i have to agree that Lesters 70s musketeer movies are the closest to Dumas original books. I have read all of them and think that although the books were clearly in the language and style of the time, the 70s movies captured the spirit of the books. Granted, Lester introduced more humor and abridged much of the book, but it's a movie and that's to be expected. Still, it stands out amongst all the more recent debacles, including the embarrassing Man in the Iron Mask with De Caprio. The 70s version with richard chamberlain was the best of that part of the last musketeer novels. The real disappointment was the sequel to the Lester movies in the 80s called the Return of the Musketeers. Not only was the spirit of the original missed, but production saw the untimely death of Roy Kinnear - which probably effected the post production. ONe day, someone will do it as a mini series which can encompass both volumes of the Three Musketeers, the 3 volumes of Ten Years After and the 5 volumes that include the man in the iron mask. that would great.
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