The Three Musketeers (1993) on Netflix
PG19931h 45mActionAdventureComedy
In 1625, d'Artagnan comes to Paris to join the musketeers, King Louis XIII's guard. Cardinal Richelieu has disbanded the corps, but Athos, Porthos and Aramis will not give up their swords.
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In 1625, d'Artagnan, a young fencer, rides to Paris to follow his murdered father and win a place among the musketeers, the personal guard of King Louis XIII. Girard and his brothers pursue him, accusing him of staining their sister's honor. In the capital, Captain Rochefort disbands the musketeers on Cardinal Richelieu's orders, presented as preparation for a war with England, and reports that three of them, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, have refused to stand down. D'Artagnan mistakes Queen Anne's handmaidens for women being attacked, is scolded for it, and takes a liking to one of them, Constance. He arranges duels with three strangers who turn out to be the musketeers; Jussac then arrives with guards to arrest them, and d'Artagnan fights at their side.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Three Musketeers (1993)
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- Charlie Sheen was first sought to play Porthos before being cast as Aramis, Brendan Fraser was the first choice for d'Artagnan, and Brad Pitt and Stephen Dorff both turned that part down before it went to Chris O'Donnell.
- Disney paid $650,000 for David Loughery's screenplay after Columbia producer Brad Wyman accused Disney of stealing concepts from its own Musketeers adaptation; the matter was settled out of court and the Columbia version was canceled, as three studios raced to adapt the Dumas novel in 1992.
- Bryan Adams co-wrote "All for Love" with Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Michael Kamen for the film's end credits and performed it with Rod Stewart and Sting; the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in North America and several other territories.
- Cinergi Pictures dropped the film because its chairman Andrew G. Vajna disapproved of Disney's casting choices, and Jordan Kerner and Jon Avnet also quit the production to focus on When a Man Loves a Woman.
- Disney ruled out shooting in Paris because much of the city's French Baroque architecture had been destroyed in World War II, and the production moved from Barrandov Studios in Prague to Vienna after the local government offered $2 million.
- Winona Ryder was considered for the role of Milady de Winter but dropped out, and Rebecca De Mornay was cast instead.
