The Three Musketeers (LiA Two Parter)

Gerda Strobl

Faye Dunaway as Milady was in 1973/74.

Gerda Strobl

You could not possibly have missed the 1973/74 version? Just curious. :)

Gerda Strobl

Mine too. Even though the actors were tricked and got too little pay.

Samantha Webb

The animated Disney version would be fun. (I was young. I was foolish.) It's funny and has some good but silly songs.

Surprised that only a couple people seem to have mentioned the 2001 film 'The Musketeer', which I have find memories of watching in my teens, as well as the 1993 film which everyone seems to have mentioned (but if I'm remembering correctly it was Welshy's fav version, he did a video and everything).

Jaimee Raper

The Disney (Tim Curry) version and the 70s version - for very different reasons.

Molberry

I don't want you to review these per se, but I would love a mention that the variety goes from Barbie, to cat people, to all the different cultures.

The 1993 version is yet another reason to fall in love with Tim Curry, please.

Joanna

I'm putting my vote in for the 1974 animated version. I had that on VHS as a kid, and I still remember the opening theme, which, though catchy, had absolutely nothing to do with the actual movie.

1993. My mom introduced it as my first chick flick. Good memories!

Amy Taylor

Gotta vote for the 1993 version. It was the first version I ever saw of the 3 musketeers and it was hammy in a good way.

Fabrisse ter Brugghe

The Silent Version with Douglas Fairbanks. It isn't very long, and I think you'd have fun with it. I love the Gene Kelly version, too, but the best adaptation is the two film one, if only for Faye Dunaway as Milady. The 1993 version is mostly hilarious. The problem is, other than Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu, I don't think the actors intended it to be.

I have vague memories about Tom and Jerry doing something with the 3 Musketeers, but my vote would honestly be the Barbie version for sure.

The 2011 adaptation with Logan Lerman is one of the worst I've ever seen. The 1993 version with Tim Curry is the best

Matt Storrs

Not a movie as such, but there was a tv show on PBS in the early 90's called "Wishbone" that adapted classic books, just with a Jack Russell Terrier as one of the main roles. That's the version of this book that I remember, and if nothing else, it deserves a mention for the "cute" factor.

the three musketeers 2011 Paul Anderson version, just cause I think your reaction to it will be funny. otherwise 1993 version with Tim Curry, cause Tim Curry man!

My personal favorite is the 1973 version with Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed. I also think they 2011 is worth mentioning because of all the instances where they try to make actors that aren’t Orlando Bloom look like Orlando Bloom while simultaneously making Orlando Bloom look completely different. Also Mathew Mcfayden is in it and I love him.

RedVelvet

This piece is really nice

...the only one I've seen is the Backyardigans one

Gerda Strobl

The two-film version with Heston, Chamberlain etc. is the best version (as a film, mind!) I have ever seen - which is perhaps not hard, because I have not seen that many. At any rate it is not only hilarious, but also comparatively well-rooted in history. :) The actors were ripped off, alas, and what was originally one film got cut to pieces to make two, but the result is suprisingly good for all that. Oh, and the fights are wonderfully dirty, pragmatic, and occasionally entertaining. It is not JUST a comedy, though, it is a fine mix.

Robert Calhoun

So, i've seen the 1993 Disney film, the bonkers 2001 filme that was more like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Musketeer, and the also bonkers (but for me hella fun) Steampunketeers version from 2011. Don't know if the latter two are worth more than a mention in your LiA, other than for how crazy they are.

Paul ferancik

I am a HUGE fan of alaxander dumais and am thrilled that your covering this (eagerly hoping you read count of monte Cristo someday) to answer you question, the 1993 version is your best bet for an adaptation review. It follows the book pretty faithfully, it’s biggest sin is cutting out TONS of side stories that only serve as world building. For a Disney film, it’s actually kind of shocking just are faithful the characters are to the book.

Nawf4

Honestly, that may need to be a separate option for the survey when doing these really classic novels, "Read and/or watched, but it was so long ago I can't remember." You may want to use that for the Time Machine or Journey to the Center of the Earth or Treasure Island, because classic books like that were in those standardized collection format to get bookish kids to read them or make them easy to teach.

Nawf4

I can't really suggest a movie version of the Three Musketeers because I thought I had never seen a version of it. But then I remembered that I did see a version when I was waaaaay younger. Funny enough, I thought I wouldn't be able to answer that I'd read the book, and then remembered that I had read it when I was in elementary school as it was in those classic collections with just enough pictures to make kids who wanted to feel smart read them.

Amber Pearce

prefer gene kelly version, but also like the richard york film

douledamn

The Mickey Mouse would be nice, and I'm always ready for anything Tim Curry. BUT simply, because I'm probably the only person that remember it, perhaps a "What the hell?" mention of 'Albert, The Fifth Musketeer'?

Ooof

DO THE MICKEY MOUSE VERSION ITS A CLASSIC AND THE BEST VERSION. please

Jenny Erdahl

The Tim Curry version

Rialla Sheng

Geez this is a tough one I know the book very well, but I also know many of these films The 1911 is fun (esp given WHO D'Artagnan's actor is) and is pretty decent as a silent film in and of itself The 21 with Fairbanks is a good one to watch too The 33 with Wayne is fun becuase it's more an 'inspired by' or retelling of the story... but the 33 Diamant-Berger film is really nice beucase it's basically the 21 french film, but is now with sound The 48 with Kelly and Allyson is a classic of course The 93 is a loose adaptation but it's still one I enjoy as it's own thing (and has TONS of great scenes/lines)

Breanne Lasorso

Agreed, worth at least a mention

Lovely

Yee~! Two-part episode, that sounds fun. And I actually read the book for this one AND saw ... at least one film! So that's new for me, haha. Just gonna agree with folks that mentioned the 1993 version. That was a fun, goofy romp.

Bonnie Claire

The two versions I think of first are the 1993 version starring Kiefer Sutherland and the 1948 version starring Gene Kelly. In particular, I'd love to see what you think of the 1948 version, as I remember it as being delightfully cheesy and over-the-top in the particular way that only 40's Hollywood can manage.

Please mention the D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (USSR made), I don’t think the American audience is aware of it, and it’s great, beautiful and seems to be quite loyal. Maybe people would be interested enough to check it afterwards as it’s quite different in a lot of ways from other adaptations I’ve seen!)))

The 1993 Version is the one with Charlie Sheen, right? I actually saw that movie a lot as a kid, long before I ever saw 2.5 Men. So once I was older, we talked about Three Musketeer Movies and I was like "Wait a minute, was that Charlie Sheen in that movie? It couldn't be, he isn't a serious actor...is he?" Also, that movie was partially filmed close to where I lived. ^^

Josh Liller

The Man In The Iron Mask is an adaptation of a separate Dumas novel, although it would certainly make a good episode in its own right.

Josh Liller

You're burying the lead: 1973 also has CHRISTOPHER LEE as the one-eyed villain.

Josh Liller

It would be great if you'd include the 2001 The Musketeer which featured a Western cast, but with Hong Kong wire-fu fight choreography. It's not the best or the worst, but one of the more unusual. Best is the 1993 version. Worst would be the 2011 Paul W. S. Anderson mess...except that Asylum did a futuristic knockoff around the same time which has to be the worst because, well, Asylum.

The 1993 Disney version would be awesome to see. Maybe also The Man in the Iron Mask?

I know this is a bit of a stretch, but I would be interested in seeing the animated Disney version with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as the musketeers.

Yes, please you have to do the 1993 film with Tim Curry. He's outrageous and the casting alone is hilarious. But I'd also love it if you could find the 1969 TV version with Christopher Walken and/or the 1948 version with Vincent Price. Comparing Curry and Price would be a hoot.

Gelli Elfson

I'd like to see the 1948 version with Vincent Price as Richelieu.

percysowner

Wow, one I actually read the book! The ones I remember are the 1973 version with Michael York, Raquel Welch and the 1974 Four Musketeers which does the second half of the book. I also saw the old, Gene Kelly version from 1948. I would recommend the 1973-74 versions, they are quite good.

I'm BEGGING you to do the Barbie in The Three Musketeers adaptation it is a CLASSIC. and if you don't like it, you can be like "it sucks", so like, two birds

Locuas

Please tell me you will at least mention "Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds"

Man in the Iron Mask comes to mind

Please, please, please do the '90s Disney live action w/ Tim Curry as Cardinal Richelieu. It is awesomely cheesy and fun.

The most stand out in my mind were the one with Tim Curry, and oddly enough the 1974 animated one, it's...weird but in an entertaining way

Amy Poli

The one I know best was the 90s version with Chris O’Donald. My French husband votes for the Gene Kelly version.

I'd love to see the awful 2011 with Milla(dy) Jovovic get judged on its merits as an adaptation of the original work. But my brother'd never forgive me if I didn't at least mention for the sake of entertaining nostalgic co-commenters the French animated series Albert the Fifth Musketeer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHLJDs9jAvk

Dominic Noble

Probably not, I've decided I like this format better sorry.

Dominic Noble

I've looked into that one and it looks like its more of a sequel than an adaptation. The original three musketeers exist in this story but the Disney characters aren't playing them.

Will we ever get another Dom-Oscars? This one seems brimming with potential!

Ettore

Of course you won't have time to cover it, but Dumas was and is a truly international phenomenon. It is calculated that he was the most popular author in Germany for most of the XIX Century. So there are tons of German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese adaptations in addition to the French and Anglo-Saxon ones. He also had one of the most amazing life ever

Sam M the Demifemme

I've read the book, but I've only really seen the Disney Mickey adaptation (which might as well be In Name Only) and the awful 2011 one.

Seth Brower

I haven't watched them in a while, but the 3film set that started in the 70s with Michael York still has a fond place in my mind.

shadowscribble

I like this version of LiA since there are a lot of cues and things they hold on to from either the source or lifted from other versions.

Ghilz

My Nostalgia Goggles have a love of the 1993 Disney one, flaws and all.

Ettore

I think the 1948 is the Golden Standard

The only one I’ve actually seen is the absolutely terrible Paul W.S Anderson film from 2011. Surely that has to have a shot for the worst.

Lethurblaka

Well for worst adaptation I would vote for the 2011-film. The one with the airship.

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers

If you're not covering the Gene Kelly '48 version in the first half, I'd boost it for tne second one. It kind of standard, but Kelly brings his usual verve to it.