The Three Musketeers (

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: ''D'Artagnan L'Intrépide''), also known as ''The Glorious Musketeers'' in the UK, is a 1974 French-Italian-British animated

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, directed by animators

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and Franco Cristofani. It is based on

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's classic French novel, '' The Three Musketeers'', first published in 1844.

Cast

Release

In the UK, the film aired on

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on 29 December 1978. In the United States, the film was distributed by National Telefilm Associates. It was released on VHS by Children's Video Library in 1981, and Celebrity Home Entertainment in 1991. To date, the only DVD release of the English dub available is a Greek region 2 one by third-party company Cine Net Entertainment, featuring both English and Greek audio tracks.

Italy

A different version was first released in Italy in 1977, titled ''Viva D'Artagnan'', created by Aldo Frollini and Giovanni Brusatori. It features music sung by

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, with lyrics by Bruno Zambrini and Gianni Zambrini. There's also an opening scene added, in which the film's comic relief owl starts narrating the story throughout the rest of the film. It was released on VHS by Playtime Home Video.

Accolades

The film won a Special Prize at the

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in 1978.

Music

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was released on LP vinyl by Philips in 1974. The same year, a version of the album with a gatefold sleeve and a booklet was released. A 2-disc compilation

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CD by Warner Chappell Music entitled ''Cinema'', was released in 2007, featuring tracks 5, 19 and 20. Tracks 1 and 6 were released for

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on 19 December 2014. Tracks 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 19 and 20 were also included in another compilation album, ''Le Cinéma De Polnareff'', released by

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in 2011. In this album, Wake Up, It's A Lovely Day and Freedom and Liberty, re-recorded versions of Et Hop On Va Tout Changer and Pour Vivre En Liberté for the English dub are included, with lyrics by Martin Shaer.

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released in 1977 a soundtrack album of ''Viva D'Artagnan'' on a

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vinyl, featuring two songs. A year later, it released a compilation

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on LP vinyl, called ''Supersigle tv'', including the first song.

Track listing

The album is split in two vinyl discs, one for tracks 1 to 10, and another one for tracks 11 to 20. Lyrics by Michel Polnareff and Pierre Grosz (tracks 1 and 11).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Three Musketeers 1974 Film Films based on The Three Musketeers 1970s French animated films Italian animated films 1970s British animated films 1974 animated films Films directed by John Halas 1970s English-language films 1970s British films 1970s Italian films