Question: Why was Cardinal Richelieu's costume changed from red to purple?
The Three Musketeers (1973)
1 question
Directed by: Richard Lester
Starring: Christopher Lee, Charlton Heston, Faye Dunaway, Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Raquel Welch
Continuity mistake: When D'artagnan follows the Landlord's Wife after their liason, and finds her in the street with the Duke of Buckingham, he drops to his knees to apologise for his rudeness, and we hear a splash to indicate he has just kneeled in a sizeable puddle. When the shot changes, he is still kneeling, and he is not kneeling in a puddle at all.
M. Bonancieux: The Bastille! Well, I tell you, I don't want to go to the Bastille! Because it's got very deep dungeons and terrible instruments of torture operated by very unsympathetic men! And they snip very important parts off people.
Trivia: Oliver Reed almost died when he was stabbed in the throat during filming of a swordfight scene.
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Answer: Red is the "color" of the holy church; purple is the "color" of royalty. Richelieu aspired to royalty, not piety.