Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia

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
French theatrical release poster
Directed byLaurent Tirard
Screenplay byLaurent Tirard
Gregoire Vigneron
Based onAsterix in Britain
Asterix and the Normans

by Albert Uderzo
René Goscinny
Produced byOlivier Delbosc
Marc Missonnier
StarringÉdouard Baer
Gérard Depardieu
Fabrice Luchini
Catherine Deneuve
CinematographyLaurent Tirard
Edited byValérie Deseine
Music byKlaus Badelt
Production
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Fidélité Films
Distributed byWild Bunch
Release date
  • October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17)[1]
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Spain
Hungary
LanguageFrench
Budget$78,000,000[2]
Box office$55,905,197[3]

Plot

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Julius 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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Gérard Depardieu and Edouard Baer at the film's premiere in Paris, September 2012.

References

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  1. ^ Programme-tv.net
  2. ^ a b Mintzer, Jordan (8 October 2012). "Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. ^ "ASTÉRIX ET OBÉLIX: AU SERVICE DE SA MAJESTÉ (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
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