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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)
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| The Man in the Iron Mask | |
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| Directed by | Randall Wallace |
| Produced by | Randall Wallace Russell Smith |
| Screenplay by | Randall Wallace |
| Based on | The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas |
| Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio Jeremy Irons John Malkovich Gérard Depardieu Gabriel Byrne |
| Music by | Nick Glennie-Smith |
| Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky |
| Editing by | William Hoy |
| Studio | United Artists |
| Distributed by | United Artists Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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| Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $182,968,902 |
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 adventure film[2] directed, produced, and written by Randall Wallace. It uses characters from Alexandre Dumas' D'Artagnan Romances and is very loosely adapted from some plot elements of The Vicomte de Bragelonne. The film centers on the aging Musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan and the reign of King Louis XIV of France. It attempts to explain the mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask, using a plot more closely related to 1929 Fairbanks' version, The Iron Mask, and the 1939 version by James Whale, The Man in the Iron Mask, than the original Dumas book.
Despite receiving a rather mixed to negative critical response, it was successful financially, benefitting greatly from Leonardo DiCaprio's post-Titanic boost in popularity.
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France is under the reign of the militaristic King Louis XIV, who is bankrupting the country with his unpopular wars. When starving peasants in Paris start rioting for food, he responds by ordering his chief adviser Pierre, to send them rotten food - although he later orders Pierre executed for this and all rioters shot dead. Meanwhile, the king wallows in hedonistic luxury and seduces a parade of women. The legendary Three Musketeers have retired from their posts: Aramis is now a priest of the Jesuits; Porthos is a frequent visitor to Parisian brothels; Athos has a son named Raoul who has just returned from the war and signifies his application to join the musketeers, like his father who once served with pride and honor. Meanwhile, Athos gives Raoul his wife's ring, saying that the only lady worthy to wear it is the one that Raoul loves. The lucky girl he loves is Christine Bellefort whom he intends to propose for marriage. At a festival, the two lovers are greeted by an olderD'Artagnan, who is still in the service of the King as Captain of the Musketeers, striving to retain the esprit de corps of the old days. D'Artagnan wishes Raoul and Christine luck, but just before Raoul can propose, the king's eyes fall on Christine. He arranges for Raoul to be returned to combat, where he is killed by the Dutch cannons while leading ground troops in an attack en-masse. The news of his son's death reaches Athos, who, in a fit of rage, proceeds to the king's palace to seek vengeance. He injures two musketeers before D'Artagnan overpowers him on the Palace grounds. This puts a severe strain on Athos's friendship with D'Artagnan, who he now sees as a traitor for siding with his son's killer.
In the wake of Raoul's death, Louis invites Christine to the palace where she sleeps with him, grateful for the medical assistance his doctors have given to h
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