This is one of the best and one of the most faithful productions of the Dumas novel I have ever seen.It's a filmed 145 minute video stageplay performed by adult actors and actresses of the Northwest Children's Theatre in Portland,Oregon.It starts out with D'Artagnan leaving his home and family in Gascony.Finding trouble along the way to Paris by meeting up with the Cardinal Richelieu's Agents.Then meeting the Three Musketeers by accident and immediately becoming their ally.Later he becomes involved with the Queen's seamstress and gets involved with court intrigues and gets the Three Musketeers involved as well.To save the Queen's honor they have dangerous confrontations with Cardinal Richelieu's Agents Rochefort and Milady.I won't give away what happens but those who know the novel will love this version.If you have seen other versions like the 1948 Gene Kelly or the 1974 Michael York version you will appreciate this one.This is the whole novel portrayed in this one not just part of the novel as in some of the 1930's versions.I will say that the villains Geoffrey Alm (Rochefort),Deirdre Atkinson (Milady) and Tobias Andersen (Cardinal Richelieu) and Brian Russell (the Queen's lover The Duke of Buckingham).They are the ones who stole this show.A production well done.
