On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 10:43:35AM -0600, Howard Brazee wrote:
> [ Richard Lesters "The Three/Four Musketeers" ]
> This wonderful adaptation attempted to be true to the novel - so much
> so that it could not be cut to movie length. So they split it into two
> movies. The cast sued to be paid for two movies, but I don't remember
> the result of that.
My understanding is that the actors finally got paid for two movies.
Howards comment about the length is correct - Lester got far, far
more of the book into the movie than anyone else. It wasn't just the
length, it was also the quality of the acting and the screenplay.
Nobody's mentioned what a brilliant job Charlton Heston did as
Richeleu (sp?). The scene where he disposes of the 'that which was
done' letter is priceless. I had not read the books when seeing
the film, and my heart was in my throat.
Folks mentioned translations. The TOR-published translation was
the third or fourth one I attempted to read, and was the first where
the language sang for me. It was the only one I finished, and I've
re-read it several times.
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