the man in the iron mask is a 1998 american action drama film directed , produced , and written by randall wallace , and starring leonardo dicaprio in a dual role as the title character and villain , jeremy irons as aramis , john malkovich as athos , gerard depardieu as porthos , and gabriel byrne as d'artagnan .

the picture 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 four musketeers , athos , porthos , aramis , and d'artagnan , during the reign of king louis xiv and attempts to explain the mystery of the man in the iron mask , using a plot more closely related to the flamboyant 1929 version starring douglas fairbanks , the iron mask , and the 1939 version directed by james whale , than the original dumas book .

like the 1998 version , the two aforementioned adaptations were also released through united artists .

the man in the iron mask ( 1998 film )

a still from the 1939 film about the historical mystery , “the man in the iron mask . ”
the man in the iron mask
soundtrack ( 1998 ) - nick glennie - smith track 01 , surrounded .
[ in the following essay , goodkin compares and contrasts dumas ' s original text for the man in the iron mask with its 1998 film adaptation . ]
nor is it the first time louis xiv will have spoken english on screen . he was played by leonardo di caprio in 1998 film the man in the iron mask .
but the man in the iron mask is definitely a movie worth giving a try .
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roger macdonald - - the man in the iron mask j . b . wolf - - louis xiv
the man in the iron mask was a prisoner arrested in 1669 and held in the bastille and other french jails for more than three decades , until his death in 1703 . his identity has been an enduring mystery because , throughout his imprisonment , the man ' s face was hidden by a mask , according to sonnino . the story was even popularized in the 1998 film
the man in the iron mask ,
starring leonardo dicaprio .
there was an actual man in the iron mask imprisoned in the bastille . his identity has always been very much speculated on .
[ in the following essay , macdonald investigates the origins of the protagonists of the three musketeers trilogy and the man in the iron mask . ]
the man in the iron mask needed more of a jaunty twinkle , more wolfish grins , less thinking and more doing .
the man in the iron mask may have been royalty . this idea stems from clues regarding his treatment during his incarceration .
the iron mask is one of the most popular enigmas of french history . he was an unknown prisoner of the bastille . for more details , visit the wikipedia page for the historical man in the iron mask .
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i wear the mask . the mask does not wear me .
. . . this version of the man in the iron mask owes more to star wars than star wars owes to dumas .
double bind . . . two leonardo dicaprios for the price of one in the man in the iron mask . all photographs : ronald grant archive
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alongside previous men in the iron mask , the ' 98 contender doesn ' t amount to much .
‡ other notable excerpted editions of this text have been published under the title the man in the iron mask , including the version illustrated by edy legrand in 1964 ; edited by david coward in 1991 ; and abridged and adapted by paul mantell in 1998 , among many others .
one of two 1998 movies with the same title , based on the same novel . the other was
q : on the man in the iron mask , you crossed swords with gerard depardieu , jeremy irons , john malkovich and leo . were you the best swordsman ?
it should be pointed out that many of the so - called ‘facts’ about the man in the iron mask are not verifiable . suffice it to say that the following information is widely regarded as truth . moreover , this information fits with just about every existing story about the mystery man . however , it is certain that the man in the iron mask was a real person and that he was forced to wear a mask .
* my favorite scene in the man in the iron mask : the scene at the ball where the mustketeers attempt the switch is my favorite . i love the way the director shot that . and the ending is cool .
the man in the iron mask is a 1998 film adaptation of the vicomte de bragelonne ( 1847 - 1850 ) by alexandre dumas . the original serial novel was a sequel to the three musketeers . one of many adaptations , the film was the first directed by randall wallace , previously known for writing braveheart . the main stars were leonardo di caprio , jeremy irons , john malkovich , gabriel byrne , gerard depardieu and anne parillaud .
the man in the iron mask came out in 1998 , and it was the first movie that leo starred in after titanic . and , well , if you know anything about backlashes , that is all i need to say . it just got shredded by anyone who hated leomania and who had an agenda .
the hollywood ending applied to the film was almost exactly the opposite of the book .
plenty of swash and buckle in this wonderful adaptation of dumas ' ' the man in the iron mask ' . while it does not stick strictly to the original story it is still a most . . .
sources : mark , ruth , who was the man with the iron mask ? retrieved 4 / 7 / 10 . urltoken the unexplained mysteries , retrieved 4 / 7 / 10 .
the man in the iron mask . one of my favorite little guilty pleasures of the late 90 ' s . a movie with a great cast . in particular , gabriel byrne is outstanding as the heroic d ' artagnan .
in
the search for the man in the iron mask : a historical detective story
( rowman & littlefield , 2016 ) , sonnino leads the reader through historical records , correspondence regarding the prisoner and other aspects of his investigation .
no one knows who the man in the mask was , but his dangerous identity must have been the whole point of the mask , so the twin brother theory is as good as any .
the man in the iron mask
is
loosely based
on the dumas novel , and includes a return appearance by the three musketeers . they come out of retirement in a scheme to rescue france from the cruel fist of the young , spoiled king .
as for why the man in the iron mask ' s identity has remained veiled throughout history , sonnino said the blame lies with historians , who
insist on making it antiseptic , moralistic , sensible .
i remember really liking the man in the iron mask when i saw it in a theater back in 1998 . and like i said before , i remember immediately thinking , hey one day this is going to wind up on an underrated movies list . because the hatred for leonardo dicaprio was just that immense at the time . nobody was going to take him seriously in a double role as the lead of a movie . not in 1998 they weren ' t . not in a historical drama they weren ' t . at the time they just laughed at him and called this a stupid teenybopper film .
bell , a . craig . alexandre dumas : le vicomte de bragelonne ( the man in the iron mask ) : a critical study . devon , england : merlin books , 1995 , 136 p .
so , to put all this in terms of a simple question : what can the 1998 version of the man in the iron mask tell us about the zeitgeist ? if hollywood ' s current take on louis xiv turns louis into a figure relevant to the presumably youngish audience targeted by the film , it may be able to teach us about some of the cultural baggage that our own youngish audiences bring to the reading of the texts of this period .
and so the count of monte - cristo finishes like a charlie chaplin film , with the back view of a man walking out of the picture .
q : …you recently starred in the man in the iron mask with leonardo dicaprio , who had just finished filming titanic before you started working with him . was he still gurgling up water and picking icicles out of his hair ?
i have to write a 1 or 2 page paper on the historical accuracy / inaccuracy of the hollywood 1998 version of
man in the iron mask
with leonardo dicaprio and was wondering if anyone had some links listing such information . i already know about wikipedia , and theres only about 1 or 2 items of useful information . . .
the film is based on a book called le vicomte de bragelonne written in 1847 by alexandre dumas , third and last part of the musketeer trilogy , after the three musketeers and twenty years after . the iron mask is just one part of the book .
a set of 148 beautiful screencaps from the film , provided by aragarna , is available in the gallery .
on the island of st . marguerite , offshore from cannes of all places , still stands the rude stone fortress where the man in the iron mask spent his lonely days . i have sat below his window in a little italian trattoria , while the owner assured me that the man in the mask was no less than the twin brother of louis xiv , held there because the state could not tolerate another claimant to the throne .
you just need to look at the cast to know that this would be a automatic classic and yes it is a classic the film is right for the historic period it portraits the director has used all the talent from these set of actors . the cinema photography is brilliant this film has heart and soul i think we all know the story of the man in the iron mask but this new version i highly recommend it .
as of 22 december 2011 the film had grossed $ 132 , 249 , 913 .
offers nothing to recommend—or to set it apart from the many other film adaptations
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the man in the iron mask begins with the realization that the three musketeers , who once pledged ' ' all for one and one for all ! ' ' are older ( if not necessarily wiser ) and long ago took divergent paths .
i have to write a 1 or 2 page paper on the historical accuracy / inaccuracy of the hollywood 1998 version of
man in the iron mask
with leonardo dicaprio and was wondering if anyone had some links listing such information . i already know about wikipedia , and theres only about 1 or 2 items of useful information there . . . please help !
a 350 - year - old french mystery has been unmasked : in his new book , paul sonnino , a professor of history at the university of california , santa barbara , claims he has uncovered the real identity of the mysterious man in the iron mask .
i love this adapted version of alexander damas ' s classic story
the man in iron mask
. i can see some parallels between this version and the 1998 version which i will not reveal , you ' ll just have to watch both movies a couple of times to discover the secrets . i wasn ' t around when this version was released in the 1930s till about six decades later , but it is good to have this film for future generations to enjoy . i totally recommend this film to any newcomer fan of old movies like this .
leonardo dicaprio won a golden raspberry award for worst screen couple for his interactions as twins in the film .
some of this is legend , but at least this much is fact ; when rioting citizens of france destroyed the bastille , they discovered within its records this mysterious entry : prisoner # 64389000 - the man in the iron mask .
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[ narrating ] some of this is legend , but at least this much is fact - when rioting citizens of france destroyed the bastille , they discovered within its records this mysterious entry : prisoner # 64389000 - the man in the iron mask .
only aramis and porthos are involved in the iron mask episode . so obviously , d’artagnan doesn’t die , but porthos does . in the book they do not succeed to replace one twin by the other .
why is the same red rose used throughout the film ? if it was real over the amount of time in the film the rose would be long dead . look at the branching of the rose and you will see what i mean .
1 . a number of films have been made about the story of the man in the iron mask ; a history of these versions is beyond the scope of this study . rather , i aim simply to investigate how the most recent film version of a tale that takes place in the france of the seventeenth century reflects certain cultural prejudices of the present decade toward that period of french history .
source : macdonald , roger .
behind the iron mask .
history today 55 , no . 11 ( november 2005 ) : 30 - 6 .
' ali & cavett : the tale of the tapes ' : film review | sxsw 2 . .
villainous breakdown : louis has a protracted one during the film ' s second and third acts ; he leaves the ball when he sees the iron mask in the crowd , is shouting at and shoving everyone who comes close to him ( including his mother ) after the musketeers ' failed attempt to depose him , actually goes to the battle himself when the heroes are cornered in the bastille , and devolves into incoherent screaming when he ' s forced into the iron mask and carried off to prison .
all eyes will be on him and , to the certain satisfaction of his new legion of fans , the man of the moment , leonardo dicaprio , delivers a wonderful double star turn in “the man in the iron mask . ” an unusually sober and serious - minded telling of alexandre dumas’ classic tale , this handsome costumer is routinely made and [ … ]
adaptation of the novel by alexandre dumas . seeking to overthrow king louis xiv , the musketeers athos and porthos conceive a plan to rescue from prison a man who has lived in a cell for six years with his head covered by an iron mask .
source : goodkin , richard e .
separated at birth : the man in the iron mask ; or , a louis xiv for the nineties .
papers on french seventeenth - century literature 26 , no . 51 ( 1999 ) : 319 - 26 .
the most popular of all the legends regarding this prisoner pertains to his lineage . some have theorized that the man in the iron mask was the twin brother of king louis xiv . the story says that the man was kept hidden because of his rights to the throne . another story says that the prisoner was indeed the king’s brother , but not his twin . this one varies too .
the man in the iron mask [ dvd ] [ 1998 ] : urltoken leonardo dicaprio , jeremy irons , john malkovich , gérard depardieu , gabriel byrne , anne parillaud , judith godrèche , edward atterton , peter sarsgaard , hugh laurie , david lowe , brigitte boucher , randall wallace , alan ladd jr . , paul hitchcock , rené dupont , russell smith , alexandre dumas : dvd & blu - ray
the man in the iron mask is a story that most of us have read or seen in movies . fictional accounts of this prisoner of the ‘sun king’ include a novel by famed author alexandre dumas and a movie starring leonardo dicaprio . the historicity of the man’s imprisonment and identity are shrouded in mystery . however , the man in the iron mask is no fictional character . indeed , he was a real prisoner of louis xiv and was incarcerated for at least five years : maybe more than forty . the problem is that no one alive today has any clue who this man was . furthermore , there has been so much wild speculation , rumors , and theories about his identity that historians may never be able to establish the truth .
all eyes will be on him and , to the certain satisfaction of his new legion of fans , the man of the moment , leonardo dicaprio , delivers a wonderful double star turn in
the man in the iron mask .
an unusually sober and serious - minded telling of alexandre dumas ' classic tale , this handsome costumer is routinely made and comes up rather short in boisterous excitement .
louis xiv was never the good king described at the end of the film . he was clearly an absolute monarch .
serena donadoni writes about film for the metro times . e - mail her at letters @ urltoken .
louis xiv had a twin brother that was imprisoned from birth and became the ( historical ) man in the iron mask . he was then abducted and substituted with this brother by the musketeers . also , d ' artagnan ( another historical figure ) was the real father of both .
i saw this film at the theaters and i loved it because leo did a good job of being good and bad . because he also was the man in the iron mask and plus the cast was good too so if you want to pick a good movie to watch well this is one i recommend if your in to these kind of films because i know kids you be into something like this
the man in the iron mask is the story of the famous three musketeers . their names are athos ( john malkovich ) , porthos ( gerard depardieu ) , and aramis ( jeremy irons ) , and if you are familiar with french literature at all you have probably heard of them .
the decipherment of the great cipher of louis xiv was eventually completed by the french cryptanalysis bazerie . he was the first person for two hundred years to witness the secrets of louisxiv these secrets revel the true identity of the man in the iron mask . and leaving the most popular theory that he was the twin of louis xiv to be untrue . the true identity of the man in the iron mask goes back to the commander responsible for leading an attack on the town of cuneo , on the french - italian border . his name was vivien de bulonde . he abandoned his wounded soldiers and munitions . therefore the king ordered to that bulonde would be
locked in a cell under guard at night and permitted to walk the battelment during the day with a mask
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the mask that is removed from leo has 3 parts - a face mask which is held onto leo ' s head , with a 2 piece hinged cage that locks in the back . in the flashback , where they show leo being put in the mask , it is only 2 pieces . the face part is fused to the hinged cage section .
some other speculations regarding the identity of the man in the iron mask include him being the duc of beaufort or antonio ercole matthioli . the former man was said to have been the lover of louis xiv’s mother . he was imprisoned so that no one would learn that the king was a bastard . the latter was an enemy of the king who had been tried for treason . nevertheless , there , regrettably , remains no proof of any of these claims . with all of the rumors convoluting the story , it is doubtful that we will ever know who the man behind the mask was .
love this movie , one of my favorite stories from alexandre dumas brought to life on film .
the film opens in a dungeon .
are you dead yet ?
grunts a jailer through a hatch , and then we see him : the man in the iron mask . the writer voltaire claimed that the prisoner ' s mask was iron , but it seems he made it up . the only piece of first - hand evidence available reports that the mask was of black velvet . identities suggested for the prisoner have included richard cromwell , the duke of beaufort , and an italian diplomat . while he was busy making things up , voltaire said that it might have been the king ' s secret brother . alexandre dumas père ' s last three musketeers novel , the vicomte de bragelonne , made him philippe , the king ' s secret twin . the film plumps for this , too . in real life , the masked prisoner was registered as eustache dauger .
the plot is slightly unbelievable in places but if this and possible historical inaccuracies are overlooked , this is a very good film .
alexandre dumas ' three musketeers tales have proven to be all but surefire source material for many movies since the silent days , but william richert ' s low - budget
the man in the iron mask
demonstrates that some stories simply cry out for lavish , big - star treatment .
another great story / film that i enjoyed better than the latest version , albeit one made for tv .
appropriately louis does have a complete mental breakdown after he is forced to wear the mask .
to get down to specifics , i have chosen to analyze the 1998 film , the man in the iron mask , not because i find it to be a masterpiece ; although parts of the film are compelling , it is not a great film by any stretch of the imagination . 1 rather , i believe that studying a film about louis xiv made for an american audience in 1998 can be an instructive way to reflect upon a place that all students of the french classical period inhabit : the intersection between a courtly culture distanced from us temporally , geographically and politically , and our own culture , from whose standpoint we inevitably view louis xiv and his contemporaries . my premise is that however much we attempt to contextualize the literature of this period in reading and analyzing it , we are still inevitably influenced by our own culture , with all its implicit beliefs ; needless to say , this tends to be even more true of our students . in spite of our best efforts , our students bring to seventeenth - century french courtly literature the same kinds of culturally - conditioned questions they bring to contemporary american literature and film , and it may be instructive and enriching to examine those questions , as well as our own cultural prejudices .
george blagden , best known for his role as grantaire in the 2012 film adaptation of les miserables , will play the role of the sun king .
the man in the iron mask isn ' t the best movie i have ever seen . i mean , you have five actors doing five entirely different accents . and some of the twists in the story are beyond silly . and of course looking at gerard depardieu ' s naked ass isn ' t something i would recommend to anyone .
a sizeable proportion of the funding for the film came from german sources : $ 4 million from bavaria ' s bank fund ( bbf ) and film and tv fund ( fff ) , about $ 1 . 3 million from the
if you kill him , you will be just like him : or rather , if you imprison him in an iron mask for the rest of his life , you will be just like him . phillipe ultimately pardons louis and allows him to retire to the country in comfortable exile , utterly proving himself the better man .
the story is based on a myth , and after watching the film for the first time , i felt compelled to research the myth myself . the most convincing parts of the film are the acting of the supporting characters ( notably byrne , malkovich and irons ) and the musical score .
in the man in the iron mask , the costumes are good , everybody is dirty and unkempt , and the attitudes are completely weird . the whole series of the three musketeers is an 1840s reimagining of a novel from around 1700 written about the 1660s , so we shouldn’t be too harsh regarding factual errors of attitude…unless they’re from the 1990s , when this movie was made .
polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was a
b
on an a + to f scale .
randall wallace has attempted to re - create the old - fashioned hollywood studio epic , where grandeur and romance could help audiences overlook historical inaccuracies and the jarring mix of accents from an international cast . but the man in the iron mask is just cleverly packaged fluff , not unlike the candy bar that dubiously perpetuates the musketeers ' fame .
a lad jousting with his tutor is kidnaped and carried to the bastille where his head is locked in an iron mask . jump ten years : musketeers return from war in morocco to find paris starving . . . see full summary »
the film does not rely too heavily on the swashbuckling appeal of the musketeers , but rather on the development of individual characters and the relationships between them .
louis xiv is depicted as unmarried , but in 1662 when the film is set , he ' d already been married for two years .
when the marvel cinematic universe launched with the releases of iron man and the incredible hulk in the summer of 2008 , the disney - owned marvel studios was operating with a handicap : it didn’t have the film rights to marvel comics’ most recognizable character , spider - man . sony did , and after the disappointing box - office returns ( and chilly critical reception ) of 2014’s the amazing spider - man 2 , the studio eyed the mcu with jealousy . marvel didn’t have spidey , and spidey didn’t have mojo . neither studio was winning with the web - slinger .
with conditions quickly becoming intolerable , aramis calls together his former colleagues to propose a plan to change the course of french history . d’artagnan sticks by his king and drops out , but athos and porthos join in an ingenious plot in which they spirit out of prison a man who , for six years , has lived in a cell with his head encased in a locked iron mask . the man is named philippe and is , in fact , the younger twin brother of the present king louis .
i just could not concentrate on this film because of the whole mishmash of accents . english , french and american .
voltaire , who was a prisoner at bastille in 1717 , claimed that he had learned things from former servants of the masked prisoner during his time there . according to voltaire’s writings , the man in the iron mask had been wearing the mask as far back as at least 1661 . he said the man was tall , handsome and played the guitar , and also he supposed the man was about 60 when he died . this would have been the only way that he could have been louis xiv’s twin brother , as the sun king was in his 60s when the prisoner died . however , this would mean that the death certificate that is associated with the prisoner is either false or not that of the prisoner .
at the mask - ball , when louis is seeing iron masks everywhere and rushes out , the music suddenly stops , but in the background we can see the violinists still playing ( moving their bows ) - we don ' t hear any sound .
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the film is set in the year 1662 . louis is supposed to be in the middle of a war against the dutch . this is actually not correct . the war against the dutch didn ' t begin until 8 years later in 1672 .
, about $ 10 million in tax rebate cash from the german film fund , the dff and $ 1 million ( €800 , 000 ) in subsidy financing from the berlin - brandenburg medienboard .
a : no , i’m completely uncoordinated . john malkovich is really good at it and so is jeremy . but leo and i were like the fencing dunces . we acquitted ourselves nobly in the end . — movieline magazine 1998
the film received negative reviews from critics , with the major criticism on the lack of originality , acting performances and outdated visual style . review aggregator
the man was a prisoner at bastille from 1698 until 1703 . many historians believe that he was a prisoner before this and had simply been transferred there . however , there is no concrete proof of this . whoever he was , the man in the iron mask died on november 19 , 1703 . a death certificate associated with him lists his name as monsieur de marchiel . it says that he was in his forties at the time of his death .
chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london . . . 21 years after the first film hit screens
unaware of athos ' true fate , dumas kept the three musketeers and d ' artagnan in robust health until almost the end of the third book in his trilogy , the man in the iron mask . for the central figure of that tale ( which fictionalizes an essentially true story of a mysterious prisoner of louis xiv ) he followed the most popular current theory of the prisoner ' s identity , that of an identical twin of the king . in dumas ' version , d ' artagnan , who remains loyal to louis , escorts the royal twin to the remote mediterranean island of sainte - marguerite and locks him into the mask .
who played him best ? 1948’s robert coote wasn’t quite pretty enough to play this ladies’ man , and we can discount charlie “tiger blood” sheen , whose hair never quite convinced , leaving it a straight race between richard chamberlain and luke evans . since the former’s given much more to do and the latter’s given a scene ripping off assassin’s creed , we’re going for chamberlain , with an honourable mention for jeremy irons’ older version in the man in the iron mask . why him ? well , that film’s the only recorded instance of aramis being vastly more attractive and interesting than athos , and that’s really rather remarkable .
of all of the muskateer , man in the iron mask movies that i have seen , this version is the worst . it has very slow moving partaking of the characters participation in this movie . very little action and the action that is in this movie leaves very little excitement . the actors / actresses in this movie act as if they are reading from a card instead of memory . and the costumes in this movie as way out of date , infact , it seems as if the costume designer cannot figure out what century this movie takes place in . even the wigs worn by the charactors look rediculas and out of style . i was very dissapointed in this film and i give it a 2 .
they hide in plain sight , suddenly visible in one frame and gone in the next .
alexandre dumas’ three musketeers tales have proven to be all but surefire source material for many movies since the silent days , but william richert’s low - budget “the man in the iron mask” demonstrates that some stories simply cry out for lavish , big - star treatment . threadbare production values and sub - par cast here don’t do dumas , or the viewer , [ … ]
don ' t be put off of this film because it is a period drama , or because it stars leonardo dicaprio .
just before embarking on his spectacular series of historical novels , dumas produced celebrated crimes , a series of eight volumes on dark deeds from history . volume six included the man in the iron mask . like much of dumas ' s prodigious output , it owed a great deal to the work of others , in this instance his closest collaborator , auguste maquet , a former history teacher . as was often the case , dumas undermined maquet ' s meticulous research by some impulsive contributions of his own . dumas confessed that in writing an earlier play about the iron mask , he had been forced to ‘choose one view of a dramatic situation to the exclusion of all others … and … by the inexorable laws of logic to push aside everything that interferes with its development’ . he had selected , and would stick with , the notion of an identical twin in the mask , because ‘it was incontestably the most dramatic’ . how ironic , then , that the qualities of loyalty and honour that d ' artagnan possessed , brilliantly captured by dumas in fiction , proved the musketeer ' s eventual undoing in fact : and that dumas , in failing to give credit to courtilz , ensured that an even better story would slip through his fingers , the astonishing secret that d ' artagnan himself was the man in the iron mask .
all eyes will be on him and , to the certain satisfaction of his new legion of fans , the man of the moment , leonardo dicaprio , delivers a wonderful double star turn in “the man in the iron mask . ” an unusually sober and serious - minded telling of alexandre dumas’ classic tale , this handsome costumer is routinely made and comes up rather short in boisterous excitement . but the compensations of an involving old - fashioned narrative and , above all , a magnetic and enjoyable cast go a long way toward making this an agreeable middle - of - the - road entertainment . dicaprio’s presence assures a strong opening , and it will be interesting to see how far the film can travel in the wake of “titanic . ”
urltoken the man in the iron mask : leonardo dicaprio , jeremy irons , john malkovich , gérard depardieu , gabriel byrne , anne parillaud , judith godrèche , edward atterton , peter sarsgaard , hugh laurie , david lowe , brigitte boucher , randall wallace , alan ladd jr . , paul hitchcock , rené dupont , russell smith , alexandre dumas : movies & tv
masquerade ball : figures prominently in the attempt to replace louis with philippe . with the added bonus that the hidden twin had spent his entire life wearing a heavy iron mask , which he flashes to the king from under the decorative gold one to freak him out , along with the three musketeers . it works .
anne :
i have raised a son who destroys lives instead of saving them , and i have failed to save a son who died within an iron mask . aramis :
no ! that mask was louis ' creation . now we have a chance to make a miracle . to strip all masks away forever .
in 1873 an army officer , théodore iung , published his research into the man in the iron mask , which established that saint - mars had been his jailer at four successive prisons . the names of only two of saint - mars ' prisoners eluded iung . the first , surely the mask himself , had arrived at pignerol from paris in march 1674 amid extraordinary precautions , ‘manacled at night’ and ‘kept from view’ in such a way that he could neither ‘shout out or write … who he was’ . the second , a prisoner in the bastille at the beginning of 1699 , proved to be gatien de courtilz de sandras , the author of the mémoires de monsieur d ' artagnan .
one year later , the man in the iron mask was released in france . i had already read the whole trilogy by then and i was over - excited by the idea of watching my big time heroes for real . i was probably the only girl of my age ( at least among my friends ) to be excited by this movie , not for king leo , but for d’artagnan . not even gabriel , just d’artagnan .
damn you , muscle memory : phillipe is so used to eating and drinking in the mask that he spills water on himself when it is removed .
, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , gives the film a score of 35 based on 15 reviews .
a lad jousting with his tutor is kidnaped and carried to the bastille where his head is locked in an iron mask . jump ten years : musketeers return from war in morocco to find paris starving while louis xiv and his retinue idle at duke fouquet ' s estate . louis is enamored with his host ' s virginal daughter , valliere , herself in love with athos . the queen mother calls the jesuit aramis to her deathbed to confess that louis has a twin ,
a second born , he was first conceived , the oldest and true heir ,
the man in the iron mask . aramis secures his release and hides him while porthos and athos school him for his destiny . d ' artagnan remains loyal to louis : love , schemes and politics entwine .
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the knights don’t carry lances for the most part . why not ? what use is a man on horseback without a lance ?
with the reveal of tom holland’s spider - man in the captain america : civil war trailer , we wanted to go back and look at the many spider - man costumes over the years ! peter parker being the thrifty science - nerd that he is , we can’t include every version of the wall crawler that has appeared in marvel comics as some only make single issue appearances ( though we did include some of those ) . starting from peter’s first appearance in amazing fantasy # 15 to the ultimate spider - man miles morales and every major version of the webslinger in - between , check out the gallery below for a look at the spider - man costumes .
man , 52 , fatally shot by police in florida refused multiple orders to put down eight - inch knife and charged . . .
when phillipe stands up to look in the water bin after he had his mask removed , he places only his left hand on the bin ' s edge . but in the next shot of him looking in the water , his right hand is on the edge instead of the left .
who played him best ? gig young always seemed like more of an aramis to us , but he was certainly big and imposing enough ; frank finlay had a magnificent moustache but was sometimes overshadowed by his more outgoing cast mates ; oliver platt wasn’t quite physical enough . in this case , we’re actually inclined towards ray stevenson’s version , who’s huge and hulking and more than charismatic enough even in the scrap of screentime he’s given . honourable mention to gerard depardieu in the man in the iron mask , who was the drunkest .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
long before the days of mass - produced paperbacks , alexandre dumas achieved sales of over one million for his musketeers trilogy : the three musketeers ( 1844 ) , twenty years after ( 1845 ) and the man in the iron mask ( 1850 ) . in an obituary notice published in 1870 after his death , aged sixty - eight , an american newspaper placed dumas second only to napoleon bonaparte as the most famous man of the century . yet the great french playwright and author , having set the musketeers firmly on the road to immortality , had been compelled through circumstance to obfuscate their origins , until they came to be regarded as entirely fictional characters , when they were really based on flesh and blood . in doing so he also unwittingly distanced himself from clues to the true identity of the secret prisoner in the mask , a tale more extraordinary and terrible than even dumas could devise .
alexandre dumas got a little studlier when leonardo dicaprio , at the height of his teen - idol powers , donned a long wig to play both louis and phillipe . the former is the ruthless king of france , the latter a country boy who is scooped up and thrown in the bastille , forced to wear the titular iron mask . based on dumas’ d’artagnan romances , including the vicomte de bragelonne , the man in iron mask brings back the familiar names of the three musketeers to play soap - opera politics . athos ( john malkovich ) , porthos ( gerard depardieu ) , and aramis ( jeremy irons ) come out of musketeer retirement to depose the evil louis and replace him with the identical phillipe . but dicaprio was still years away from his prestige performances in scorcese dramas ; he took home the golden raspberry for worst screen couple . [ molly eichel ]
another theory suggests that the prisoner’s mask was not iron at all , but cloth . in addition , he may not have had to wear it all the time , as many accounts suggest . he may have only had to wear it when he was out in public . there are some eyewitness accounts that seem to corroborate these claims .
in 1687 , during his transfer from another alpine prison , exiles , to the island of sainte - marguerite , off cannes , a priest at grasse saw the prisoner in his mask , made not of iron , but steel . his eyewitness account appeared in a newsletter circulated by clerics , which also reported an unguarded remark made by saint - mars about the identity of his charge that ‘all the people one believes to be dead are not’ . this meant that the man in the mask had to be sufficiently well - known to attract comment , for his supposed death to have been widely reported and for him to be held in the utmost secrecy . d ' artagnan , almost alone of all the credible candidates , meets this criteria .
then , last year , something remarkable happened : sony and marvel studios reached an unprecedented rights - sharing agreement whereby the two would co - produce spider - man flicks , meaning the web - head could pal around with iron man , et . al . , in the mcu . given the positive fan response it seemed like a wise and potentially profitable move , but the proof would be in the pudding when this rebooted spidey , portrayed by relative unknown tom holland , debuted in captain america : civil war . he didn’t disappoint , and is actually one of the most delightful parts of the movie . let’s take a look at what the film gets right about this iconic character . spoilers ahead .
polar opposite twins : louis is extremely cruel , uncaring , and selfish , while philippe is a much nicer person and even pardons louis at the end of the film .
this set - up , easy enough to explain , takes director randall wallace too long to set up , and there are side plots , such as the king ' s war against the jesuits , that will confuse audiences . there was once a time when everyone had heard of the musketeers and the man in the iron mask , but history these days seems to start with the invention of mtv , and those not familiar with the characters will take some time to get oriented .
during the reign of louis xiv , a mysterious masked man was kept prisoner for 34 years in the bastille and other jails . his identity has never been established .
christine , when she finds out about louis ' uriah gambit and can ' t bear to live any longer in the power of the man who killed her fiancee .
the plot was good ( eh . . . might have been predictable , but still . . . great ) , the cinematagraphy was awesome , the music was moving , the sword fighting / action was cool ! i absolutely loved gabriel byrnes in this movie . he was so great as d ' artagnan ( sp ? ) . john malcovich was perfect for his role of athos too . i really felt his pain . i have both the vhs ( older ) and the dvd version ( hey , it was on sale for 9 bucks ! ! lol ) of the man in the iron mask , and the dvd version ( although not a whole lot of extras ) has a nice directors commentary . it really tells the director ' s vision for the film and all the behind the scene info . i still can ' t believe that this movie was his first film ! !
louis xiv and his brother are played by leonardo dicaprio in a dual role , his first since
titanic .
he looks well - fed as the despotic ruler and not particularly gaunt , for that matter , as the man in the mask . as the film opens , he presides over a court that lives in decadent luxury , while street mobs riot for bread in the streets . the beautiful christine ( judith godreche ) catches his eye , and since she ' s engaged to the young raoul ( peter sarsgaard ) , the king sends raoul off to war and makes sure he gets killed there .
joseph lagrange - chancel also wrote about the man behind the mask , after his stay in prison . supposedly , the man was a prisoner on sainte - marguerite during the 1720s . chancel said that the man had stayed there during the mid to late 1600s . voltaire also made this claim . he went on to say that saint - mars ( the governor of sainte - marguerite and once keeper of the famous prisoner ) called the masked man “my prince . ” of course , this claim is only hearsay . furthermore , chancel would have heard this information nearly twenty years after the prisoner had died . there was sufficient time for unfounded rumors to circulate . then again , it could have very well been true .


rainbow brite and the star stealer is a 1985 animated fantasy film directed by bernard deyriès and kimio yabuki .

an international co-production between the united states , france , and japan , the film was produced by tokyo movie shinsha , dic entertainment and hallmark cards , and was released in the united states on november 15 , 1985 by warner bros . it is the only film to feature the greeting card character rainbow brite ; she also appeared in a few television specials prior to its release , and later in a kideo tv series .

in the film , rainbow brite tries to bring spring to an earth that is already facing a perpetual winter .

she must stop a wicked princess who wants all of spectra , a planet-sized diamond through which all the light in the universe has to go through .

the film did not receive advance screenings upon its release , and fared weakly among critics .

it grossed almost $ 5 million at the united states box office , after opening with $ 1.8 million .

it was released on vhs in 1986 and on dvd in 2004 .

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rainbow brite and the star stealer is not an especially imaginative tale , and the animation is at times lifeless .
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this old schoo movie will bring you back to your childhood . rainbow brite knows how to shine brighter than any star .
if you grew up with rainbow brite and enjoyed her feature film , rainbow brite and the star stealer , then you ' ll love this dc comics adaptation . while the comic leaves a few things out while focusing on others it is a wonderful trip down memory lane . and if you collect obscure and awesome rainbow brite mementos , this is a must - have .
with the release of the star stealer movie , warner brothers released a comic book as well . it was produced by dc comic ' s inc , a warner communications company .
' ' rainbow brite and the star stealer ' ' isn ' t a movie ; it ' s a marketing tool . presented by hallmark properties to sell a line of hallmark products , it tells of a snub - nosed , big - eyed girl named rainbow brite and her efforts to bring joy and color to the universe .
the end credits scroll in a rainbow - tinted background , while
rainbow brite and me
plays .
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rainbow brite must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet spectra .
on november 15th , 1985 hallmark card ' s beloved character , rainbow brite , lit up the big - screen in her first feature - length film ; rainbow brite and the star stealer . produced by dic entertainment the film was distributed by warner brothers and followed three very successful television specials that also helped promote a line of dolls by mattel . at the time of the film ' s release rainbow brite was not only a billion dollar commodity for hallmark it was also the highest selling toy for girls .
urltoken rainbow brite and the star stealer : bettina bush , pat fraley , peter cullen , robbie lee , andre stojka , david mendenhall , rhonda aldrich , les tremayne , mona marshall , jonathan harris , marissa mendenhall , scott menville , bernard deyriès , kimio yabuki , alan lee , andy heyward , jean chalopin , tetsuo katayama , howard r . cohen : movies & tv
welcome to prince darkly reviews , this here is my first attempt at a review , specifically of the film rainbow brite and the star stealer . here ' s hoping you enjoy it . there is the occasional swear in this video . those who find such things offensive are fairly warned . i do not own rainbow brite . all clips were used for the purpose of critique / review of the source material , and as such should fall under fair use / fair dealings laws . all clips from the movie are owned by warner bros .
how does rainbow brite solve this problem , you ask ? does she . . . .
once the lift stops , rainbow brite and krys are greeted at the door to the princesses thrown room . “her highness is expecting you . ”
rainbow brite sends a rainbow to the thick of snow , but it doesn ' t melt . puzzled they decide to head to rainbow land and see what could be happening to stop the snow from melting .
rainbow brite agrees to go . she tells twink to stay and mind the color caves , in which stormy appears and asks to help too . rainbow accepts her assistance and leaves for spectra .
when rainbow brite first runs into orin , he is climbing a stalagmite . his cane and bag of star sprinkles are shown on the ground . when he runs to retrieve them , he is seen holding his cane briefly before he actually gets it .
locked in a jail cell rainbow brite and krys fight about who was right or wrong . their bickering is stopped when on - x appears and rainbow tells him to get starlite . the two horses then discuss a plan to get rainbow brite ' s belt back and get out of there .
meanwhile : in rainbow land everyone is getting ready for the first day of spring . the sprites work in the color caves , and the color kids get up and go to wake rainbow brite . she awakens and colors rainbow land fresh with new color , and leaves to earth to bring spring .
sorry duke . but rainbow brite is one million times more badass than you will ever be . xd
the princess uses some evil magic thing to trap rainbow brite and chris , takes the belt , and then locks them in the real dungeon ( ie the one with no elevator ) . chris blames rainbow brite ' s tiny girl brain for screwing this mission up . and rainbow counters with a speech about hope and how her friends are surely doing something to help them out .
rainbow appears and they go to the horse . the horse examines her , and approves that she is the correct contact .
orin and the other sprites see the ship coming closer . if it crashes , the whole planet will shatter ! but as it does a rainbow gets in it ' s path , pushing the ship back and in the chaos causes it to explode . the surface is harmlessly sprinkled with debris , and rainbow brite and krys travel back to rainbow land .
in november 2004 , warner home video released the movie on dvd in u . s . region 1 territories . the new disc featured a cleaned up and remastered transfer of the film which boasted brighter colors . the new transfer was not in widescreen , but was an
open matte
1 . 33 : 1 version . the only bonus features included were a sing - along version of the opening song ,
brand new day
, and a
find the missing color belt
game , as extras . rainbow brite and the star stealer has been put on the netflix streaming service .
rainbow brite and the star stealer was not screened in advance for critics in its initial release , and subsequently fared weakly among them . janet maslin of the new york times said in her short review ,
isn ' t a movie ; it ' s a marketing tool .
she was referring to animated fare which , at the time , had just begun the practice of cashing in on pre - sold toy lines . michael blowen of the boston globe said ,
is so incompetently crafted that it makes the saturday - morning cartoons seem like disney classics .
as for stuart fisher , a contributor for jerry beck ' s animated movie guide :
sorry , kids , the star stealer was here ,
referring to the zero stars given to it in the book . the family guide to movies on video called it
not strong on imagination or substance but lots of color and action designed to sell dolls to the toddler set .
luckily , one of the fuzzy things ( specifically , the one we saw evil diamond princess abusing at the beginning of the film ) conveniently finds her just in time to give her some
star sprinkles
( aka the power source for her belt ) . rainbow brite takes advantage of this good fortune by turning around and blinding the lizard standing behind her .
written by howard r . cohen , who had previously written the final special ( and origin story )
the beginning of rainbow land
, star stealer took rainbow brite and her magical flying horse , starlite , deep into space in attempt to save the diamond planet , spectra , and return color and light to the universe . the film introduced several new characters to the already vast world of rainbow land including stormy , a rogue color kid who was in charge of the winter rain and snow and krys , a heroic space boy who just wants to be brave ( and who was originally developed as rainbow brite ' s cousin ) . though rainbow ' s normal foes murky and lurky are involved in the film the main antagonist was introduced as new villain , the dark princess , who was the most spoiled brat in the entire universe . she wanted to add spectra to her collection of jewels , using it to fuel her own powers , not caring that doing so could destroy everything in the whole universe .
' ' rainbow brite , ' ' which opens today at neighborhood theaters , is sugary even for a children ' s film . its plot concerns rainbow brite ' s fight with a mean , selfish princess , who is by far the story ' s most refreshing character , and the heroic way in which rainbow brite saves the world from turning wintery . scenes illustrating the latter threat are white , snowy and plain . in view of the rest of the film ' s suffocating prettiness , they come as a great relief . the cast rainbow brite and the star stealer , directed by bernard deyries and kimio yabuki ; screenplay by howard r . cohen , story by jean chalopin and mr . cohen , based on characters developed by hallmark properties ; music by haim saban and shuki levy ; produced by mr . chalopin , andy heyward and tetsuo katayama ; released by warner brothers . at the manhattan twin , third avenue at 59th street ; the gramercy , lexington avenue at 23d street ; the r . k . o . 86th street twin , at lexington avenue , and other theaters .
in rainbow land the sprites call to the color kids that a flying horse is in rainbow land , but when they look and see it isn ' t starlite they get alarmed . they go toward the horse , says in a stuttered reply that he needs “rainbow brite”
stupell home décor somewhere over the rainbow with rainbow wall plaque art , 10 x 0 . . . .
back in the pits , murky and lurky return with his new machine . unfortunately they stumble and fall off down the hill . when they stand they see a shooting star fall from the sky and crash in the pits . curious to what fell , they go to investigate .
spectra shines with all it ' s glory , the snow on earth melts , and the people can go outside for spring has finally arrived . back in rainbow land rainbow brite introduces krys to the color kids who greet him warmly . stormy rides the wind with skydancer and welcome rainbow brite home , saying she is ready for a vacation . doing rainbow ' s job is harder then she thought , and she has more respect for her friend .
rainbow brite and krys shout at her , that she shouldn ' t think of presents , and what she is doing to spectra . she is no more swayed then she was when orin attempted to tell her the same thing . she asks for rainbow brite ' s belt , and when she refuses to give it to her , she steps towards her magic jewel and zaps her with it , but rainbow brite won ' t give up so easily . she touches her belt , and a rainbow appears . however the rainbow is not strong enough , and she and krys are knocked unconscious . it is then the princess removes the belt herself , and orders them removed .
the castle creatures voice ask in unison what they seek . when they tell them they want to speak to the princess , the creatures reply “no” , and merge together into one massive giant castle creature . this beast attacks them , but rainbow brite sends a rainbow in to it ' s face and they run away . the princess sees rainbow brite ' s power and exclaims that she wants her belt .
rainbow brite rides a white horse named starlite , who has a rainbow - colored tail and main , and she has a rainbow trim on her little suit . wherever she goes , she leaves a rainbow trail . as a matter of fact , the film has rainbows everywhere . i stopped counting at 247 or so .
( aka , “blondine au pays de l’arc - en - ciel” and “mahô shôjo rainbow brite ! ” this film is clearly an animé , but rainbow brite herself was a french / japanese / american co - production . which helps explain some things . )
cut to rainbow brite taking a trip to earth ( i guess this means she ' s an alien ? ) . it turns out rainbow brite has a human boyfriend named brian ( he ' s the only person on earth who can see her ) .
in comparison to characters like my little pony and the ever popular barbie , rainbow brite ' s initial popularity may have been short - lived , but her colors are just as bright today as they were in 1985 and so is her fan - base . two of them , renee stowe and katy cartee haile are considered two of most avid and active fans . each of them operate their own rainbow brite website and together have a podcast devoted to all things rainbow brite , britecast .
opening at seventh place with us $ 1 . 8 million , and running for just five weeks at a 1 , 090 - venue maximum , star stealer groseed us $ 4 , 889 , 971 at the north american box - office , months before a 13 - episode syndicated series appeared on dic ' s kideo tv block . a tie - in comic book to the film was issued by dc comics .
i think i remember seeing this movie . i know i was into rainbow brite as a little girl and even had a shy violet doll , and i definitely remember murky and lurky .
luckily , chris seems pretty cool with having to share a saddle with rainbow brite and grip her closely while they fly around . go fig .
cyborg horse detracts the gunners while starlight trots through the castle . he gets caught ; but at least he manages to snag the belt and get it to rainbow brite before the guards can shoot him to death .
krys asks where orin is and on - x explains he had sent him to rainbow land to get rainbow brite , and that was who he was in front of . disgusted by the thought of being helped by a girl , krys does his best to insult her and stress that he doesn ' t need her help . rainbow brite isn ' t so easily discouraged and insists she has come to help and she will .
they find an elevator in the dungeon and decide to try and use it to reach the princess . surprisingly , it works . and once they get in her throne room , crazy diamond princess casually asks rainbow brite to hand over the belt .
they end up leaving together and we get a look from him that implies that rainbow brite is getting another love interest . you go girl ! !
as they run away krys continues to insult rainbow brite . “you even need someone to tell you which way to run ! ”
that zoo movie with the creepy rainbow brite mascots is the only clear memory i have of watching rainbow brite as a kid . my sister and i rented it a million times from blockbuster and my father got so sick of it he used to beg us to rent anything else . naturally , that only made us want it more . lol
rainbow brite ignores his sexist outburst and asks him to explain what the heck is going on . chris tells her that the glitter bots have hypnotized both this planet and the one he hails from and is forcing all the slaves to work for crazy diamond princess . he then starts another rant about how chicks can ' t save the universe and rainbow finally gets mad and essentially tells him
jerrica benton is secretly the leader of the glamorous and exciting music group , jem and the holograms .
rainbow brite knows what spectra is . it ' s the diamond planet . the light of the universe passes through it . it is what gives life to the universe , and gives the color it ' s power . without the “light of life” everything will die .
anyhoo , the plot gets going once rainbow returns home and a cyborg horse contacts her to tell her that the diamond princess is to blame for her weather powers being out of whack . turns out the princess rules the
diamond planet
( the place where all the light has to pass through before it gets to rainbow land and earth ) . and the princess ' hoarding is screwing this up somehow . and rainbow brite is the only one who can stop the princess from
killing everything in the universe
.
on - x tries to continue his message , but a lighted section of his mane is not syncing with the rest as he attempts to speak . it is causing him to stutter . rainbow brite presses the piece back into place and he is able to continue his message . “ orin says only hope is rainbow brite . ”
with the princess distracted , rainbow and krys hit the jewel with all their power . the jewel absorbs the energy and crumbles to dust . this causes everything the magic touched to crumble , including the thrown room .
rainbow attempts to row away only to realize there are no ores to row with . on - x comes to the rescue turning on his boosters / hooves and speeding the boat down the river , which grows wilder and wilder until it reaches a large falls . rainbow attempts to create a rainbow to save them , but the star sprinkles fall from her hands and do nothing in the thick mist . on - x pushes as hard as his booster will allow and eventually is able to lift the boat against his neck and lift them up . they fly away , but gravity takes over soon after and the boat plummets .
seriously , cyborg horse tells her that everything in the universe will die if rainbow brite fails her mission . so , y ' know , no pressure .
meanwhile rainbow brite , starlite and twink take a stop in the storm clouds above earth . it is time for their annual race with stormy , the little girl who controls the storms and winter rains . she gets to play often during the winter months bringing rain and snow to earth .
murky and lurky aren ' t as fortunate , as they attempt to escape the gates close . murky and lurky are brought to the princess . she says she wants rainbow brite , which murky announces that he knows of her and is attempting to capture her too . he claims rainbow brite has several color belts , so the princess demands he capture her and bring her all the belts . once they are away from the fortress they decide to head back to spectra themselves .
she jumps to a high level away from the opening , and hears her name called . there she sees a small gray spectran sprite on an opposite pillar , also climbing away from the slurthie . he points her to his bag , which lay near by and she sees he has star sprinkles . quickly she runs to the sprinkles and once her belt is charged , she and the old sprite escape the creatures and move toward the fort .
we cut to diamond princess ' castle . chris and rainbow brite brazenly just walk up the bridge leading to the front door . naturally , they ' re spotted . and the princess orders some . . . thing to cast a wind spell to knock them off the bridge .
after that , we see rainbow brite return to rainbow land to announce that she ' s saved the universe and everything is colorful again . and chris declares that he wants to live in rainbow land instead of returning home because he wants to help restore colors , too ( and he realized that living in a place where the chicks outnumber him 5 to 1 would be pretty sweet ) .
i don ' t remember this movie at all . i didn ' t watch a whole lot of rainbow brite as a kid . might have to track this down . > _ > but i do remember the live - action rainbow brite ' s san diego zoo adventure . where murky and lurky were the main antagonists , did you ever see that one ?
anyhoo , everyone celebrates and rainbow brite doesn ' t feel at all conflicted about ending a person ' s life . we see that earth is full of sunshine once more ( and , i assume , all the adults that didn ' t slit their wrists during the dark snow storm are screwing like bunnies to fix the birth rate problem ) . and brian runs outside , sees a rainbow , and sniffles as he thanks rainbow brite for saving his planet ( completely unaware that she has picked up a new boyfriend ) .
. . . . . well , at least now he ' s catching up to rainbow brite ' s body count . good job , kiddo !
in the thrown room , rainbow and krys confront the princess , but this time they are prepared for her magic and using both the rainbow and the prism , the princess can ' t hurt them , but they still can ' t hit the jewel itself . then from behind murky ' s space ship crashes uncontrollably in to the room , crushing the princesses thrown .
meanwhile on spectra , orin and popo are surprised when the other sprites come to them asking them what they are doing . it is then they notice all of the magic has worn off , and they are not hypnotized . the glitterbots are being destroyed and the net is cut away . rainbow brite has won !
i have many happy memories of recording rainbow brite and the star stealer ,
says bettina bush , who was still a child when she began voicing life to the colorful cutie .
i had such fun on set with my child co - stars , scott menville , and david and marisa mendenhall . what a talented group of kids , and all really grounded and fun . our director , marsha goodman was like a second mom to me , and working with her was always a good time - it still is . she ' s got a wicked sense of humor and a gift for bringing out the best in actors . i remember the writer of the script smoked a pipe and i can still remember how it smelled - that makes me smile . i think my favorite memory is seeing all of our hard work come to life on the night of the premiere . i had been imagining how it would look based on the storyboards , and seeing all the elements come together as a child was magical .
and this year she doesn ' t want to end her playtime . together with her horse skydancer , they race rainbow brite through the storm clouds . if rainbow brite catches up to them , then spring will come , but if she can out run them , it will stay winter . but no horse in the universe can out run starlite , who quickly over takes the pair and they leave past the storm clouds to earth . stormy and skydancer accept their defeat and the warm air softens skydancer ' s frozen breath .
5 : here ' s a story that i enjoy telling . when it came to doing the feature , rainbow brite and the star stealer , my agent tried to get me more money . dic , the producer , was very frugal . my agent suggested they give me three contracts instead of one on the project , convincing dic , i could do several of the roles . in those days for a tv show , a performer was paid one fee and for that , would do as many as three characters . dic figured they would get their money ' s worth by casting me in nine roles . so the day came for our recording . a union representative came to the session and informed dic that the rules were different for feature films , and they must give me a contract for each character . i got nine contracts for my work . it was a big payday !
the plan : on - x becomes a diversion , allowing starlite a chance to sneak in the fortress and get to the princesses room . everything goes well , and despite the obvious design flaws between horse and lift , he is able to get to the princess ' s room , pass her and steal the belt back . the princess screams in rage as he jumps out the window , giving on - x the color belt . soon as on - x gets the belt he takes it to rainbow brite , who forms a rainbow to get them out of the jail cell and off the princesses planet .
so much nostalgia ! i adored this show when i was younger , and i must say it did not let me down revisiting it . the bright colors and animation from this dvd are as memorable as when i saw it so many years ago . if you have not seen rainbow brite before and you enjoyed shows like smirfs , pokemon , and dragon ball , then i recommend taking a go at rainbow brite . it is the classic good versus evil cartoon with many good morals and fun characters .
a metal horse rises from the hole , and robotic - ly asks for rainbow brite . at first murky tries to pass himself off as her , but the horse is not fooled . when they ask him about he wants her for , the horse replies that it ' s about a diamond . murky , greedy as ever tells the horse exactly where rainbow land is . this puzzles lurky who is used to him trying not to help rainbow brite . when the horse leaves , he explains that he is going to find out what the message is , and get the diamond for himself .
this routine small tots ' animated feature is about a young girl named rainbow brite who brings color to the universe . she is forced to do battle with the henchmen of a wicked princess determined to plunge everything into a colorless darkness . before the princess can carry out her plan , rainbow joins up with the warrior krys and some special horses to outsmart and outfight the anti - technicolor faction .
5 : the final scene in rainbow land is not mentioned , and on - x is not given to krys .
on earth things aren ' t much better . the land is still thick with snow and cold . brian , rainbow brite ' s earthling friend is riding his bicycle . suddenly he slips on some ice , but a rainbow appears and slows the boy before he can crash . he looks up smiling , happy to see her .
. . . . . i guess horsies with rainbow manes are inherently badass and loyal . xd
with all her incarnations and that fact that rainbow brite has never really left public consciousness is a true testament to how special and beloved this character is .
i believe rainbow brite has such a long - lasting legacy because she ' s an inspiration . she represents hope , strength of spirit , and the power of believing in your purpose ,
bettina says the character .
rainbows themselves feel like you ' ve glimpsed a momentary miracle whenever you see one , they make everyone smile ! rainbow brite embodies that , so people will always love her . i ' m blessed to have had the opportunity to give her a voice .
rainbow brite has only heard of orin in the stories sprites tell each other at bedtime . she thought he was a made up character , but twink insists he is a real person .
rainbow , chris , and cyborg horse have to fight through a horde of lizard monsters to get away . and the attack ends in the three of them being separated .
chris tells rainbow to retreat . rainbow accuses him of being too chicken for the mission . and he starts spewing more sexist crap about being more capable than some icky vagina person before following her up the bridge .
in the fort starlite is having his fun confusing the glitterbots by talking , because at this time they still do not realize he can talk . murky and lurky are being brought it as prisoners as well . krys smiles as he looks up and sees a rainbow coming closer . he smiles knowing that rainbow brite is coming to save them .
the movie ends with murky and lurky in their spaceship trying to find their way back to rainbow land ( wait ? how did they survive that fall before ! ? ) . we don ' t see rainbow brite shoot them down and kill them ; but i think it ' s safe to assume she eventually does .
the universe is growing dark and on earth it is eternal winter all because a selfish princess is trying to keep the diamond like planet spectra to herself . rainbow brite , a girl in charge of changing the seasons and keeping the universe colorful , steps up to stop the princess . all of her friends help , including a brash , overconfident new aquaintance called krys . if rainbow does not free spectra ( and if she and krys don ' t stop arguing ) everything will turn gray and die .
rainbow and chris head off to face the crazy diamond princess again . and we cut to the princess ' palace to see murky and lurky promising that they can deliver rainbow brite to her on account of their experience fighting her . she tells them to piss off because she astutely points out that , if they could beat her , they would have done it already ( not gonna lie , i thought that was pretty cool ) . they change her mind by lying and telling her that rainbow brite has more belts and they know how to get them . this is the only reason they aren ' t locked in a dungeon .
the sprite informs her of who he is . he is orin , the sprite who sent on - x to fetch her . together they plot a way to get krys and the others out of the fort . he gives rainbow brite the prism . he says she must give it to krys and together they will be able to fight their enemies .
i ' m pretty sure stormy was my favorite rainbow sidekick when i was little . she has the power to make rain and snow ; but she ' s only allowed to do it in wintertime . if she tries to do it out of season ; rainbow brite and her horse chase her down and ruin her good time . it sucks to be stormy .
chris uses his wrist cannon to trap three guards in ice blocks . the cartoon never shows them recovering ; so it ' s possible that this puts him ahead of rainbow brite in the
most villains murdered
category .
while the princess is distracted , rainbow and chris destroy her power source diamond . which , in turn , causes her entire palace to collapse ( i guess she conjured her house with her insane diamond magic ) . while the palace is collapsing , murky threatens to shoot rainbow brite with his wacky looking gun . and this prompts starlight to pop in out of nowhere and kick him off the side of a cliff .
when rainbow brite gets to the diamond planet , she finds a bunch of fuzzy things being enslaved and forced to make nets to cover up the planets surface . but she can ' t rescue them because they ' re being guarded by giant killer robots ! !
no , really . rainbow channels her magic through the planet ( remember , the fuzzy things ' planet is a giant prism ) and uses the amplified beam to blow up the princess ' ship before it can hit the planet .
right on cue , cyborg horse pops in the window to save them ( where the hell was he when the children were being zapped ! ? ) . unfortunately , he can ' t fit in the window . and instead of just popping in kool aid man style like he should , he goes off to get help from rainbow brite ' s horse starlight . even though starlight is powerless without rainbow and her belt .
the franchise pretty much ran out of steam by the end of the ' 80s . there was an attempt to revive it in 1996 , with mattel bringing out new , ethnically - diverse versions of the various characters , but it fell flat on its face . rainbow brite is , and probably will remain , an artifact of the 1980s .
after rainbow brite ' s initial run ended , there were several attempts to reinvent her , however none of them seemed to shine quite as brightly as the original . then , in 2014 , hallmark ' s online network urltoken began streaming the film along with a brand new 3 episode mini - webseries . written by rachel vine , the series stared emily osment as rainbow brite and eighties teen queen , molly ringwald ( who also recently appeared in the live - action jem and the holograms film ) , as the dark princess . the series was successful enough that it appears feeln is developing an ongoing series .
krys informs her that the princess , and her plans . when rainbow insists they stop her , krys dares her to say it to the princess . she says she will and they all leave to the princesses planet .
the dark princess is up to big - time mischief : snatching for herself spectra , the universe ' s sole source of light . without spectra in its rightful place , all will be plunged into gloom and dreariness - unless rainbow brite and her friends can defeat the princess in this fantastic adventure ! set in an imagination - enhancing cosmos of enchanted worlds , spunky rainbow brite , her magical horse starlite , heroic spaceboy krys , spritely twink , young earthling brian , venerable sage orin and other amazing hallmark characters confront evil by using color , magic , cleverness and joy as ammunition .
the princess decides that it might be fun to mess with the kids . so she turns off the wind machine and instead opts to let them in . once inside , the kids are attacked by blob monsters . rainbow brite blinds it with her magic rainbow belt so they can escape . diamond princess sees this and immediately decides that she must have that belt ! ! so she uses a trap door to drop them into a dungeon
rainbow brite , and her magical horse starlite , must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet spectra . when they meet orin , the wise sprite tries to make the two children get along and work together to stop the evil princess . orin tells them that they can only destroy her by combining their own powers against her . getting in the way of their mission is the sinister murky dismal and his bumbling assistant lurky who , as usual , are lavishing in the new gloom created by the darkening of spectra , as well as trying to steal rainbow ' s magical color belt .
in a quick getaway from the glitterbots , rainbow brite and starlite pretend to weave rope . at first their plan works . the glitterbots merely dispenses more rope to be woven and move on , until they see that rainbow isn ' t weaving a net . she is weaving a set of booties . the glitterbot charges his gem to hypnotize her , but as he shoots , on - x interferes , bouncing the ray from his shiny body back into the gem , hypnotizing the glitterbots themselves .
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this movie is a bit odd , but i give it points for making rainbow brite an active female character when they easily could have had chris keep rescuing her . if it helps , the crazy princess does make an appearance in the series after the movie aired . so , that ' s one less kill count for rainbow brite . xd there is also one thing i think this movie proves to be true . robot horses make anything awesome ! ^ _ ^
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the girl with the striped moonboots and royal - blue epaulets is back from the 1980s to save the world for a new generation of young viewers . this time the gal , her rainbow - tailed horse starlite , and her sidekick sprite twink must face down a selfish princess who has stolen the biggest diamond in the universe , preventing light from reaching the world , and sending earth into a neverending winter . ( don ' t try to justify the plot from a scientific standpoint . ) the rerelease of this 1985 production marks the relaunching of the rainbow brite franchise , following the successful returns of other ' 80s era cartoon characters like care bears and my little pony . nostalgic young parents will revel in the big hair and big shoulders , and little ones will just enjoy the pretty horses and the colors . this 85 - minute movie may also have some appeal to young males as the secondary hero is a boy with a robotic horse . ( ages 3 and older ) - - kimberly heinrichs
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these guys are murky and lurky ( rainbow ' s normal villains ) . they suck and add nothing to the plot . so we won ' t be discussing them very much
the adventures of the color protector and her friends ( sidekick twink , the color kids , her horse starlite , and her human friend brian ) .
rainbow brite quickly puts the booties on starlite ' s hooves despite his vocal protests and they run away . they don ' t get too far before they come to a large gray river . they jump into the river , but realize despite it ' s liquid appearance it is thick , and starlite can ' t swim in it . getting rainbow brite to a small boat , starlite tries to push her to safely , but she will not leave him . he jumps in the boat too , as the glitterbots enter the river , blasting at them , but because of the river ' s depth , they miss them .
once rainbow and old fuzzy guy escape , he gives a speech about having a special device for chris . and he tells rainbow that she ' s destined to help chris become the mighty warrior he was meant to be . surprisingly , she agrees to it .
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on spectra orin and popo are the only two sprites not hypnotized . carefully they are able to hide from the glitterbots and cut the nets holding spectra . orin looks to earth , which is growing more and more distant in the dark . and on earth brian is worried , for the snow and storms are getting worse .
rainbow brite started out as a little girl named wisp , who was magically carried off to the rainbow land . there , she found everything had become dull and dreary , a result of that entire world having been taken over by the dark one . despite cowardly advice from a sprite named twink ( who became her closest friend in that realm ) , she made it her business to find the color belt and the sphere of light , and restore the rainbow land ' s natural beauty . this she did , with the help of a flying horse named starlite and her seven friends , the color kids ( red butler , lala orange , canary yellow , patty o ' green , buddy blue , indigo and shy violet ) . after that , she remained to rule the rainbow land , with her friends in charge of their respective bands of it . her special mission was to maintain bright colors throughout the universe . her worst foes were murky dismal and his sidekick , lurky .
meanwhile another ship has crashed into the spectra surface . it is murky dismal and lurky . the spectra sprites fuss about the scratching of the surface , but murky pays no mind and lurky works on the super gloom boomer .
the ponies and a young human girl named megan must stop the evil lord tirac from taking over the ponies ' peaceful world .
after hearing this news report , brian goes into his room and pulls out a key that rainbow brite gave him
in case of emergencies
. the key works by turning any door he uses it on into a portal to rainbow land . but when he tries using it , it doesn ' t work ( he guesses it ' s because her magic has gotten weaker ) .
um . . . wow . i think you ought to go back and watch some 80s cartoons , since they have a lot more violence than you remember . keep in mind it was the 80s that traumatized little kids by killing off the main hero ( bye , optimus prime ! ) , and also turned adorable little ponies into monsters : there ' s a good reason why i ' m really wary about what cartoons i ' ll watch . as amazing as many cartoons were , they were also super traumatizing ! granted , this particular movie was always a bit weird , but if you recollected more of the cartoon , it ' s not at all . first off , the
fuzzy things
are sprites . each rainbow kid has their own hue of sprite , and the sprites harvest color crystals for rainbow brite to use . she ' s also the only one that has a white sprite ( named twink , if you care ) as a companion , and he was always pulling color crystals from his pouch in the nick of time . the cartoon also established the relationship between rainbow brite and brian , as she accidentally caught him in a rainbow and had to take him back to rainbow land to restore his proper color to him . . . and yeah , they are first and foremost children , and friends . brian ended up being very helpful , so of course rainbow brite made sure he always had a way to return to rainbow land . i always liked the underlying tension between genders in the cartoon , as again , they are children , and children are always going to have that ,
ew ! he ' s a boy !
or ,
gross ! girls !
when dealing with each other . i certainly had it with one of my best friends , who happened to be a boy , when we were kids . that ' s just the way of things . can ' t really call kids sexist for noticing they ' re different from each other . if you can find it , i recommend tracking down the movie showing rainbow brite ' s origins . then , among other things , you ' ll understand why starlite is so loyal to her . and also why he ' s the most magnificent horse in the universe . : d oh , before i dash for work , murky and lurky are the recurring villains of rainbow brite , so they can never die . ever . ; )
quickly the starlite distracts the glitterbots , and rainbow is able to untie him , together she throws krys the prism , and shoots it with her rainbow power , charging it . still unsure how it works , krys pulls his arm out and looks away as a blast of energy shoots his enemy . first as a heat ray , then as a blast of ice . finally free they leave .
rainbow brite has just enough power in her belt to break them all out of prison . but she tells chris that she needs to recharge her belt in her homeland before she can try to fight crazy diamond princess again .
at the princesses planet rainbow and krys see the huge fortress the princess lives in . telling their horses to stay behind they walk across the walkway toward the front gate . the princess , and her advisor count blogg see them approaching , and attempt to get rid of them . when she sees they are not easily dissuade , she allows them to enter . in the front lobby they are greeted by many small castle creatures .
the animation is wretched , and the whole thing is so sickly sweet as to be almost nauseating .
even in the world of merchandise tie - in animated movies , this rainbow brite outing is pretty terrible . one of the main points of the film revolves around the big bad tying a rope around a planet and towing it to her home with a spaceship . yeah , okay . then there are the unnecessary comic asides with two bumbling villains that don ' t work on any level . over on the editing and scripting side , the action constantly shifts away from rainbow brite and her mission just to keep the ancillary characters fresh in the minds of the audience . those minor scenes , though , last a whopping 30 to 45 seconds , never providing enough time for those sequences to do anything of importance . the end result is a film that goes beyond cheesy to so sugary sweet i wanted to get my teeth checked after watching it . even other blatant money grabs of the decade like the transformers and g . i . joe movies included risk and , well , real world stakes . there ' s nothing like that here , if you include winter not being able to go away . . . and the people of earth literally giving up because of the snow and grayness . really ?
based on papers discovered at the margaret herrick library , when cohen was developing the story , he went through several different incarnations . one of the stories introduced a villain known as the collector who was not only draining the color from the universe , but also manipulating time so the past , present , and future all existed together in one plane . another had a strange force sending the entire universe into an ice age with rainbow and krys leading the inhabitants of all the effected planets into battle . another , cohen wrote , had a raiders - style adventure that took rainbow and krys through planets of deserts , mountains , and various other natural obstacles as well as through outer space in an effort to find a villain who was consuming all the light in the universe . eventually , the story was set and after the final draft of the script was approved it took a record setting three months to produce the rest of the film .