''The Three Muscatels'' is a 1991 American

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directed by Romell Foster-Owens. The film stars

Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded ...

and his then wife Flynn Belaine, who also wrote the script with Cal Wilson. The film is based on the 1844 novel ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' by

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. This was Richard Pryor's last theatrically released film for which he received star billing in a dramatic role. It premiered at the African-American Film Marketplace in November 1991.

Plot

Donna Bon Viant is a college student, who has to complete an assignment on the 14th century for her

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class. She chooses to base her writings on

, a famous

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. 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

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, and an

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she met earlier in the day named Russell, who was drinking muscatel wine.

Cast

as Wino / Bartender * Flynn Belaine as Donna Bon Viant / Dorian * Cal Wilson as Victor Langford * Reynaldo Rey as King Alberto Nacho *

Joe Torry Joe Torry is an American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. Torry is the older brother of comedian Guy Torry who is known for creating '' Phat Tuesdays'' a weekly stand-up comedy show launched in 1995 for African American comedians that was ...

as Andre Squire * Roy Fegan as Puablo the Traitor * Ron Goss as Squeeky Lopsider

Production

It was filmed in

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in 56 days, from January 19 to March 16, 1991.

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