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Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (French: Astérix & Obélix : Au service de Sa Majesté) is a 2012 French fantasy comedy live-action adaptation of the Asterix comic book series, directed by Laurent Tirard, and is the sequel to Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008), and is the fourth installment in the Asterix film series after Asterix & Obelix vs Caesar (1999), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), and Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008). It was released in 3D and premiered at the Dinard Festival of British Cinema to negative reviews. It is a live-action film from Fidélité Films and is based on Asterix in Britain (1965) and Asterix and the Normans (1966).[2]
| Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia | |
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 French theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Laurent Tirard |
| Screenplay by | Laurent Tirard Gregoire Vigneron |
| Based on | Asterix in Britain Asterix and the Normans by Albert Uderzo René Goscinny |
| Produced by | Olivier Delbosc Marc Missonnier |
| Starring | Édouard Baer Gérard Depardieu Fabrice Luchini Catherine Deneuve |
| Cinematography | Laurent Tirard |
| Edited by | Valérie Deseine |
| Music by | Klaus Badelt |
Production company | Fidélité Films |
| Distributed by | Wild Bunch |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy Spain Hungary |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $78,000,000[2] |
| Box office | $55,905,197[3] |
Plot
editJulius Caesar lands in Britain, where a small village still holds out bravely against the Roman legions. But the situation becomes critical and the villagers have not got long to live; that's when Anticlimax, one of the villagers, seeks volunteers to go seek help from his second-cousin Asterix the Gaul and bring back a barrel of "magic potion" from the Breton village of the indomitable heroes.
Cast
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- Edouard Baer as Asterix
- Gérard Depardieu as Obelix
- Fabrice Luchini as Julius Caesar
- Catherine Deneuve as the Queen Cordelia
- Gérard Jugnot as Redbeard
- Valérie Lemercier as Miss Macintosh
- Guillaume Gallienne as Anticlimax
- Charlotte Le Bon as Ophelia, Anticlimax's fiancée
- Vincent Lacoste as Justforkix
- Dany Boon as Tetedepiaf
- Bouli Lanners as Grossebaf (Olaf Timandahaf)
- Atmen Kelif as Pindépis
- Niccolò Senni as Megacursus
- Jean Rochefort as Senador Lucius Fouinus
- Michel Duchaussoy as Abraracourcix
- László Baranyi as Panoramix
- Tristán Ulloa as Claudius Lapsus
- Vincent Moscato as Pilliébax
- Javivi as executioner
- Ginnie Watson as a Breton
- Filippo Timi as a decurion
- Neri Marcorè as a decurion
References
edit- ^ Programme-tv.net
- ^ a b Mintzer, Jordan (8 October 2012). "Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "ASTÉRIX ET OBÉLIX: AU SERVICE DE SA MAJESTÉ (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
External links
edit- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia at IMDb
- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia at Rotten Tomatoes
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