Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

Director:

Alain Chabat

Writers:

René Goscinny (comic book "Astérix et Cléopatre") and
Albert Uderzo (comic book "Astérix et Cléopatre") ...

Release Date:

30 January 2002 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Astérix and Obélix go to Egypt to help architect Numérobis who is building a palace for Cleopatra.

Plot Keywords:

Asterix | Architect | Cleopatra | Julius Caesar | Insect

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Obélix
Christian Clavier	...	Astérix
Jamel Debbouze	...	Numérobis / Edifis
Monica Bellucci	...	Cléopâtre
Alain Chabat	...	Jules César (Julius Caesar)
Claude Rich	...	Panoramix (Miraculix) / Getafix
Gérard Darmon	...	Amonbofis (Pyradonis)
Edouard Baer	...	Otis
Dieudonné	...	Caius Céplus
Mouss Diouf	...	Baba, la vigie des pirates
Marina Foïs	...	Sucettalanis
Bernard Farcy	...	Barbe-Rouge le pirate
Jean Benguigui	...	Malococsis
Michel Crémadès	...	Triple Patte
Jean-Paul Rouve	...	Caius Antivirus

Also Known As:

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Australia) (UK) (USA)
Astérix & Obélix: Au service de Cléopatre (France) (working title)
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Kleopatra (Germany)
Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, sensuality and mild violence.

Runtime:

107 min | UK:85 min (cut)

Country:

France | Germany

Language:

French | Arabic | Cantonese | Latin | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | Netherlands:MG6 (DVD rating) | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Atlas Corporation Studios, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

The frames that show the pirates clinging to the wreckage of their ship are a parody of the painting "The Raft of Medusa", by Theodore Gericault and appear often in the Asterix books.

Goofs:

Continuity: Just before the characters visit the pyramid, first Idefix is sitting on a step of the pyramid, the next shot he sits next to the "portrait".

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Magyar vándor (2004)

Soundtrack:

Mission Cleopatra

If you didn't like the first, you MUST see this one! It's a must!

I have to confess that I slept in the cinema while watching the first Asterix movie... but this one is simply FANTASTIC! It is really funny and it leaves the first one miles away. It has enumerous gags and funny situations that made me laugh since the first minutes of the movie and I only stopped laughing when I reached the car to return home. I repeat: this movie is spectacular... Obelix is really funny and Cleopatra is a real babe!!