The Musketeer
| The Musketeer | |
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theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Peter Hyams |
| Produced by | Moshe Diamant |
| Written by | Gene Quintano |
| Starring |
Catherine Deneuve Mena Suvari Stephen Rea Tim Roth Justin Chambers |
| Music by | David Arnold |
| Cinematography | Peter Hyams Stefano Paradiso |
| Edited by | Terry Rawlings |
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Production
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MDP Worldwide
Crystal Sky Worldwide |
| Distributed by |
Universal Pictures (North America) Miramax Films (UK) |
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Release date
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September 7, 2001 |
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Running time
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104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $34,585,771 |
The Musketeer is a 2001 American film based on Alexandre Dumas's classic novel The Three Musketeers, directed by Peter Hyams and starring Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth and Justin Chambers.
The film features Tsui Hark's regular actor Xin-Xin Xiong as a stunt choreographer.
As a young boy, d'Artagnan witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of Febre (Tim Roth), chief henchman of Cardinal Richelieu (Stephen Rea). d'Artagnan is nearly killed after using his dead father's sword to fight Febre, which leaves him with a permanent scar and blinds him in one eye. d'Artagnan is taken in by family friend Planchet (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), a former musketeer, one of the loyal protectors of King Louis XIII (Daniel Mesguich).
Years later, upon arriving in Paris, a grown d'Artagnan (Justin Chambers) finds that the musketeers have been disbanded by order of Cardinal Richelieu, who is usurping the king's authority with the help of Febre. Richelieu is also trying to foment hostility between France, England, and Spain to gain more political power for himself. d'Artagnan convinces two of the musketeers, Porthos (Steve Speirs) and Aramis (Nick Moran), to free the imprisoned head of the musketeers, Treville (Michael Byrne), thus earning their trust. He takes a room at a Paris boarding house, where he takes a fancy to the chambermaid, Francesca (Mena Suvari), who is the daughter of the deceased seamstress to the Queen. Febre, on orders from Richelieu, incites a mob to attack the French Royal Palace during a State dinner for Lord Buckingham (Jeremy Clyde), a visiting English dignitary. d'Artagnan, with the help of Porthos, Aramis, and another musketeer, Athos (Jan Gregor Kremp), saves King Louis, the Queen (Catherine Deneuve), and Lord Buckingham from being hurt or killed. Francesca recruits d'Artagnan to make a clandestine trip to the north coast of France with the Queen to meet with Buckingham in whose honor the State Dinner was being held, to keep peace between the two countries. d'Artagnan's landlord, however, overhears them and tells Febre.
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