The Musketeer DVD 2001 A Muskétás / Directed by Peter Hyams / Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers

UPC 5999544150126

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: English 5.1, Hungarian 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian

Runtime: 101 minutes

English Summary:

The Musketeer is a 2001 American action-adventure film based on Alexandre Dumas's classic 1844 novel The Three Musketeers, directed and photographed 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. The film enjoyed box office success in the United States.

The 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, who is then left with a permanent scar and blind 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).

Fourteen years later the grown d'Artagnan (Justin Chambers) finds on his arrival in Paris 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.

Hungarian Summary:

A 17. századi Franciaországot az angolok és a spanyolok is háborúval fenyegetik. XIII. Lajos erőtlen király, akit a katolikus egyház feje könnyedén az ujja köré csavar. Richelieu bíboros hatalmára a ravasz Febre vezetésével saját gárdistái vigyáznak. Már csaqk a király testőrei állnak az útjában, a bátor és hűséges muskétások. Aramis, Athos és Porthos mára céljukat vesztett, megkeseredett emberek. Ám ekkor felbukkan az ifjú D'Artagnan, egy Muskétás gyermeke, akinek szüleit 14 évnek előtte Febre gyilkoltatta meg. Az ifjú D'Artagnan-t a király hű szeretete mellett így személyes ügye is hajtja. Elszánt lelkesedése a megfáradt muskétásokban is felébreszti a hitet, s a szunnyadó erőt, hogy ismét együtt szálljanak nemes harcba a korona védelmében. D'Artagnan és társai, a Muskétások készen állnak a harcra.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Justin Chambers as d'Artagnan
• Tim Roth as Febre, the Man in Black
• Stephen Rea as Cardinal Richelieu
• Mena Suvari as Francesca Bonacieux
• Catherine Deneuve as The Queen
• Daniel Mesguich as King Louis XIII
• Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Planchet
• Nick Moran as Aramis
• Steve Speirs as Porthos
• Jan-Gregor Kremp as Athos
• Michael Byrne as Treville, Head of the Musketeers
• David Schofield as Rochefort, Richelieu Henchman
• Jeremy Clyde as Lord Buckingham
• Bill Treacher as Mr Bonacieux
• Tsilla Chelton as Madame Lacross
• Rock band Sonic Youth appear, heavily disguised as minstrels, playing a medieval and almost unrecognisable version of "Youth against Fascism"