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Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
Director: Claude Zidi
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From Time Out Film Guide
This lavish and robust live-action chapter of the famous cartoon (dubbed for export) did exceptional business at the French box office. Thanks to a dash of romance and a new improved magic potion, the 'battle with the foregone conclusion' routine still manages to surprise. There are satisfyingly bloodthirsty fights and one or two genuinely decent thrills - the best featuring a dog and a tub of tarantulas. Gauls downing drugs prompt regular helpings of glittering visual tricks which - alongside Terry Jones' inventive English adaptation full of anachronisms, insults and knowing corn - more than amply distracts from the fact that in the English version nobody's mouth seems to be working properly.Author: SS
Cast & crew
Director: Claude Zidi
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Roberto Benigni, Michel Galabru, Claude Piéplu, Daniel Prévost, Pierre Palmade, Laetitia Casta, Arielle Dombasle, Sim, Marianne Sägebrecht, Hardy Kruger Jr full cast
Genre(s): Children's
Duration: 110 mins
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