ASTERIX
AT THE
OLYMPICS
(Astérix
aux
jeux
olympiques)
With
Gérard
Depardieu,
Benoît
Poelvoorde,
Clovis
Cornillac,
Alain
Delon,
Vanessa
Hessler,
Franck
Dubosc,
José
Garcia,
Jean-Pierre
Cassel
Written
by Thomas
Langmann,
Olivier
Dazat,
Alexandre
Charlot,
Franck
Magnier
based
on the
comic
book
by René
Goscinny
&
Albert
Uderzo
Directed
by Frédéric
Forestier
&
Thomas
Langmann
The
legendary
Asterix
comic
books
have
come
along
for
many
decades.
We even
had
ones
translated
into
Afrikaans
here
in South
Africa
in the
1970s.
(For
those
new
to these
characters,
Asterix
is the
diminutive
Gaul
character
in the
last
French
village
outpost
not
yet
conquered
by the
Romans
- their
advantage
being
the
special
potion
concocted
by Getafix
(bestowing
the
villagers
with
super
strength,
kicking
Roman
butt
all
over
the
place).
Without
taking
itself
seriously
in the
least,
this
second
French-made
live
action
version
is special-effect
laden
madness.
One
of the
Gaul
villagers
has
fallen
for
a beautiful
Greek
princess
- but
the
ponce
Brutus
wants
her
hand.
So,
the
Gauls
and
Romans
come
up against
each
other
in Olympic
events
to decide
who
gets
to marry
her.
A lot
of fun,
mayhem
and
cartoon-styled
violence
is the
result,
and
may
entertain
the
kids.
The
dubbing
into
English
is a
bit
crappy,
but
not
many
kids
will
watch
this
with
English
subtitles!
Depardieu
has
fun
as the
balloon-shaped,
powerful
Obelix,
while
Asterix
is not
small
enough
for
my liking.
I couldn't
help
but
be reminded
of Benoît
Poelvoorde
(playing
Brutus)
in his
very
different
Man
Bites
Dog
character(!).
The
legendary
Alain
Delon
plays
Caesar,
while
some
real
sports
heroes
also
get
thrown
in.
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