Scott Schultz wrote: >>Are there versions where Constance survives? >> >> >> >The aforementioned Disney effort is one. If I remember correctly, the >Michael York version likewise had Constance alive at the end, but that one >led into a sequel so they may have corrected it in The Four Musketeers. I >wasn't ever inspired enough to actually watch the sequel so I don't really >know if it was an extension of the first, an adaptation of 20 Years After or >something else entirely. > > Cf. my earlier post. T4M was simply the second half of T3M, a sequel only by courtesy. I've tried to splice the two together for years without being pleased; a DVD "director's cut" would be wonderful. In this one, Milady strangles Constance shortly before D'Artagnon would rescue her. Lester *did* do =20 Years After= in the late '80s with much of the original cast reprising their roles; I think it was only for TV. About half the plot got dropped, including all the Charles I line, IIRC. It had a few good moments, but overall was pretty palid compared to the first work. ken