Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009) (V)

Director:

William Lau

Writer:

Amy Wolfram (written by)

Release Date:

15 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Tagline:

All for one and one for all!

Plot Keywords:

Based On Toy | Barbie | Number In Title | Character Name In Title

Cast

Kelly Sheridan	...	Barbie as Corinne (voice)
Tim Curry	...	Philippe (voice)
Kira Tozer	...	Viveca (voice)
Willow Johnson	...	Aramina (voice)
Dorla Bell	...	Renée (voice)
Nicole Oliver	...	Corinne's Mother / Fancy Dress Girl #1 (voice)
Merrilyn Gann	...	Madame de Bossé (voice)
Kathleen Barr	...	Hélène / Fancy Dress Girl #2 (voice)
Mark Hildreth	...	Prince Louis (voice)
Michael Dobson	...	Bertram / Musketeer Guard (voice)
Bernard Cuffling	...	Monsieur Treville (voice)
Brad Swaile	...	Serge / Handsome Man (voice)
Amelia Henderson	...	Miette (voice)
Tabitha St. Germain	...	Miette Walla (voice)
Brian Dobson	...	Brutus / Regent Guard #2 (voice)
David Kaye	...	Alexander / Driver (voice)
Terry Klassen	...	Pig / Regent Guard #1 / Henchman (voice)
Alistair Abell	...	Musketeer #1 / Royal Announcer (voice)
Brian Drummond	...	Musketeer #2 (voice)

Directed by
William Lau

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Amy Wolfram		written by

Produced by
Rob Hudnut	....	executive producer
Pat Link	....	producer
Shawn McCorkindale	....	producer
Shelley Tabbut	....	producer (as Shelley Dvi-Vardhana)
Jennifer Twiner McCarron	....	executive producer
Carrie Wilksen	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Eric Colvin

Film Editing by
Sylvain Blais

Production Design by
Walter P. Martishius

Art Direction by
Pamela Prostarr

Production Management
Candice Bone	....	production manager

Art Department
Gavin Ball	....	designer
Henry Cho	....	head of facial department
David Dick	....	designer
Nathan Fitzgerald	....	lead layout animator
Beth Gonzales	....	designer
Olivier Grard	....	lighting artist
Sid Katz	....	lead set modeler
Cecilia Ku	....	lead facial technical director
Kin Fung Kwok	....	facial technical director
Nan Li	....	texture artist
Iain Morton	....	texture artist
Luke Nguyen	....	lighting artist
Sean Norman	....	lighting artist
Ashley Ramsay	....	production technology manager
Lil Reichmann	....	character art director
Laurel Smith	....	texture artist
Paul Soeiro	....	designer
Rob Starr	....	lighting artist
Eric Wong	....	lighting artist
Michelle Zhang	....	lead facial modeler

Sound Department
Jay Cheetham	....	background sound editor
Kelly Cole	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig George	....	foley editor
Bill Mellow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Glen Noseworthy	....	foley recordist
Ryan Nowak	....	sound designer
Christopher M. Ray	....	m&e re-recording mixer (as Chris Ray)
Joe Watts	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Michael Antonakos	....	motion capture talent
Dany Asselin	....	creature technical director
Kelsey Ayukawa	....	lead compositing artist
Kelsey Ayukawa	....	lighting artist
Adam Bagatto	....	technical animator
Laura Bartlett	....	motion capture talent
Patrick Beauchamp	....	lead lighting artist
Peter Benson	....	motion capture talent
Renaud Bergeron	....	xsi pipeline engineer
Karl Bildstein	....	lead compositing artist
Karl Bildstein	....	lighting artist
Jenn Bird	....	motion capture talent
Ryan Booth	....	motion capture talent
Lauren Bowler	....	motion capture talent
Ravinder Brar	....	technical animator
Michelle Buch	....	lighting artist
Terral Burnett	....	set modeler
Nadine Burwash	....	set modeler
Maureen Cairns	....	motion capture talent
Sara Canning	....	motion capture talent
Paul Cech	....	motion capture technical director
Lawrence Chang	....	modeler
Carol Cheng	....	lead texture artist
Conrad Chow	....	senior lighter
Brad Dunbar	....	fx supervisor
Michel Duran	....	motion capture talent
Winston Fan	....	compositing supervisor
Emily Fang	....	senior character modeler
David Ganshorn	....	lighting artist
Derek Goodfellow	....	modeler
Jason Hancox	....	motion capture editor
Jason Hancox	....	motion capture lead
Roselle Healy	....	motion capture talent
Daniel Ho	....	modeler
Alun Hollyman	....	set modeler
Shi Hu	....	creature technical director
Peter Huck	....	motion capture talent
Hak Lee	....	senior modeler
Eddie Li	....	creature technical director
Harry Liu	....	motion capture editor
Eunice Lo	....	modeler
Tony Lomonaco	....	motion capture producer
Laura Maltman	....	compositing artist
F. Braun McAsh	....	motion capture choreographer: fight/dance (as Braun McAsh)
Jason McKeeman	....	technical animator
Shaun Middleton	....	modeler
Lujobmir Milic	....	modeler
Voja Milosevic	....	modeler
Laura Mitchell	....	motion capture talent
Sean Norman	....	lighting artist
Allan Pantoja	....	lead lighting artist
Joe Pelz	....	visual effects
Graham Qually	....	motion capture editor
Brett Queen	....	motion capture talent
Simon Rainier	....	motion capture talent
Sherri Rogers	....	texture artist
Clayton Ryan	....	lead creature technical director
Adam Sera	....	fx supervisor
Michelle Smith	....	motion capture talent
Cailin Stadnyk	....	motion capture talent
Debbie Timuss	....	motion capture talent
Josh Toews	....	set modeler
François Van Eeden	....	modeler
Jayme Vandusen	....	compositing artist
Alfonso Villar	....	senior modeler
Adam Vorous	....	modeler
Derek Waters	....	senior technical director
Kelly Wei-Lo	....	set modeler
Wade Wilson	....	technical animator
Jessica Woods	....	compositing artist
Jennifer Yabuki	....	set modeler
Takashi Yamanouchi	....	modeler
Lan Yao	....	lead texture artist
Lea Young	....	character modeler
Jody Zoerb	....	motion capture editor

Animation Department
Larry Anderson	....	supervising animator
Aiden Blake	....	fx animator
Hilary Boarman	....	animator
Ravinder Brar	....	layout animator
Daniel Broverman	....	animator
Chris Buckley	....	senior animator
Izabela Byzmek	....	senior animator
Doug Calvert	....	layout animator
Doug Calvert	....	senior animator
Francis Cardeno	....	senior animator
Joey Chang	....	senior animator
Tommy Cheng	....	animator
Luke De Winter	....	supervising animator
Anthony Di Ninno	....	layout animator
James Dykeman	....	senior animator
Nathan Fitzgerald	....	animator
Zondac Gibson	....	layout animator
Conrad Helten	....	animation director
Luis Aguilar Hernandez	....	senior animator
Curtis Hunt	....	animator
Curtis Hunt	....	layout animator
Ryan King	....	layout animator
Eric Kingston	....	animator
Genevieve Lacombe	....	lead technical animator
Daniel Laczkowski	....	layout animator
David Lee	....	animator
Oscar Lo	....	senior animator
Brendon Marklinger	....	fx animator
Jason McKeeman	....	technical animator
Charlie McKenna	....	supervising animator
Sean Metcalfe	....	layout animator
Maisha Moore	....	character modeler & texture artist
Colleen Morton	....	senior animator
Patrick Nash	....	animator
Gino Nichele	....	animation director
Ryan Nickell	....	animator
Colin Oleksyn	....	animation director
Joel Olmstead	....	modeling supervisor
Noel Peters	....	animator
Max Polozov	....	animator
Ricardo Rodrigues	....	senior animator
Christina Roodenburg	....	senior animator
Cliff Rowe	....	fx animator
Eddie Shu	....	animator
Chrystia Siolkowsky	....	fx animator
Jody Tidsbury	....	modeling supervisor
Shannon Tieu	....	animator
David Tilgner	....	animation director
Brandon Tinney	....	animator
Mike White	....	senior animator
Wade Wilson	....	technical animator
Mark Wong	....	animator

Editorial Department
Cassandra Mackay	....	production editor
Duncan Rochfort	....	production editor

Music Department
Dominik Hauser	....	orchestrator
Arnie Roth	....	music producer

Other crew
Bart Adrian	....	senior systems administrator
David Algar	....	principal systems administrator
Katherine Armstrong	....	accounts payable administrator
Jordan Atkinson	....	operations technician
Alison Block	....	project accountant
Larry Bodnar	....	principal operations technician
Lilian Bravo	....	production coordinator
Tara Browne	....	creative consultant
Tara Browne	....	production finance coordinator
Nick Burdan	....	rendering supervisor
Luis Casuso	....	render wrangler
Dexter Cheng	....	software developer
Barbara Dawson	....	director of talent relations
Michael Douglas	....	ending credits
Sandra Duquette	....	accounts payable clerk
Victoria Elrod	....	payroll manager
Mary Ellen Garratt	....	director of finance
Anna Guseva	....	it assistant
Adam Harrison	....	lead production assistant
Ruwani Hewabandula	....	payroll administrator
Vicki Jaeger	....	creative consultant
Terry Klassen	....	voice director
Albert Lim	....	controller
Alex Mitrofanov	....	software developer
Paul Clayton Newman	....	senior software developer
Ann-Louise Olsen	....	human resources manager
Alexander Pappova	....	accounting clerk
Tony Pelle	....	director of technology
Bryant Pike	....	chief financial officer
Jamie Savella-Mach	....	human resources administrator
Ron Stinson	....	direcetor of it and operations
Marie Sutherland	....	production accountant
Angus Wakefield	....	head credits
Kirsty Wilson	....	intermediate accountant
Nick Xiao	....	senior systems administrator
Brenda Yau	....	facilities manager

Production Companies

• Rainmaker Entertainment

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Nickelodeon (2009) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Argentina:81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:G | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Hong Kong:I | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/4

Company:

Rainmaker Entertainment

Trivia:

Tim Curry (voice of Philippe) also played a villain in Disney's live action version of The Three Musketeers (1993) as Cardinal Richelieu, in addition to playing the villain in the first Barbie movie, Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001) (V).

Movie Connections:

Follows Barbie: Fairytopia (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Making My Way

While not the best Barbie movie, it is very entertaining and has a sense of fun

At 17, I know I am a little old for Barbie movies, but there are a vast majority I have enjoyed. I am very fond of Barbie in the Nutcracker which is my personal favourite, and liked Rapunzel and Swan Lake. While Musketeers isn't the best of the movies, and I am not sure what Alexandre Dumas would make of it, it is entertaining and has a sense of fun. True, some of the dialogue is a little ropey(although I loved "we're here to save the prince not date him") and there are one or two slow moments in the plot. However, the animation, while not as stunning as the animation in Nutcracker, is colourful and overall the film is lovely to watch. The soundtrack is lovely with its highly memorable "All for one, and one for all", showing the importance of standing together, and the four female protagonists are very appealing. Plus the little kitten is very cute, and Phillippe is a convincing enough lead villain. The voice acting is most impressive; Kelly Sheridan makes Corrine daring, brave and resourceful, and that was lovely to see. Tim Curry, as always,(he very rarely puts a foot wrong, and I would like him to get more recognition than he's getting at the moment) is superb as the voice of Phillippe, with his velvety voice and swatty laugh, he was perfect as the villain. What a genius the casting director is for casting him, and anyone who saw Nutcracker will know he was the voice of the Mouse King, and he was terrific as that character too. All in all, while bearing little resemblance to the Dumas classic, this is still a hugely enjoyable animated film, and I do hope it gets a higher IMDb rating than it's got at the moment. Then again, it is early days, but let's keep our fingers crossed. Preschoolers will definitely love it. 8/10 Bethany Cox