The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)

The Man in the Iron Mask
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Randall Wallace
Screenplay by	Randall Wallace
Based on	The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas
Produced by	Randall Wallace Russell Smith
Starring	Leonardo DiCaprio Jeremy Irons John Malkovich Gérard Depardieu Gabriel Byrne
Cinematography	Peter Suschitzky
Edited by	William Hoy
Music by	Nick Glennie-Smith
Production company	United Artists
Distributed by	MGM Distribution Co.
Release date	March 13, 1998 (1998-03-13)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	United States[1]
Language	English
Budget	$35 million[2]
Box office	$182.9 million[3]

The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 American action drama film written, directed, and produced by Randall Wallace in his directorial debut. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio in a dual role as the title character and the villain, Jeremy Irons as Aramis, John Malkovich as Athos, Gérard Depardieu as Porthos, and Gabriel Byrne as D'Artagnan.^[4] Some characters are from Alexandre Dumas's D'Artagnan Romances and some plot elements are very loosely adapted from his 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne. This was Leonardo DiCaprio's first film following the success of Titanic (1997).

The film centers on the aging four musketeers, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan, during the reign of King Louis XIV. It explores the mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask, with a plot closer to the flamboyant 1929 version starring Douglas Fairbanks, The Iron Mask, and the 1939 version, directed by James Whale, than to the original Dumas book. The film received mixed reviews but was a financial success, grossing $183 million worldwide against a budget of $35 million.