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The Man in the Iron Mask

Director/Writer:Randall Wallace
Director of Photography:Peter Suschitzky
Editor:William Hoy
Music:Nick Glennie-Smith
Production Designer:Anthony Pratt
Producers:Paul Hitchcock and Rene Dupont
United Artists; PG-13; 131 minutes
Release:3/98
Cast:Leonardo DiCaprio, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Jeremy Irons, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud and Judith Godreche
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas

Director Randall Wallace's (Braveheart) revival of an old swashbuckling favorite goes for drama instead of comic action. Heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio doubles as King Louis XIV of France and his less fortunate iron-masked twin. John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, and Jeremy Irons steal the show as The Three Musketeers.


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