Three Musketeers (1999) (V)

Director:

John Monteverde

Writer:

David Richmond (writer)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

State Vs. Religion in 17th Century France.

Cast

Stephen Alexander	...	King Louis XIII
Geoffrey Alm	...	Count de Rochefort
Tobias Andersen	...	Cardinal Richelieu
Deirdre Atkinson	...	Milady de Winter
Thomas Beckett	...	Aramis
Emily Carlsen	...	Constance Bonancieux
Gordon Carpenter	...	Athos / D'Artagnan the Elder
Keri Christiansen	...	Madame D'Artagnan
Jason Codey	...	Count de Wardes
Padraic Culham	...	Porthos
Kate Donovan	...	Anne of Austria
Lincoln Holmes	...	Patrick the Valet
Rob Jones	...	Jussac
Lichen June	...	Madame Lannoy
David Levy-Horton	...	Planchet
Mike Mahaffey	...	Monsieur de Treville
Brian Russell	...	Duke of Buckingham
Sigfried Seeliger	...	Headsman of Lille
Kari Virding	...	Kitty the Maid
Dana Young	...	D'Artagnan

Runtime:

145 min

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG

Company:

Global Stage Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Athos confronts his ex-wife Milady de Winter he fumbles while trying to put his gun away.

Well Done.

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.