I love this version of the 3 Musketeers but I also love the 1993 version with Tim Curry, Rebecca D'Mornay, Keifer Sunderland, Oliver Platt and Charlie Sheen.

@itzakpoelzig330

Жыл бұрын

I think Ashleigh would love that one too. It has some great lines.

@lynnkain

Жыл бұрын

@@itzakpoelzig330 I really enjoy that version.

@VicEclectica

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. Part of the charm of this version is knowing the actors involved. If you don't, then while entertaining, the movie isn't what it could be for the viewer. I enjoy the comedy of the 1993 version a bit more also.

@TheKyfe

Жыл бұрын

I despise how D'Artagnan is portrayed in that version. He was shown as a bumbling novice who barely understood to hold a sword by the hilt instead of the blade. In the book, he was a genius Swordsman who far outclassed everyone else in the story, and they destroyed his character.

@kw7378a1

Жыл бұрын

I LOVE that version. Such a great 90s cheesy classic. I particularly liked the part where the 3 musketeers taught d'artagnan to flirt. Or the 8th doctor (paul mcgann?) as a recurring joke, trying to fight d'artagnan over his sister's honor.

Constance's old husband was played by Spike Milligan. A genius of British comedy.. There would be no Monty Python without Spike.

@wendywoodruff2871

Жыл бұрын

And when Constance's chest stuck through the carriage window that was Captain Peacock from Are You Being Served.

@parissimons6385

Жыл бұрын

Spike Milligan was the chief writer and one of three starring in The Goon Show (mostly on radio), along with Peter Sellers (Dr. Strangelove, The Pink Panther, Being There, etc), and Harry Secombe. Milligan had a cameo in Monty Python's Life of Brian - out of respect (as did George Harrison, who helped pay for the production). Richard Lester, who directed The Three - and The Four - Musketeers, had directed a short film with The Goons (including Milligan). That had led to Lester directing A Hard Day's Night and Help! starring a particular Liverpool quartet, and later A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and others.

@LeChaunce

Жыл бұрын

Arguably there would be no Beatles without Spike Milligan.

@Kragar01

Жыл бұрын

Was so happy to find the Goon Show on Spotify, used to have them on cassette tapes. Spike Milligan is an unknown, unsung hero of British comedy

@ericjanssen394

Жыл бұрын

Roald Dahl originally wanted Spike Milligan as a much different Willy Wonka, and you can tell some of that movie’s dialogue was written for him. (And speaking of Wonka, that’s Roy “Veruca’s father” Kinnear as the poor servant who got the worst of it.)

The orange thing the Duke was holding was a common item in those times. You may have noticed a lack of...sanitation. Frankly, Paris and most other cities stank...and people took measures to at least cover that stink. Perfume was common but expensive. What he is holding is an orange...and it is studded with cloves. Between the scent of the cloves and the citrus of the orange the fragrance was strong enough to at least lessen the general stench. You held it close to your nose and the relatively pleasant and strong scent from the clove studded orange would give you sort of an olfactory screen against the nastiness in the street.

@itzakpoelzig330

Жыл бұрын

It's called a pomander, sometimes made of metal and stuffed with orange peel and spices. People like Martha Stewart still make the orange and clove ones as a sort of Christmas decoration.

@kennethfharkin

Жыл бұрын

The amount of small details included in this film have always astounded me. There are always things in the background which aren't mentioned or focused on yet they truly round out the world.

@ianobrien3248

Жыл бұрын

Dust a little cinnamon on it for that nostalgia burst at christmastime

@weldonwin

Жыл бұрын

In fact it was commonly thought at the time that bad smells were the cause of diseases like cholera and bubonic plague, so the pomander wasn't just to give you something more pleasant to smell, but was thought to be protection from the harmful miasma

@Muck006

Жыл бұрын

@@weldonwin The "venetian carnival mask" with the long nose is an example for this, because that long nose was also used by plague doctors and stuffed with fragrants.

This is a completely underrated film, and I am so glad someone’s watching it!

This is The Three Musketeers I grew up with. Love the cast, the comedy, the action and the attention to detail :)

@mkozlinski

Жыл бұрын

My uncle brought on VHS it from Sweden (with subs) to Poland in early 80s... I didn't understand a word back then but I loved it anyway.

One of my favorite adaptations of The Three Musketeers. The cast is great. I especially love Sir Christopher Lee as Rochefort.

@gregsteele806

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that a smelly sort of cheese?

@wendywoodruff2871

Жыл бұрын

He's also Dracula and picture him in long white hair and a beard for Lord of the Rings. And he was a Bond villain. ❤️

@oaf-77

Жыл бұрын

Count Dooku

@Flytrap

Жыл бұрын

@@wendywoodruff2871 And Count Dooku in Star Wars!

@sparky6086

Жыл бұрын

You reminded me, that Rochefort salad dressing is called blue cheese in the US. There was some legal dispute with France or Quebec, I can't remember which, that made it illegal to refer to it as Rochefort in the US. When I was a kid in the 1960's, I remember, it was still called Rochefort salad dressing in the US.

Oliver Reed was such a great actor. My favorite performance by him in this movie, and in "The Four Musketeers"

@mkozlinski

Жыл бұрын

Reed is Athos. The whole cast was a bullseye but he really nailed the character.

@athos1974

Жыл бұрын

@@mkozlinski 🙂

RIP Christopher Lee! The man. The myth. The legend. This man lived a life you would not believe, if you didn't know better. He even made a cameo in one of the defining wars (the Winter War) of my country, just because he felt it was the right thing to do! He knew J.R.R. Tolkien personally. He played some of the most defining roles in the history of cinema. Etc, etc.

@andreraymond6860

Жыл бұрын

He was also a British Commando during WWII and participated in raids behind enemy lines on the French coast. He got up close and personal while killing Germans.

@SimoExMachina2

Жыл бұрын

@@andreraymond6860 The late great Mr Lee was a lot of things: too many to mention. I could not give a definite list, only my utmost respect and adoration. I mentioned some of the things off the top of my malfunctioning head further blinded by my drunken stupor. Saruman the White was not defeated by Gandalf, but the inevitable passing of time and age.

@SimoExMachina2

Жыл бұрын

@textnow4785 Wait a minute! You are not Ashley! Where is the real Ashley? You are just a hack. A wannabe. Go back, you Nigerian prince! You can't even spontaneously laugh like her! I'm not buying this shit. Go away!

@germanicelt

8 ай бұрын

You're Finnish?

Along with "The Four Musketeers" you might also enjoy "The Man In The Iron Mask" from this same period of history and "The Count Of Monte Cristo" which is one of the best revenge movies of all time IMO.

@Johnny_Socko

Жыл бұрын

Those are great choices, and I would also add the lesser-known "Crossed Swords" (1977), a retelling of The Prince and the Pauper, which once again starred Oliver Reed & Raquel Welch, and was produced by Salkind.

@SimoExMachina2

Жыл бұрын

I love the 70's version of the Count! The one with Richard Chamberlain as the titular character, Edmond Dantes. I was lucky enough to find the DVD version of it, a long time ago. I also have the The Four Musketeers, but not this one. It really would complete the set.

@LG123ABC

Жыл бұрын

I was always a fan of "Robinson Crusoe", another classic from that same era. I don't know if it's gotten a decent film adaptation though.

@Britcarjunkie

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnny_Socko I was trying to remember the name of this one! Haven't seen it since I was a kid. Thanks!

@johnnyskinwalker4095

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnny_Socko I always meant to get the DVD of this movie. Esp. knowing that Reed & Raquel were in it.

My favourite The Three Musketeers adaptation to this day!

@reesebn38

Жыл бұрын

Same!

The best adaptation of the book. This and Four Musketeers were filmed at the same time. The actors thought they were making one movie and were surprised when the second was announced especially since they only got paid for one movie. Since you liked this one am am sure you will enjoy the second just as much.

@robertkendzie3

Жыл бұрын

IIRC this led to a huge lawsuit which changed the actors union rules in order to prevent it happening again.

@htim8997

Жыл бұрын

A fun adaptation, but with some pretty significant alterations.

@Decrepit_Productions

Жыл бұрын

@@htim8997 I finished reading the book early this morning. This movie is indeed significantly different, not only in details but in its overall feel. For instance, D'Artagnon's "lackey" (as the book calls him) is far from the constantly comedic figure he's portrayed as here. Likely D'Artagnon's love interest. I could go on and on, but what's the point? It's a fun movie in its own right, despite not being an accurate film translation of its source material.

I am so excited that you are watching this version! It is the best. You can't get a better cast than Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finely, Christopher Lee, Charlton Heston, Fae Dunaway, and Raquel Welch. I saw this for the first time when I was 5, and fell in love with Richard Chamberlain. You should check out the follow up film "The Four Musketeers". Same cast, just more of the story.

Roy Kinnear (Planchet) was a tremendously talented British comedic actor... previously seen as Verruca Salt's dad in Willy Wonka...and the voice of Bulk in SuperTed (One for the 80s kids). He sadly died after a fall from a horse while filming The Return of the Musketeers (another sequel with much of the same cast) in 1988

@oaf-77

Жыл бұрын

Also good in Help (1965) and Juggernaut (1974)

This was a wonderful surprise, never seen anyone react to this film before. This and the "sequel" or part 2 were filmed at the same time. They originally intended it to be a big three hour epic but then decided to cut it into two movies. That works as the first part is very ligth hearted adventure comedy but the second part has much darker moments. Also, an absolutely killer ensemble cast.

@mattymoowhite

Жыл бұрын

The producers riding tell the actors they were going to release the footage edited into two films, a huge lawsuit ensued

@Yngvarfo

Жыл бұрын

​@@mattymoowhite- Sounds very much like Marlon Brando suing because he was never told that his scenes for Superman were for two movies. Only, he was successful, so his scenes for Superman 2 were reshot with Superman's *mother* instead. Now, who produced the Musketeers movies? 😊

@mattymoowhite

Жыл бұрын

@@Yngvarfo salkind produced both musketeers and superman.

@Yngvarfo

Жыл бұрын

@@mattymoowhite - I am quite aware of that.

@WillCamx

Жыл бұрын

It's a long time since I read the book but I think this and the sequel are reasonably faithful to it.

OMG OMG this is one of my favorite films of all time. I never thought I would see a reaction to it. Thank you!

Its amazing how they got so many talented actors who were also talented swordsmen. Christopher Lee actually had to remind one of his co-stars that he wasn't really trying to kill him.

You absolutely need to watch The Four Musketeers. It is a continuation of the same story and literally the same book. The cast did not know they were filming two films, and it could be argued the producers did not either, but when it came time to edit this turned into two films with even the cast being surprised at the premier by the "Coming Soon" promo. This led to a well known legal battle in Hollywood. It resulted in the Salkind Clause being introduced by the Screen Actors Guild which prevented a filmmaker from dividing a film in two without contractual permission. This essentially double dips on the revenue for the creator without reimbursing the cast.

@catriona_drummond

Жыл бұрын

YES!

@chefskiss6179

Жыл бұрын

I thought they knew exactly what they were doing. Didn't they try to repeat it with Superman 1&2? Or maybe yer right and I'm mistaken? I thought it was because of Supes that SAG started looking into it, together with 3 Musketeers.

@kennethfharkin

Жыл бұрын

@@chefskiss6179 Not that I have read and seen. The decision to split was made in post production and from it two complete films were made from Musketeers. Superman 2 had scenes shot for it in 1 but not the entirety of the film. The clause came about directly as a result of 3 and 4 Musketeers and the actors going into Superman knew the potentials specifically because of the issue from Musketeers. The Salkind Clause doesn't prevent two movies from being made from one, it simply requires contractual agreement to it. That did not exist when the actors were sitting in the premier of Three Musketeers and found out they were featured in another film coming out which they had not been paid for.

@chefskiss6179

Жыл бұрын

@@kennethfharkin Ah cool. Thanks.

@ollietsb1704

Жыл бұрын

Yes, FOUR is not a sequel but truly a Part II, a continuation. Watching these films a year later or years later make them more enchanted, especially when realizing who all of the actors are.

Spike Milligan as Monsieur Bonacieux was brilliant. His comedic timing and delivery is just amazing and I could watch his scenes over and over.

The breadth of this film is amazing. All of the background conversation, the look into "life" and culture at the time, even if exaggerated, adds to the grandeur. And then there is the all-star cast.

@LeChaunce

Жыл бұрын

And the cinematography that imitates the color palette of the paintings of the Dutch masters of the time.

Who else has the Dogtanian theme in their head now? "One for all and all for one. Muskehounds are always ready."

@mkozlinski

Жыл бұрын

It was quite a hit in Poland back then but the whole wordplay (Dartacan in Spanish) was impossible to translate so they threw it away and used original names from the book when they dubbed it.

Thank you for watching this!!!! Great cast and fun movie!

I adore this film! Sir Christopher Lee as Roquefort (eye patch) and Michael York was an amazing D'Artagnan. Raquel was incomparable as Constance Bonancieux. I first read the novel by Alexandre Dunas when I was 6 and reread numerous times before I turned 8.

@jadejewel6586

Жыл бұрын

Logan's Run with Michael York!!! Classic Science Fiction!

Dumas' original rendition of the musketeers is pretty slapstick - the antics they pull to nick the food from the inn are spot-on.

@TheZapan99

Жыл бұрын

They're the original swashbucklers.

@kathyastrom1315

Жыл бұрын

Dumas was a fascinating guy in his own right, and his father was even more remarkable-the son based some of his books on his father’s adventures.

@ichhabe330

Жыл бұрын

@@kathyastrom1315Alex Dumas being a general in Napoleons army and the son of a slave makes your life interesting by default

Christopher Lee (Rochefort) was a champion fencer and swordsman. He, along with the stunt performers, spent months teaching the cast how to fight with the heavy rapier swords. All the cast members were wounded by sword cuts before major photography was completed.

My all-time favorite 3 musketeers. What a cast! So good. Fun adventure & humor. Awesome villain as well. Such great acting, and great adaptation of the original book.

@Inglese001

Жыл бұрын

Amazing cast - but if there's one guy that steals every scene it's Oliver Reed.

@macmcleod1188

Жыл бұрын

@@Inglese001 I always felt I was watching *Athos* and not an actor. Reed was the real deal- a drunken brawler even after becoming famous.

@TerryLightfoot

Жыл бұрын

@@Inglese001 Oliver Reed is so good. One of my favorite actors, although I can't say I love his behaviours offscreen. But then he's very charismatic onscreen.

I saw this at the theater and the packed audience was wild with joy the whole time. At the end there was a standing ovation and then a loud cheer when scenes from the follow-up sequel came on the screen. And everyone was happy for Raquel for scoring an A+ in such a great role.

The Three Musketeers and its sequel, The Four Musketeers, were directed by Richard Lester, who also directed The Beatles in the films ‘A Hard Day's Night' and ‘Help!' as well as directing half of Superman II after Richard Donner was fired in mid-production by the Salkinds, and Superman III.

@zvimur

Жыл бұрын

It had yet another sequel "Return of the musketeers", adaptation of the sequel book "After 20 years", features at least 5 of the OG cast.

@Johnny_Socko

Жыл бұрын

Pedantry alert: Richard Lester was an American who happened to do much of his work in Britain. We now return you to a less annoying conversation. 🙂

@44excalibur

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnny_Socko Damn. I missed that one. 😂 Thanks.

The Cardinal guy who said “I love you son even when you fail.” That was Charlton Heston who you might know if you’ve seen The Ten Commandments before he was Moses.

@wendywoodruff2871

Жыл бұрын

And Planet of the Apes! 🙉

@thewindle

Жыл бұрын

And Ben Hur

@jamesmoyner7499

Жыл бұрын

@@thewindle I only mentiones the film she would have most likely have seen. As I highly doubt Ashleigh has seen either of them.

@PatrickJDoyle-bw3fu

Жыл бұрын

Mr Heston was to be the leader of the NRA after this.

@oaf-77

Жыл бұрын

The Naked Jungle and Soylent Green are two of my favorites of him. He was also a proto Indiana Jones in Secret of the Inca

I like that people expected two divas like Raquel Welch and Faye Runaway would hate each other but they actually got along great when they were filming.

@jackal59

Ай бұрын

From what I've heard, that would make Raquel Welch the only person ever to have worked with Faye Dunaway without ending up hating her. Dunaway's been fired from several plays, once for allegedly physically abusing the wardrobe staff.

Christopher Lee (Saruman from Lord of The Rings) is Rochefort. Charlton Heston is Cardinal Richelieu. Michael York is D'artagnan. This and The Four Musketeers (despite the slapstick) follows the book closer than any other adaptation I have seen. Personally, I am actually looking forward to the new Three Musketeers movies coming out later this year!

@christianemden7637

Жыл бұрын

The trailer does look amazing indeed, like you I’m looking forward to that a lot.

@christopherplummer1299

Жыл бұрын

The slapstick is close to what is in the book.

@christianemden7637

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherplummer1299 I have to disagree and I read the novel a couple of times. While there are shenanigans going on in the book, it is not slap stick in any form or fashion. But of course the Musketeers are depicted as much less lovable rascals in Dumas Novel.

Raquel Welch would win the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role as Constance. So sad about her recent passing. She will be missed.

One of my favourite films. You should definitely watch Four Musketeers, IMMEDIATELY. A lot of the crazy details in the world are historically correct as well as funny - it's the most accurate version of the story, and even the comedy is quite close to the book.

@christopherplummer1299

Жыл бұрын

I only wish they had given us The Man in the Iron Mask with the same cast.

@MrDavidcairns

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherplummer1299 That might have been the plan if Return of the Musketeers had been a hit, and not suffered a tragic on-set fatality.

One of my favorite movies and books of all time. I love Michael York so much and he’s so good here. I love the slapstick comedy they threw in for the fight scenes. It’s just a chefs kiss.

@Inglese001

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, York was a big star in the 1970s.

@paulstroud2647

Жыл бұрын

Michael York also plays Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers movies

The late 1970s through 80s was the time when TV mini-series were a big thing, and Richard Chamberlain, who played Aramis in this movie, was known as "The King of the Mini-series". A mini-series was sort of an extended made-for-TV movie, usually based on a book. They usually had 5-10 episodes of 1 or 2 hours each, and no goal of extending them to a series of multiple seasons. Some would run their episodes on consecutive nights, so the entire run would be only about a week, while others would have a regular weekly time slot for whatever number of weeks (and sometimes re-runs later). Chamberlain starred in major mini-series titled Centennial (about the history of a town in Colorado), Shogun (about an English man who was stranded in Japan some centuries ago), and The Thorn Birds (which I didn't watch).

@ArtamStudio

Жыл бұрын

Shogun the mini-series was excellent. The Thorn Birds was good too, but so much was changed from the book that it might as well have been a completely independent thing, maybe "The Self-Flagellating Fowl"

@paintedjaguar

Жыл бұрын

I keep saying that someone needs to react to "Shogun", one of the first blockbuster mini-series.

@dudermcdudeface3674

Жыл бұрын

"Roots" is another great '70s miniseries. Some great ones in the '80s too, like "Shaka Zulu".

@ArtamStudio

Жыл бұрын

absolutely, _Roots_ isi the OG mini-series but it didn't have Richard Chamberlain

@ryeguy7941

Жыл бұрын

​@dudermcdudeface3674 that's the one with Robert Powell right? I have the series on DVD, ordered it from Amazon a couple months ago, before that it was on Netflix in Canada back in 2016, watched it then.

💫Good choice - "The Three Musketeers" has been adapted to film many times over the years, but this 1973 version is the best of them, and it's a really good movie to boot with a great performance by Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu. If you like it, don't miss the rest of the story in "The Four Musketeers (1974). There's also another sequel with the same cast, but made a few years later - "The Return of the Musketeers". If you liked the first pair, you'll probably like that one too. By the way, "One Million Years B.C." (1964), a remake of the 1940 original, is fun if you're in the right mood. It's not a good movie, but Raquel and the other cave-girls look good in those fur bikinis and there are some great Ray Harryhausen stop motion dinosaurs too .

Fun fact: the four musketeers was made using footage shot while filming the three musketeers. Thing is - the actors didn't know they were going to make two movies (since it's all based on Alexander Dumas' Three Musketeers - a single book), so there was quite an uproar, which lead to a lawsuit, and a change in contract law, which from then on required that the company specify how many films would be made. So the film is historically significant. Also - it remains the single best adaptation of Dumas' work, unlike the later movies with Chris O'Donnel, or the one with Mila Jovovich (those are just silly). Also also - the swordfight at the monastery (where the duel was supposed to take place before the Cardinal's men interrupted it) is really well done with some very realistic swordplay. And on a final note, the villain (played by Sir Christopher Lee) later becomes good friends with D'Artagnan (in the other movies, like the 1993 version, he's a straight-up villain who gets killed with no redeeming qualities).

@banzi403

Жыл бұрын

More fun facts-the drunk that fights porthos is the sword stunt coordinter for the movie. Many lines are straight from the book. The book being far more violent and sexual then any of the films. There is a third film the return of the musketeers. Sadly the actor playing roscoe was killed doing his own stunts.

@johnboy2562

Жыл бұрын

​@@banzi403 The fantastic Roy Kinnear.

@FozzyBBear

Жыл бұрын

The trailer for the new French production looks stunning. Part 1, D'Artagnan comes out at Easter, Part 2, Milady releases at Christmas.

@paulgunderson4721

Жыл бұрын

@@banzi403 That fight director and actor is the superb William Hobbs - arguably the best fight director/choreographer/trainer ever. Bravo for mentioning him!

@israelparper6080

Жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen it, watch the BBC TV series. VERY realistic with a brilliant cast including Peter Capaldi as The Cardinal.

Best part: watching Ashleigh put together 'musket' and 'eer' - "They get a gun as a Musketeer?". The lightbulb appearing above her head, the spark of understanding in her eyes, was _brilliant_ . Love it. We live and we learn people.

A true classic! The Great Oliver Reed! Richard Chamberlain! Chuck Heston! Michael York! HUZZAH!!!!!!

The best version of the Musketeers. Saw this at Tarantino's personal film festival years ago. Realistic fight scenes. The scene between Heston and Lee is amazing.

@patmalloy4777

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I met a stage swordfight trainer once at a convention (I don't know the technical term, but there is one) and he told me that for the best technique watch Basil Rathbone in the old Errol Flynn movies, and for how they really fought watch Oliver Reed in the Three Musketeers.

@phil8821

Жыл бұрын

Love the fight scenes. You can see them struggle when fighting against even just one opponent. In more recent films, they can solo legions of foes.

@TerryLightfoot

Жыл бұрын

@@phil8821 yeah, love the realism of the fight scenes, how akward an actual fight can be, unlike most Hollywood films. Plus the comedic moves, of course.

Omg, omg, OMG! You reacted to one of my favorite movies. I was 8 years old when my dad took me to see this movie in the theater. I terrorized my neighborhood with swash buckling sticks for months. Love your content. So glad you did this.

The queen was played by Geraldine Chaplin. She's the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and the granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Chaplin also portrayed her own grandmother in "Chaplin", which starred Robert Downey Jr. and she was nominated for a Golden Globe in that film.

I am so happy that you are watching The Three Musketeers. It is such a great film and the sequel (which was made at the same time) is well worth watching

@oaf-77

Жыл бұрын

The sequel is verrrrry different

@MichaelLaing71

Жыл бұрын

@@oaf-77 The Four Musketeers really is a continuation and in many ways I enjoy it more than the first film. Of course, there is also the third film, which whilst a good follow up, is not as good as the first two films (and sadly, Roy Kinnear died after falling from his horse during the making of the film).

@richardb6260

Жыл бұрын

I don't even think if it as a sequel. It's the second oart of the same story

@richardb6260

Жыл бұрын

@@oaf-77 starts out the same. But then gets really dark.

@oaf-77

Жыл бұрын

@@richardb6260 tbh I don’t really care for 4 Musketeers, I like the first one better

I'm really glad that you reacted to this film. Michael York, the young man which the film started with, also played the title role of Logan in Logan's Run and was in Austin Powers movies, and so much in between. So many great actors in this film . The time period of this film is before the French Revolution, and it shows the chasm between the upper and lower classes. The rich had jewels, silk clothes and live action chess while the poor could be beaten, sent to the Bastille for no reason or used as pawns in said chess games. The attitudes of the aristocrats was the reason why the peasants revolted. You had a lot of questions during the film, and I'll try to answer some of them. Early in your reaction you questioned when one one character was holding a small orange ball with black dots on it. It was actually a small orange with cloves studded into it. Later in the film, a man sitting on a bench is doused from above and yes, that was sh!t, which was the reason for the studded orange. The wealthy could separate themselves from the poor in many ways, but they couldn't always avoid the smell, and only the rich could afford something as costly as a fresh orange. The weird tetter totter game was a form of betting. Each basket had a piece of bread in it, and they would put two starving peasants onto the contraption and make bets on who would get the bread first. Basically, the rich and powerful abused the poor and destitute until they had nothing more to loose, they stormed the Bastille and released the prisoners and the revolution had begun. Again, I really enjoyed your'e reaction. Great movie, great cast, great stunts. It came out when I was seven, but by the time I was ten I had seen it on TV. I didn't get the humour then, just enjoyed the action. And IMO it still holds it'sown today. Classic.

@israelparper6080

Жыл бұрын

Yep. He played John The Baptist in the Zefferelli version of Jesus Of Nazareth.

@tejoe13

Жыл бұрын

This is why the boat captain didn't react to the line "I am only one person. That is a servant."

@ryeguy7941

Жыл бұрын

He also voiced Dr Nuvo Vindi in the blue shadow virus episode of Star Wars The Clone Wars. Plus also played Tybalt of Zeffereli's 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet.

I'm not an expert, so someone feel free to correct me, but the "little hats" on the hawks are called hoods. The handler keeps it on them while the hawk is on the arm because if its eyes are covered then the hawk won't try to fly away or get distracted by everything it sees. The strings on its legs are called jesses. I used to work at a vineyard, and a falconer and his hawk used to come a few times during the fruiting season to help keep our bird and rabbit problem down.

OH MY GOD!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE. This is to this day the BEST telling of the Dumas tale. All of the cast is fantastic but Charleton Heston IS Cardinal Richelieu.

@lorihagerty7833

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I liked Tim Curry as well.

@kennethfharkin

Жыл бұрын

@@lorihagerty7833 Curry was too much of a goofy villain and not nearly the imposing true power of France that he was in life. I love Tim Curry but hate the manner in which he was directed to play that role.

@TerryLightfoot

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's great to see Heston playing a straight baddy and doing it so well. The best!

I hope someone insists you see Part II of this movie. And a reminder the director, Richard Lester, also did HARD DAY'S NIGHT and was a top slapstick director.

@richardb6260

Жыл бұрын

Another great Lester film that's more in line with this one is Robin and Marian.

Fun Fact: Raquel Welch auditioned for the role of Mary Anne from "Gilligan's Island". You saw Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown" with Jack Nicholson. Her role here is as Milady, she performed it well, that was one of the most hated character ever portrayed.

“Attack him with a jacket” - that’s the origin of the term “cloak and dagger”, it’s an actual fighting style from that period. The cloaks were heavy wool and could be used to redirect thrusts.

I saw this in the theater, when it was first released. It was a good, lighthearted take on "The Three Musketeers".

Fantastic reaction to one of the first movies I ever saw and I've always thought it was so much fun, it really holds up! I also never thought I'd ever see someone react to it! 1973 was such a great year for movies, and this was definitely one of 'em. The director Richard Lester got famous directing the Beatles' movies and if you think about it, The Three Musketeers aren't that different! I think this might have even originated as a Beatles project for Lester. Happy it worked out the way it did. What a cast!!!!!

@Marveryn

Жыл бұрын

if i recall it was scripted to be a beetle movie but they opted out. The script was rewriting but you can still see some of the hijink of a typical beetle moves were left in place.

I've read the book and this by far is the best version of the Three Musketeers in cinema. Faithful in spirit. The slapstick humor and reckless fight choreography just fits. The period pieces are sublime. And an all-star cast of Hollywood luminaries.

I hadn't realized that Richard Chamberlain and Michael York was in this movie.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Another great story of Dumas' is The Count of Monte Cristo, there's quite a few movies of it and all are great. It's a tale of patient revenge

@itzakpoelzig330

Жыл бұрын

All are not great. A few are good, but I'm still waiting on a great film adaptation of that story.

@ThrashNeon

Жыл бұрын

Richard Chamberlain in the Musketeer movies, The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 my fave version), and The Man in the Iron Mask. You know he was a Dumas fan.

While it can be a bit more... silly? than a lot of versions, this one is pretty darned close to the book. For that reason, I love it and it's still my favorite Musketeers movie, followed closely by the live action Disney one.

@TTM9691

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. This and the Douglas Fairbanks version (which is incredible and archetypal) are my go-to for Three Musketeers.

@richardb6260

Жыл бұрын

Never cared for the Brat Pack version (this version is my favorite). However, I kind of like the recent version that puts a Steampunk spin on the story. No doubt the least faithful to the book.

@baeleth

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@@richardb6260 I just remembered the BBC show as well.. I've only seen the first season or so and it definitely strays from the books, but I feel like that gets the characters really well. One day, I'd like to see a version that sticks really close to the books. I liked that this movie has Planchet, but there's no way this version could become what he does later in the books. I'd love to see a version that includes all the servants and gives us that development for Planchet.

@macmcleod1188

Жыл бұрын

@@richardb6260 I loved the fashion/color battle between King Louis and the Duke of Buckingham. And I loved the 3d map. I think most of all, there wasn't anything about the Steampunk version that I disliked. I found the disney 93 version actively painful and have never finished it.

@baeleth

Жыл бұрын

@@TTM9691 oooo! I haven't seen the Douglas Fairbanks version. I'll need to check it out.

One of my fondest childhood movie memories. Saw this at age 11 with my friends in a little theater in Kennebunkport. The first movie came out in the beginning of the summer and the second at the end of the summer. We cut swords from tree branches and chased and fought each other all the way home.

This is one of the films from my youth that I went to see in theatres multiple times. It was just that much fun. And yes, the ‘sequel’ is just as much fun and totally worth a watch. The reason I put sequel in quotations is that it isn’t technically a sequel. The two movies were filmed as one and split in half for time considerations. A four hour movie is a difficult sell for most theatre chains. The same was true of ‘Back to the Future 2 & 3’. That’s why there was a ready made trailer at the end. Fun fact 1: the crusty old dude who made the replacement diamonds for the king was Frank Finley, who also played Porthos (the goofy Musketeer). Fun fact 2: Geraldine Chaplin (the Queen of France) is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin. Fun fact 3: Rochefort (‘Monsieur Cyclops’), was portrayed by Christopher Lee, better known to modern audiences as Saruman from ‘Lord of the Rings’ and Count Dooku from ‘Star Wars’.

The white-bearded husband is Spike Milligan, a comic genius who invented the type of crazy British humour that evolved into Monty Python and beyond. I don't know if he was involved in writing the script for this movie, it looks more like he was just playing his role.

When I was in Scotland ten years ago, I saw a falconry demonstration at a castle, and it was glorious to watch! The falcon was so fast you could barely see him strike the lure. The falconer also showed off his eagle owl, and after he moved on to the next bird, he set the owl down onto the empty bench right in front of mine-I couldn’t keep my eyes off of this beautiful bird.

@sarahmeeks8551

Жыл бұрын

Peregrine falcons dive at over 200mph to catch their pray

22:50 In the immortal words of Edna Mode: "No capes!"

This was unexpected and one of the reasons why I subscribed in the beginning. You react to some great movies and not just the most popular ones that might get the most clicks. Bravo!

How good was Oliver Reed, even in a comedic film he pulls it off like a Shakespearean master! You might recognize him as Proximo in Gladiator, the man that bought Maximus. I forgot how incredible the sets and costumes were for this movie. This film used to have heavy play on early 80's TV and was a treat to watch.

To showcase Raquel's talents I would have picked Myra Breckenridge, she's plays the title character, a woman that used to be a man. Trying to find fame in Hollywood. It's a comedy/ musical. My favorite film she's in is the sci-fi Fantastic Voyage. Ashleigh, I hope you're on the mend. Get well soon.

Richard Lester also directed A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum, which has the same humor and has our old friend Zero Mostel from The Producers.

I hope you will soon watch the Four Musketeers. Two great films. After it came out, school kids around the country bought plastic swords and practiced dueling.

@reesebn38

Жыл бұрын

It is the second part of the story. They were both filmed at the same time and released a year apart. Love these movies.

@robertmcclafferty1371

Жыл бұрын

@@reesebn38 There was a lawsuit with the actors. Their contract was for one film. However it was changed into two. This lead to the actors demanding to be paid for both.

They made both movies at the same time and since it was so long, they split it into two parts. (They didn't tell the actors they were signing up for two movies...lawsuits were brought and settlements were made...good times.) Anyway, the second movie was pretty much as good as the first. There was a third movie starring most of the cast in 1989 (won't tell you who was missing because...spoilers.) titled The Return of the Musketeers which actually follows some of the original Musketeers novels..there were several, ending with "The Man in the Iron Mask." Sadly, Roy Kinnear, the comedian who played D'Artagnan's servant died while filming the third movie. He fell from a horse and fractured his pelvis and died of a heart attack the following day. His son Rory also became an actor and has appeared in many movies, including several James Bond films and in the television mini-series "Penny Dreadful." He's a serious actor and well respected.

Saw the thumbnail and shouted "YES!". This is one of the most published stories of all time and has been filmed multiple times since the days of silent movies. This is MY version of The Three Musketeers. The cast is exceptionally brilliant with Oliver Reed cast perfectly as Athos (he was Prospero in "Gladiator") and Hollywood royalty in Charlton Heston as Cardinal Richelieu. Watching this again makes me want to watch tge new version coming out this year even more.

OMG YESS! I love this film(s)! Pure classic. Don't forget the sequel, the Four Musketeers, filmed at the same time, but released the next year.

It's reminding you of History of the World Part 1 because the French Revolution portion had chess with live humans and it was just as...chaotic but in a much different way👀

@cwdkidman2266

Жыл бұрын

This came first. And it's funnier. Brooks breaks the fourth wall only to say,"Get it? Huh! Didja get it? It's funny! It's a joke and I, Mel Brooks, told it! Why aren't you laughing? Didn't I say I was Mel Brooks? The Thrift Shop Woody Allen. So laugh already! What's the matter? If you don't laugh at my jokes, you're anti-my ethnicity! An ethnicity I remind people of every five minutes, even on the street and to my wife in bed. Now laugh, damn it"

@unvoicedapollo3318

Жыл бұрын

@Cwd Kidman I never implied the musketeers scene didn't come first

They are Musketeers because their primary weapon is a musket, a smoothbore, muzzle loaded firearm. But that's what they use in war and on duty, but they always carry a sword. Charlton Heston is the guy in purple, he is the Cardinal de Richelieu, the top man of the church in France and the primary advisor to the King. He is pretty much the guy who ran the country. Historically, he was known for his spies and intelligence services and intrigues in Europe. The guy with the eye patch is Christopher Lee. He was in the Star Wars prequels, but was most famous for his horror movies. Because the Queen was a rival power to Cardinal Richelieu, he wanted her to be discovered having an affair, which for the queen is treason against the King and punished by execution. The guy in blue is the Duke of Buckingham. England and France had been fighting each other for the last 600 years, and by this time, Protestant England and Catholic France also had religious differences. I suggest another one you would enjoy is The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones. You will like it!

You are going to be inundated with requests for other Three Musketeers movies. I suggest you start doing polls because there are over 50 of them. I believe most people will agree that you must see the 1993 version with Tim Curry and my personal all time favorite, "The Man in the Iron Mask" with John Malkovich. 😁😁😁

Roy Kinnear the actor who played Planchet sadly died in an accident on set during the making of the sequel in 1988. RIP Roy.

This movie from top to bottom.....directing.. film directors.. writing and cast makes this a gem. Also the physicality of so many of the fight scenes....ugh

I remember when I realized that musketeers were soldiers named after their primary weapon: the musket (later they'd be riflemen). After that I've always though it funny that all the Musketeer movies depict them as primarily swordfighters and never really fighting with guns (though the slow speed of reloading a gun back then meant that swords would be important weapons for a long time still).

Fun film. Raquel Welsh had always thought of herself as Dancer/Singer first. Fun factoid - she was offered the role of Domino in the James Bond film Thunderball. Her 2010 autobiography is called "Beyond the Cleavage."

Thank you for honoring the very lovely Raquel Welch. I can’t believe she’s gone; same for Maureen O’hara. Speaking of, come Friday, I’m greatly anticipating your reaction to her & John Wayne together, legendary.

Best cinematic telling of this Alexandre Dumas classic!

First a bouquet of flowers for you Ashleigh for reacting to this movie which I have loved since it came out. Second 2 recommendations for 2 of the actors in this movie. Michael York in Cabaret & Oliver Reed in Oliver! which is based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. Both are musicals

The four musketeers is good as well. I actually preferred it. It contains my favourite line from Athos at the end. No spoilers but those who have seen it know the one. Friday will be fun. One of my favourite films ever. The Quiet Man.

@wendywoodruff2871

Жыл бұрын

I like the sequel too because of Oliver Reed's powerhouse performance as an honorable man broken by bad love. 💔🔥

1972's Kansas City Bomber was a great Raquel Welch movie. She plays a roller derby star.

The film The Three Musketeers is based in a novel by 19th century French writer Alexandre Dumas. He also wrote The Man In The Iron Mask and The Count of Monte Cristo. They too have been made in to films. All three stories are part of that canon of works that is Hollywood staple. Stories that are remade very generation or so. For example I can remember 4 different versions of this film dating back to the 1940's. Each updated for the period and morality of the time. There is a version from the 1990's that stars Charlie Sheen, Donald Southerland, Oliver Platt and Chris O'Donnell. Dumas was a hard core misogynist and his novels reflect that. But each film version softens that aspect of the stories to reflect the morals of the day.

I grew up with the 1993 version of the story. That one's worth watching for the sense of fun and incredible cast. And I do mean AN INCREDIBLE CAST! I'm talking Keifer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Charlie Sheen (before he went crazy), Rebecca de Mornay, & Tim Curry.

@simeonteitelbaum3673

Жыл бұрын

Its hilarious to see Charlie Sheen give someone last rites

@matsv201

Жыл бұрын

Its very 90s... quite fun and over all entertaining. I´m not sure its better or worse than the 70s version.. they are different. Neither of them following the original story that well

@Muck006

Жыл бұрын

Americans playing these characters is WRONG.

@macmcleod1188

Жыл бұрын

They really are not in the same league. The 90s version is more like the 50s versions. Not serious.. more for fun. The 70s version is much more serious and intricate.

@mr.jglokta191

Жыл бұрын

That's my favorite musketeer movie

I would've recommended Fantastic Voyage more than this, she was excellent in that and it's a fun movie. 3:50 That's Joss Ackland, from Lethal Weapon 2.... DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITYYYY !

The second sword Ash mentioned is called a _main gauche_ (left hand) and is used for parrying your opponents sword, leaving you free to thrust with your own. Combat with rapiers can get a lot more tricky than fencing for points.

"A lot of people asking for change," everyday in Philadelphia, PA. That line, "But I am only one person, THAT is a servant." is priceless and fantastic -I love it.

OMG!!! I LOOOOOOVE that you watched this!!! It's been my favorite movie since I was a kid and it's PERFECT!!!

@shawn6669

Жыл бұрын

Also, you should for sure watch "The 4 Musketeers". It's great too as it should be since....wait for it....the 2 movies were FAMOUSLY supposed to be 1 movie. The actors signing on thought it would be and they were payed for 1 movie, but the Salkind brothers split it into 2. Afterwards all the actors sued and since then there has been a clause in movie contracts called the "Salkind Clause" that says that if a movie is split into 2 parts the actors have to get paid twice...or something like that. Bit of trivia...FWIW. Anyway, watch 4 Musketeers! The siege of New Rochelle is AWESOME!!!

I can't believe no one has reacted to the 90s Three Musketeers.

@unvoicedapollo3318

Жыл бұрын

I can 😐👀jk

@richardb6260

Жыл бұрын

The Brat Pack version. It pales in comparison.

“All for one, one for all!” This is funny cause I watched this for an English Swashbuckling class oddly enough 😂

@itzakpoelzig330

Жыл бұрын

You took a class on swashbuckling?

@fransionseamor9368

Жыл бұрын

@@itzakpoelzig330 Oddly enough, it went by a different title, but it was an English class on swashbuckling nonetheless 🤣

Me watching this: 16:01 “Hey, Spike Milligan!” 16:13 “Hey, Christopher Lee!” What legends.

There is a odd back story to this film. The producers tried to get a 2 for 1 from the actors by making The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers at the same time, but only paying them for one film. If you like this film you should watch The Four Musketeers.

@wendywoodruff2871

Жыл бұрын

It's a good box set because the sequel immediately takes up the story where the original ends.

Theres over 50 adaptations of the Three Musketeers. I thought you were watching the 90s one. This ones from the 70s and I never saw this before you reacted to it. I like the 90s one better.

Glad you are feeling better.

I saw it in the theatre. Nothing like watching Raquel Welch on the big screen when you're 13.

@reesebn38

Жыл бұрын

That's why I love the movie Mother, Jugs and Speed.

@mrwomby5007

Жыл бұрын

I was a similar age when I saw Fantastic Voyage; after seeing her in the rubber scuba suit I was never the same again!

@rustybarrel516

Жыл бұрын

We saw it in the theater too, but I was 7 so it didn’t have the same effect. 😂

"Was that a Shit bucket?" Well, it sure wasn't a perfume bucket.

Michael York is also in two of my favorite films-Cabaret and the 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express.

@i.m.7710

Жыл бұрын

Hello!!!!!!!! Michael York is most famous for his gorgeousness as Tibalt in 1968 Romeo and Juliet!!!!!! Franco Zeffirelli director.

@ArtamStudio

Жыл бұрын

Ashleigh absolutely *needs* to see _Cabaret_

OMG I grew up watching these 3 Musketeers movies with my mom. They're so much fun.

RIP, Raquel Welch. 1940-2023. Also RIP Tom Sizemore, 1961-2023. He passed away Friday night from a brain aneurysm. He was 61 years old.

Uh, how long before Ash goes back for The Four Musketeers (1974)? Controversial in the film industry because the director duped the actors into doing two films for one salary, but a great follow up to the first film nonetheless.

@reesebn38

Жыл бұрын

Shocking ending to it as well.

Ashleigh should watch Logan's Run with Micheal York in it

@reesebn38

Жыл бұрын

Classic! The last Sci-Fi before Star Wars changed everything.

Rest in Peace, Lady Constance.

I so enjoyed watching The Three Musketeers with you. Your reactions are priceless. Bravo Milady! All for Ashleigh and Ashleigh for all!