The Three Muscatels

The Three Muscatels
The movie cover for The Three Muscatels.
Directed by	Romell Foster-Owens
Produced by	Betty Spruill
Written by	Flynn Belaine Alexandre Dumas, père Cal Wilson
Starring	Richard Pryor Flynn Belaine Cal Wilson Reynaldo Rey Joe Torry Roy Fegan Ron Goss
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	1991
Language	English

The Three Muscatels is a 1991 film starring Richard Pryor. The film is a comedic play on the more famous story of The Three Musketeers.^[1]

Plot

Donna Bon Viant (Belaine) is a college student, who has to complete an assignment on the 14th century for her African American literature class. She chooses to base her writings on the famous novel of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. Donna begins to read the novel and falls asleep in the process. She dreams a zany dream involving the adventures of "The Three Muscatels". The adventures include a number of people in Donna's life including students in her class, members of her family, and an alcoholic she met earlier in the day named Russell (Pryor).

References

1. Easton, Nina J. (2007-09-26). "MOVIES : The Invisible Women : In Hollywood's rush to embrace black filmmakers, women directors are being left out, but some expect that picture to change - Page 4 - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

External links

• The Three Muscatels at the Internet Movie Database
• The Three Muscatels at Rotten Tomatoes