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Asterix And Obelix Vs. Caesar
''Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar'' () is a 1999 comedy fantasy adventure film directed by Claude Zidi, the first installment in the ''Asterix'' film series based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics. The film combines plots of several Astérix stories, mostly '' Asterix the Gaul'' ( Getafix's abduction), '' Asterix and the Soothsayer'', '' Asterix and the Goths'' (the Druid conference), '' Asterix the Legionary'' ( Obelix becoming smitten with Panacea) and '' Asterix the Gladiator'' (the characters fighting in the circus) but jokes and references from many other albums abound, including a humorous exchange between Caesar and Brutus taken from '' Asterix and Cleopatra'', and the villain Lucius Detritus is based on Tullius Detritus, the main antagonist of '' Asterix and the Roman Agent'' (known as Tortuous Convolvulus in the English translation of the comic). At the time of its release, the film was the most expensive production in French cinema of all time, making it the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Zidi
Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971. He won the César Award for Best Director for '' My New Partner'', for which he was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best .... Filmography as director External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zidi, Claude 1934 births Living people French male screenwriters French screenwriters Film directors from Paris Best Director César Award winners French people of Algerian descent French comedy film directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix And The Roman Agent
''Asterix and the Roman Agent'' (, "Discord") is the fifteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It first appeared as a serial in ''Pilote ''Pilote'' (), for a while subtitled ''the magazine of Asterix and Obelix'' (French: ''Le Journal D’Astérix et D’Obélix'' ) was a French comics magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major Franco-Belgian comics, French ...'' magazine issues 531–552 in 1970 and was translated into English in 1972. Plot summary The resistance of the Gaulish village against the Ancient Rome, Romans causes friction between dictator Julius Caesar and the Roman Senate, whose power had been reduced by Julius Caesar. With their Asterix#Synopsis and characters, Magic Potion which gives them superhuman strength and is known only to their druid Recurring characters in Asterix#Getafix, Getafix, they easily stand up against Rome and her laws. At a meeting with his assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix And Cleopatra
''Asterix and Cleopatra'' (') is a French comic book story, written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. It is the sixth story in the ''Asterix'' comic book series, and was originally published by Dargaud as a serial for ''Pilote'' magazine in 1963, before later being released as a comic album in 1965. The story focuses on Asterix and Obelix accompanying their village's druid, Getafix, to Ancient Egypt, in order to help an architect friend of his complete a major construction project that will allow Cleopatra to win a bet against Julius Caesar. The comic received two film adaptations - an animated film of the same name in 1968, and a live-action film, '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'', in 2002. An audiobook adaptation was also published by Hodder and Stoughton. Plot Summary In Egypt, Julius Caesar belittles the Egyptians for being no longer a great civilisation compared to the Romans. Infuriated to hear this, Cleopatra, queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus (; ; 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, which was retained as his legal name. He is often referred to simply as Brutus. Early in his political career, Brutus opposed Pompey, who was responsible for Brutus' father's death. He also was close to Caesar. However, Caesar's attempts to evade accountability in the law courts put him at greater odds with his opponents in the Roman elite and the senate. Brutus eventually came to oppose Caesar and sided with Pompey against Caesar's forces during the ensuing civil war (49–45 BC). Pompey was defeated at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48, after which Brutus surrendered to Caesar, who granted him amnesty. With Caesar's increasingly monarchical and autocratic behaviour after the civil war, several senators who later called themselves ''liberatores'' (liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war, a civil war. He subsequently became Roman dictator, dictator from 49 BC until Assassination of Julius Caesar, his assassination in 44 BC. Caesar played a critical role in Crisis of the Roman Republic, the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. In 60 BC, Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Crassus, and Pompey formed the First Triumvirate, an informal political alliance that dominated Roman politics for several years. Their attempts to amass political power were opposed by many in the Roman Senate, Senate, among them Cato the Younger with the private support of Cicero. Caesar rose to become one of the most powerful politicians in the Roman Republic through a string of military victories in the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix The Gladiator
''Asterix the Gladiator'' (') is a French comic story, written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. It is the fourth story in the ''Asterix'' comic book series, and was originally published by Dargaud as a serial for ''Pilote'' magazine in 1962, before later being released as a comic album in 1964. The story focuses on Asterix and Obelix heading to Rome to rescue their village's bard, Cacofonix, which culminates in them having to infiltrate the gladiatorial games in order to save his life. ''Asterix and the Gladiator'' received positive reviews following its publication, with its plot being later combined with the story from '' Asterix the Legionary'' for the 1985 animated film, ''Asterix Versus Caesar''. Plot summary Prefect Odius Asparagus, while travelling around Gaul, makes a stop at the camp of Compendium in Armorica. There, he informs Centurion Gracchus Armisurplus, the camp's commander, that he intends to gift Julius Caesar with one of the Gauls from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obelix
Obelix ( ; ) is a cartoon character in the French comic book series ''Asterix''. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman as well as one of the primary defenders of the Gaulish village, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted for his obesity, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength. He fell into a cauldron of the Gauls' magic potion when he was a baby, causing him to be the only Gaul in Asterix's village who is in a permanent state of superhuman strength. Because of this already enormous strength, Obelix is not allowed to drink the magic potion ever again, a ban he regards as being tremendously unfair. Other characteristics are his simplemindedness, his love and care for his dog Dogmatix, his anger when someone refers to him as being ''"fat"'', his enthusiasm for hunting and eating wild boars, and beating up Romans. His catchphrase is: ''"Ils sont fous ces romains"'', which translates into "These Romans are crazy!", although he considers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix The Legionary
''Asterix the Legionary'' is the tenth Asterix book in the Asterix comic book series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in ''Pilote'' magazine, issues 368–389, in 1966. Synopsis Asterix and Obelix are setting off for a wild boar hunt when they encounter Panacea, a former childhood resident of the village who has since moved to Condatum, and Obelix immediately falls in love with her. Some hours later, Panacea receives word that her fiancé, Tragicomix, has been forcibly- conscripted into the Roman army and shipped to North Africa; and Obelix, although heartbroken, promises to bring him back. Asterix and Obelix travel to Condatum, where they learn that Tragicomix has already left for Massilia, the Mediterranean port from which the soldiers depart, and enlist themselves in the army to follow him, alongside Hemispheric the Goth; Selectivemploymentax the Briton; Gastronomix the Belgian; Neveratalos the Greek; and Ptenisnet, an Egyptian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix And The Goths
''Asterix and the Goths'' (') is a French comic story, written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. It is the third story in the ''Asterix'' comic book series, and was originally published by Dargaud as a serial for ''Pilote'' magazine in 1962, before being later released as a comic album in 1963. The story focuses on Asterix and Obelix travelling into the lands of the Goths in Germania in order to rescue their druid from his kidnappers, who seek his power to conquer the Gauls and the Romans. Following its publication, Uderzo regretted the Germanophobic tone of the story, which led to him and Goscinny changing how German characters appeared in the series in later stories. While several translations were made, including an English version in 1974, one translation for West Germany later drew criticism from the creators for including political propaganda and had to be reprinted as a result. Plot summary Asterix and Obelix travel with their druid Getafix, as he hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterix And The Soothsayer
''Asterix and the Soothsayer'' (, "The Diviner") is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972. In this story, Prolix the soothsayer claims that the village of the Gauls will become polluted by a divine curse. Asterix thinks that the man is a charlatan, and his fellow villagers are concerned about sacrilege. Plot summary Frightened by a thunderstorm, the Gauls — with the exception of Getafix, who is at his annual druid meeting — are huddled in the chief's hut, when they are visited by a soothsayer, called Prolix, who predicts that "when the storm is over, the weather will improve" and additionally predicts a fight (caused by the villagers' habitual argument over the over-ripeness of fish sold by fishmonger Unhygienix). Asterix alone correctly identifies the soothsayer as a charlatan. Upon Prolix's departure, the chief's wife Impedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
