the execution of Charles I, the escape of the prince of Condé, etc.) but in the end the film has no spirit.
Everyone involved must have dearly wanted to recapture the magic of the first two films. Lester was working under pressure on a television schedule and budget.
In his autobiography Michael York describes how he looked forward to the first day of shooting. The whole thing turned sour when Roy Kinnear had a tragic (and York believes, an unnecessary) accident. Kinnear was asked to ride his horse across a bridge in a long shot and tried to oblige. He fell and was rushed to the hospital where he later passed away. York feels the producers treated Kinnear and his family shabbily.
Any joy the actors may have had going in to the project evaporated after that.