The Four Musketeers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]

The Four Musketeers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
by Richard Lester

The Four Musketeers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]

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Director: Richard Lester
Primary Contributor: Geraldine Chaplin
Primary Contributor: Jean-Pierre Cassel
Primary Contributor: Joss Ackland
Primary Contributor: Michael York
Primary Contributor: Oliver Reed
Primary Contributor: Raquel Welch
Primary Contributor: Richard Chamberlain
Primary Contributor: Roy Kinnear
Primary Contributor: Simon Ward
Primary Contributor: Spike Milligan
Commentary: CategoryClassicFilms
Commentary: CategoryUK
Commentary: CategoryUSA
Commentary: Festival BAFTA Awards
Commentary: Festival Golden Globes
Commentary: Festival Oscar Academy Awards
Commentary: film movie Classic
DVD: Region Code 2.0
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Unknown); German (Unknown); English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Danish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); Norwegian (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Swedish (Subtitled)
Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Momentum
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DVD Reviews of The Four Musketeers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]

DVD Review: More Action, Less Plot - But Still Good
Summary: 4 Stars

It's hard to say anything unkind about 'The 4 Musketeers', which I just saw and liked, though i'd say the first one ended more satisfactorily. 'The 3 Musketeers' could pretty much stand on it's own without the continuation of the saga, yet that saga does continue in part 2, 'The 4 Musketeers'. Everything moves along in the same manner of elegance, 'Pythonesque' undertones, and dirty, yet chivalrous, brawling. If I had to criticize though, I'd say there seemed to be more fight sequences and less story in this one, or maybe just the story had not as many interesting elements as the first one. This time Raquel Welch (Constance) has been captured, while Faye Dunaway is dead set on having her and D'Artagnan, plus the king of England assassinated with the bishop's silent approval. Heston continues to do a great job as the bishop - I don't think I've seen him in a more likeable role than this (no kidding). He's multi-layered and subtle in his villainy - something I haven't come across in his acting in the few movies I've seen him in (where he usually just plays a macho guy). Raquelle Welch is less prominent than in the first, while Faye Dunaway spends much more time on screen - she does an incredible job as a steely hearted snake-woman in the service of 'the state' and her own private vendattas.

As for the dvd, it's a real shame there are no English subtitles. I should mention my dvd is a Japanese zone 2 version, which has subtitles in other languages, but not English. I find subtitles really bring the script out (and the story) especially in a movie like this where antiquated British English being muttered or spoken quickly gets muddled, and I find myself having to concentrate harder than I would if the words were there in front of me, i.e. subtitles - this movie, of any, should have them - even for native speakers!

'The 4 Musketeers' was a good movie and I had to see it after enjoying the first one so much. Still, part of the charm of the first one, and with more comic effect, was that D'Artagnan had to prove himself one of the musketeers - as being more than just a country oaf, that he was in fact a true swordsman with all the dignity and sense of 'honor' that was required (which was so perfectly taken to ridiculous proportions in the 'The 3 Musketeers'). As this has already been established when 'The 4 Musketeers' begins, what we are left with is a helluva lot of fight scenes which, while not bad (one in particular reminded me of Monty Python's 'the Holy Grail') also don't carry as much interest as the content of 'The 3 Musketeers'. All the characters are still their same likeable selves which will be fun for any fan of the first to see, but expect less than what you got in the first and you'll probably have more fun with this one. Of the two, 'The 4 Musketeers' is slightly darker, with Faye Dunaway's venomous intentions guiding much of the action and forming the plot.

Description of The Four Musketeers [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]

Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),German ( Mono ),Italian ( Mono ),Spanish ( Mono ),Danish ( Subtitles ),Finnish ( Subtitles ),German ( Subtitles ),Italian ( Subtitles ),Norwegian ( Subtitles ),Spanish ( Subtitles ),Swedish ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SYNOPSIS: This comic interpretation of Alexandre Dumas's classic adventure saga picks up where 1974's The Three Musketeers left off, as D'Artagnan (Michael York), Athos (Oliver Reed), Aramis (Richard Chamberlain), and Porthos (Frank Finlay) scuttle the plans of Lady de Winter (Faye Dunaway) to remove Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin) from the seat of power. De Winter is determined to get revenge against the Musketeers, and when she learns that D'Artagnan is infatuated with the lovely Constance (Raquel Welch), she first tries to foil their romance by seducing D'Artagnan herself, and then by persuading Rochefort (Christopher Lee) to kidnap Constance. She then engineers the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham (Simon Ward), a close friend of D'Artagnan; when word of the Duke's death and Constance's imprisonment reaches D'Artagnan and his comrades, the foursome ride off to rescue the fair lady and see that justice is done against de Winter. The Four Musketeers was filmed concurrently with The Three Musketeers; it was originally intended to be one film, but when director Richard Lester realized the movie would be over three and a half hours long, the decision was made to release it as two separate features instead. This led to lawsuits filed by several of the stars, claiming that they were hired under false pretenses and entitled to be paid for making two films rather than one. The actors won their case, but their settlement was significantly less than the salary they hoped to receive.
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