The Three Musketeers (1948)
Adventure, Romance • 2h 5m
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Angela Lansbury, Gig Young, Vincent Price, Robert Coote, Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Reginald Owen, Ian Keith, Patricia Medina, Richard Wyler, Norman Leavitt, Marie Windsor, Byron Foulger, Kirk Alyn, Arthur Hohl, Gil Perkins, William Tannen, Tom Tyler, Robert Warwick, William Bailey, David Bair, Gregg Barton, Charles Bates, Wilson Benge, David Bond, Wheaton Chambers, Gordon B. Clarke, Fred Coby, Gene Coogan, Vernon Downing, William Edmunds, Douglas Evans, Sol Gorss, Frank Hagney, Alec Harford, Jean Heremans, John Holland, Noël Howard, Bert Kennedy, Burt Kennedy, Michael Kostrick, Paul Kruger, Bert LeBaron, Dickie LeRoy, Paul Maxey, Francis McDonald, Alberto Morin, Paul Newlan, Leonard Penn, William Phillips, Allen Pinson, Ruth Robinson, Carl Saxe, Irene Seidner, Jack Shea, Reginald Sheffield, Dick Simmons, Mickey Simpson, Tom Stevenson, Jack Stoney, David Thursby, Harry Wilson, Jeff York
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About the film
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
- Alternative Titles
- Alexander Dumas' The Three Musketeers, The Three Musketeers
Director: George Sidney
While no comparison available, Twilight Time Blu-ray is OOP and reviewers say the transfer is likely the same
Director: George Sidney
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Directors: Vincente Minnelli & Lemuel Ayers & Roy Del Ruth & George Sidney & Robert Lewis
4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: George Pal
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
More Adventure on Blu-ray
Director: Dennis Hopper
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Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Included in the Complete Kubrick box set with FiM encode of the same master from the Universal release without the filtering.
DTS:X mix on Universal 4K Blu-ray most closely approximates original surround mix
Criterion DVD and Universal 4K Blu-ray has additional features not found on the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
WB 4K
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An undeniably significant improvement from the BD yet still severely flawed. See DFIC's review.
Director: John Huston
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka Blu-ray > StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray. Older DVD or LaserDisc probably even better
All blu-ray releases so far is from the 2010 scan.
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper
Director: George Lucas
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
OG: "4K77" or "D+77" on high seas.
Special Edition: "4K97_IV" or "D+97_IV" on high seas.
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes (and usually included in fan restorations). There are 16mm/TV rips of the mono mixes.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Director: David Lean
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The 5.1 on Sony 4K Blu-ray is from the 1989 70mm mix. The original is 4-track. not on the disc.
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray
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