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Directed by | Paul W. S. Anderson |
Produced by | Paul W. S. Anderson Jeremy Bolt Robert Kulzer |
Written by |
Andrew Davies Alex Litvak |
Based on |
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père |
Starring |
Matthew Macfadyen Logan Lerman Ray Stevenson Gabriella Wilde Luke Evans Milla Jovovich Orlando Bloom Christoph Waltz |
Music by | Paul Haslinger |
Cinematography | Glen MacPherson |
Edited by | Alexander Berner |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film (Germany) Entertainment One (UK) Summit Entertainment (US) |
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Running time
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110 minutes |
Country |
Germany France United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $75 million |
Box office | $132.2 million |
The Three Musketeers is a 2011 romantic action adventure film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, based on the novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas with clock-punk elements. The film stars Matthew Macfadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelsen, Orlando Bloom and Christoph Waltz.
The Three Musketeers was released on 1 September 2011 in Germany, 12 October 2011 in the United Kingdom and France and 21 October 2011 in the United States, Canada and Australia. Upon its release, the film grossed $132 million against a production budget of $75 million and received negative critical reaction. Critics praised its action sequences, score, the performances of Macfadyen and Mikkelsen, and visual style but criticized its writing, direction, characters, and ahistoricism.
In Venice, the musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with the help of Milady de Winter, steal airship blueprints made by Leonardo da Vinci. However, they are betrayed by Milady, who incapacitates them and sells the blueprints to the Duke of Buckingham.