The Three Musketeers (1973 film)

The plot of the film as a whole repeats the plot of Dumas' novel, however the film is full of humor and shot with a great deal of irony.

• Director: Richard Leicester
• Producer: Alexander Salkind, Ilya Salkind
• Screenwriter: George McDonald Fraser
• Composer: Michel Legrand
• Operator: David Watkin

Despite the fact that the plot of the film strictly enough follows the original source, George MacDonald Fraser, famous for the series of parody historical novels “Flashman,” added a large number of comedic scenes to it. In the battle scenes set by William Hobbs, interior items are more often used as weapons than swords, and opponents often enter hand-to-hand combat. The character Raquel Welch, in turn, creates an atmosphere of lightheadedness.

Initially, the duration of the film was about 3 hours, but later it was divided into two parts. The second part came out on screens a year later under the title "The Four Musketeers: Revenge of Milady ." With the exception of Charlton Heston, whose character occupied a small screen time, all the actors were outraged by the decision of the producers: none of them knew that he had played in two films for the price of one. After this precedent, all contracts concluded by actors in the guild ( Eng. Screen Actors Guild ) include the so-called “Salkind point”, which stipulates how many films will be used to produce the footage.

In 1989, the cast returned to the screens in the sequel, Return of the Musketeers, a free interpretation of the novel Twenty Years Later. However, the third film did not have the same audience success as the first two.

Awards

• 1975 - Golden Globe - Best Movie Actress in a Musical or Comedy - Raquel Welch
• 1975 - Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Comedy - Richard Leicester
• 1975 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Best British Comedy Scenario - George MacDonald Fraser

Nominations

• 1975 - BAFTA - Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Michel Legrand
• 1975 - BAFTA - Best Production Designer - Brian Itwell
• 1975 - BAFTA - Best Operator - David Watkin
• 1975 - BAFTA - Best Costume Design - Yvonne Black
• 1975 - BAFTA - Best montage - John-Victor Smith
• 1975 - Golden Globe - Best Movie (musical or comedy)
• 1975 - Grammy - Album with the best original soundtrack for a feature film - Michel Legrand

• The Four Musketeers: Revenge of the Milady (film)
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989 film)

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• Three Musketeers (eng.) On the site allmovie
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• The Three Musketeers - The Queen's Diamonds (eng.) . Varety (31 December 1972). The appeal date is July 25, 2012. Archived August 5, 2012.
• Vincent Canby. Spirites 'Three Musketeers' (No. 6) (English) . The New York Times (4 April 1974). The appeal date is July 25, 2012.