Astérix aux jeux olympiques (2008)

Directors:

Frédéric Forestier
Thomas Langmann

Writers:

René Goscinny (comic book) &
Albert Uderzo (comic book) ...
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Release Date:

25 January 2008 (Poland)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Julius Caesar | Potion | Olympic Games | Druid

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Obélix
Clovis Cornillac	...	Astérix
Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Brutus
Alain Delon	...	Jules Cesar
Vanessa Hessler	...	Princesse Irina
Franck Dubosc	...	Assurancetourix
José Garcia	...	Couverdepus
Stéphane Rousseau	...	Alafolix
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Panoramix
Elie Semoun	...	Omega
Alexandre Astier	...	Mordicus
Santiago Segura	...	Docteurmabus
Michael Herbig	...	Pasunmotdeplus (as Michael Bully Herbig)
Bouli Lanners	...	Samagas
Jérôme Le Banner	...	Claudius Cornedurus (as Jerôme Le Banner)
Jamel Debbouze	...	Numérobis
Luca Bizzarri	...	Alpha
Adriana Karembeu	...	Mme Agecanonix
Paolo Kessisoglu	...	Beta
Sim	...	Agecanonix
Nathan Jones	...	Humungus
Mónica Cruz	...	Esmeralda
Michael Schumacher	...	Schumix
Jean Todt	...	Le patron de Shumix
Zinédine Zidane	...	Numérodis
Tony Parker	...	Tonus Parker
Amélie Mauresmo	...	Amélix
Patrice Thibaud	...	L'Entraineur
Farid Khider	...	Lanceur Javelot Grec
Vincent Moscato	...	Le lutteur Goth
Stéphane De Groodt	...	Numéric
Dany Brillant	...	Gouteur miroir
Elric Thomas	...	Abraracourcix (as Eric Thomas)
Francis Lalanne	...	Lalanix
Jean-Pierre Castaldi	...	Castaldus (as Jean Pierre Castaldi)
Enrico Brignano	...	Commentateur Sportif
Eduardo Gomez	...	Cétautomatix
Eduardo MacGregor	...	Un Druide (as Eduardo Mac Gregor)
Arsène Mosca	...	Secrétaire du Roi
Delphine Depardieu	...	Servante Irina
Dorothée Jemma	...	Bonemine
Mouloud Achour	...	Mouloudus
Mustapha El Atrassi	...	Soldat Romain 1
Rachid Bouchareb	...	Athlète Égyptien
Jean-Christophe Barc	...	Civil Grec 1 (as Jean Christophe Barc)
Chouki Gtari	...	Escorte Numerobis (as Choukki Gtari)
P. Ardura	...	Commissaire de Course
Christophe Boyer de Choisy	...	Athlète Flamme
Ludovic Bauer	...	Prétorien 1
Michel Berre	...	Centurion
Javier Cidoncha	...	3ème Enfant Gaulois
Cyril Corral	...	Légionnaire Grec Site
Momo Debbouze	...	Secrétaire Numérobis (as Mohamed Debbouze)
Laurent Devaux	...	Prétorien 3
Frédéric Forestier	...	Légionnaire Romain 1 Site (as Frederic Forestier)
Tony Gaultier	...	Ordralphabetix
S. Guabintani	...	Marchand Site 2
Aaron Kirman	...	Un Athlète Romain (as Aron Kirman)
Bernard Lopez	...	Un Gaulois
A. Lora	...	Contremaitre Galère
Íñigo Navares	...	6ème Enfant Gaulois (as Inigo Navares Candela)
M. Oudjail	...	Marchand Site 1
Yann Palleiro	...	Prétorien 2
R. Peralta	...	Fauconnier
Micha Rivault	...	Légionnaire 2 Camp Brutus
Romain Tideschini	...	Patafix
Luis Valdivieso Capell	...	Nésousix
Christophe Vassort	...	Légionnaire Palissade
Pierre Tchernia	...	Narrateur (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Un druide (uncredited)
Roland Menou	...	(uncredited)
Michail Krasnoborov Redwood	...	Moveric-Ferrari (uncredited)

Directed by
Frédéric Forestier
Thomas Langmann

Writing credits
René Goscinny		(comic book) &
Albert Uderzo		(comic book)
Thomas Langmann		(screenplay) and
Olivier Dazat		(screenplay) and
Alexandre Charlot		(screenplay) and
Franck Magnier		(screenplay)
Alexandre Charlot		(adaptation and dialogue) and
Franck Magnier		(adaptation and dialogue) and
Thomas Langmann		(adaptation and dialogue)

Produced by
Manon Baudoin	....	assistant producer
Jeremy Burdek	....	co-producer
Nadia Khamlichi	....	co-producer
Thomas Langmann	....	producer
Jérôme Lateur	....	executive producer
Antonio Mansilla	....	associate producer
Jean-Louis Monthieux	....	line producer (as Jean-Lou Monthieux)
Adrian Politowski	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Frédéric Talgorn

Cinematography by
Thierry Arbogast

Film Editing by
Yannick Kergoat
Vincent Tabaillon

Casting by
Pierre-Jacques Bénichou

Production Design by
Aline Bonetto

Set Decoration by
Michail Krasnoborov Redwood

Costume Design by
Madeline Fontaine

Makeup Department
Mélanie Gerbeaux	....	hair stylist
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	special makeup effects artist
Corinne Maillard	....	key makeup artist
Natalia Montoya	....	temporary hair stylist
Anne Moralis	....	hair stylist
Anne Moralis	....	wig maker
Diana Ortiz	....	additional makeup artist
Amparo Sánchez	....	hair stylist
Mariona Trias i Campani	....	assistant makeup artist
Jacques-Olivier Molon	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Pablo Barinaga	....	assistant production manager: second unit
Yousaf Bokhari	....	unit production manager
Sylvain Bouladoux	....	unit production manager
Jean-Marc Deschamps	....	unit production manager
Sergio Díaz	....	assistant production manager
Damien Gayrard	....	assistant unit manager: retake
Frank Mettre	....	post-production supervisor
Alain Mougenot	....	unit production manager
Jean-Patrick Nourricier	....	unit manager trainee
Toni Novella	....	production manager
Federico Rozadillas	....	assistant production manager
Robin Welch	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cristina Vergara Catherineau	....	third assistant director
Arnaud Esterez	....	first assistant director
Riera Koke	....	third assistant director: second unit
Juan José López Angosse	....	second assistant director: second unit
Virginia Maillo	....	trainee assistant director
Jessica Palud	....	second second assistant director
Philippe Robert	....	second unit director
Mari Franç Torres	....	third assistant director
Christophe Vassort	....	first assistant director
Bruno Velasco	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Monica Alberte	....	assistant art director
Franck Gies	....	carpenter
Mathieu Junot	....	assistant art director
Carlos Zaragoza	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Mélanie Blouin	....	assistant sound editor
Katia Boutin	....	dialogue editor
Guadalupe Cassius	....	foley editor
Juan Ramon Castaño	....	sound assistant
Gurwal Coïc-Gallas	....	sound editor
Toni Di Rocco	....	sound mix technician
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
Carl Goetgheluck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean Goudier	....	supervising sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Micki Joanni	....	synchron editor
Fabien Kharat	....	boom operator
Fabien Kharat	....	sound assistant
Michel Kharat	....	sound mixer
Florian Penot	....	assistant foley artist
Philippe Penot	....	foley artist
Maxime Saleix	....	sound recordist
Santiago Serra	....	sound mixer: second unit

Special Effects by
Jérémy B. Caravita	....	special effects makeup
Noel Chainbaux	....	special effects assistant
Carlos Ferrández Hernández	....	special effects technician
Denis Gastou	....	special effects makeup
Carlos Martín	....	special effects technician
Pedro Moreno	....	special effects technician
Michail Krasnoborov Redwood	....	special effects
Romain Rosier	....	special effects coordinator
Erwan Simon	....	special effects makeup
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Nasser Abo	....	visual effects artist
Herve Anceau	....	visual effects
Vadim Androussoff	....	digital compositor
Thierry Ardiller	....	digital compositor
François-Xavier Aubague	....	visual effects producer
Stephanie Aubriot	....	digital effects artist
Erwann Baudet	....	digital effects artist
Romain Bavent	....	digital effects artist: BUF
Saïdou Bernabé	....	digital effects artist
Jerome Billet	....	digital matte painting supervisor
Gerald Blaise	....	digital effects artist
Alexandre Bon	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Axel Bonami	....	compositing sequence supervisor
Fabrice Bon	....	digital effects artist
Nicolas Borens	....	digital compositor
Stephanie Broussaud	....	Lustre assistant
Thibault Bunoust	....	digital effects artist
Emmanuelle Carlier	....	visual effects coordinator
Eric Carme	....	visual effects artist
Guillaume Carniato	....	digital compositor: DUBOI
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor: Duboi
Marie Celaya	....	animator
Anthony Charbonnier	....	additional roto artist
Matthieu Chatelier	....	digital compositor
Bastien Chauvet	....	pre-visualization technical artist: L'EST
Julien Cohen Bengio	....	research and development
Brice Colinet	....	visual effects coordinator
Jean-Nicolas Costa	....	digital compositor
Alexia Cui	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Daniel	....	data manager
Natalène Darfeuille	....	visual effects production assistant
Damien Delrue	....	visual effects
Bert Deruyck	....	digital compositor
Bertrand de Saint Seine	....	end titles
Antoine Deschamps	....	digital artist
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator
Stephane Dittoo	....	compositing supervisor
Berengere Dominguez	....	visual effects coordinator: L'EST
Christophe Duflaut	....	digital compositor
Elayaraja	....	production coordinator: visual effects
Breuillier Emilien	....	digital artist
Aurelien Faure	....	visual effects
Sébastien Fernandez	....	digital artist
Audrey Ferrara	....	digital effects artist: BUF
Chauvet Florian	....	In/Out coordinator: Mikros Image
Mathieu Foucher	....	digital effects artist: BUF
Arnaud Fouquet	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Frederic Fourier	....	digital effects artist: BUF
David François	....	digital compositor
Marion Frelat	....	visual effects coordinator
Nicolas Gauthier	....	digital artist: BUF
Pierre Genin	....	digital effects supervisor
Carine Gillet	....	digital artist
Mickael Girod	....	digital effects artist
Pascal Giroux	....	visual effects producer
Geoffroy Givry	....	digital compositor
Guillaume Glachant	....	digital effects artist: BUF
Yoel Godo	....	CG artist: BUF Compagnie
Cristina Gomes	....	digital effects artist: BUF
David Gourmaud	....	visual effects editor
Gilles Graziano	....	matte painter
Desbois Guillaume	....	visual effects
Christian Guillon	....	visual effects producer
Nicolas Guiraud	....	digital effects artist
Amélie Guyot	....	matchmover
Laurent Herveic	....	digital artist
Arcier Hugo	....	digital effects artist
Nicolas Jambois	....	digital effect artist: BUF
Wulff Jeremy	....	digital compositor
Jérémy Justice	....	flame artist
Nicolas Kermel	....	digital artist
Pacini Kevin	....	editor: visual effects
Audrey Kleinclaus	....	visual effects coordinator: L'EST
Aurelie Lajoux	....	senior compositor
Alain Lalanne	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
Yann Larochette	....	digital compositor
David Lebrun	....	digital artist
Romain Leclerc	....	digital effects artist
Fabien Legal	....	digital effects artist
Guillaume Le Gouez	....	digital compositor
Vincent Lemaire	....	animator
Jean Sebastien Leroux	....	digital effects artist
Jeremie Leroux	....	visual effects supervisor: Duboi
Natasha Leroux	....	digital effects artist: BUF
François Lorain	....	digital artist
Adrien Lourdelle	....	pre-visualization technical artist
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Peregrine MacCafferty	....	matchmove artist
Nicolas Maillard	....	visual effects
Olivier Marci	....	digital artist
Molina Matthieu	....	digital effects artist
Frederic Medioni	....	tracking artist
Julien Meesters	....	head of VFX studio
Tim Mendler	....	movematcher
Sandra Millon	....	visual effects coordinator
Hugues Namur	....	visual effects supervisor: Mikros Image
Catherine Nelson	....	digital compositor
Thierry Noguera	....	digital effects artist: BUF
Cyril Nouaille	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
Loris Paillier	....	visual effects
Cecile Peltier	....	senior compositor
Carlos Perona	....	digital artist
Benoit Philippon	....	digital compositor
Cyril Pichard	....	research & development
Joel Pinto	....	digital compositor
Hannibal Poenaru	....	digital artist
Olivier Puechberty	....	matte painter
Christian Rajaud	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Siddharthan Raman	....	roto/compositor
Nicolas Rey	....	co-visual effects supervisor: Mikros Image
Nicolas Rigaud	....	digital compositor
Ghislain Rio	....	digital compositor
Philippe Robert	....	special visual effects consultant
Julien Rousseau	....	digital compositor
Aurore Rousset	....	animator
Etienne Salançon	....	digital compositor
Michel Samreth	....	digital artist: BUF
Roman Schmidt	....	visual effects
Rossi Sébastien	....	visual effects
Jeremy Séguin	....	compositor
Vijay Selvam	....	digital compositor
Adeline Simon	....	digital compositor
Christian Simon	....	digital compositor
Vanesse Simon	....	visual effects producer: BUF
Mikael Tanguy	....	compositing sequence supervisor
Mikael Tanguy	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Terme	....	visual effects
Guillaume Thimus	....	movematcher
Arnaud Tisseyre	....	CG artist: BUF
Christian Tomikowski	....	digital compositor
Audrey Tondre	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
Georges Tornero	....	visual effects coordinator
Malek Touzani	....	animator
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects producer: Duboi
Geordie Vandendaele	....	animator: BUF
Mathieu Vavril	....	visual effects: BUF
Olivier Veau	....	digital compositor
Zhipeng Xing	....	digital effects artist: BUF
Salvador Zalvidea	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Luis Miguel Arranz	....	stunts
Rémi Canaple	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts wire effects
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts
Alexandre Cauderlier	....	stunts wire effects
Alexandre Cauderlier	....	stunts
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunts wire effects
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunts
Ricardo Cruz	....	action coordinator
Yan Dron	....	stunts
Cauderlier Kevin	....	stunts
Inocencio Losada	....	stunts
Peter Pedrero	....	stunts
Sebastian Pereira	....	stunt double (Sebastian Pereira)
José Antonio Ona Sánchez	....	assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Christian Abomnes	....	assistant camera
Jean-Paul Agostini	....	camera operator
Igor Andrés	....	video assistant
Loïc Andrieu	....	Steadicam operator
Mathieu Caudroy	....	Steadicam operator
Jean-Marie Delorme	....	assistant camera
Roland Demiddel	....	second assistant camera
Benoit Dentan	....	aerial camera operator
Bertrand Etienne	....	assistant camera
Ximo Ferrández	....	second assistant camera
Eléonore Huisse	....	additional second assistant camera
Aurélien Landreau	....	additional electrician
Maud Lemaistre	....	additional second assistant camera
Fernando Matas	....	second assistant camera
Vincent Muller	....	cinematographer: second unit
Charlet Recors	....	aerial cameraman

Animation Department
Jean-Charles Laurent	....	animator

Casting Department
Mirta Guarnaschelli	....	casting
Mamen Moya	....	extras casting
Marc Robert	....	casting assistant
Yolanda Urquiza	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lorena Álvarez	....	set costumer
Loïc Barnier	....	costumer
Emma Bellocq	....	costume supervisor
Chloé Lesueur	....	dresser

Editorial Department
Thibaut Damade	....	assistant editor
Aurélie Laumont	....	color timer

Music Department
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Nicolas Duport	....	music mixer
Alain Féat	....	music editor
Elise Luguern	....	music production supervisor
Steve Price	....	music recording engineer
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant music supervisor

Transportation Department
Mari Arnedo	....	transportation coordinator
Cristina Campos	....	transportation co-captain
Frederic Fabrega	....	driver
Francisco Rojo Villada	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Franziska An der Gassen	....	assistant executive in charge of production: Constantin Film (as Franziska-Marie Reinhardt)
Carlos Ayesa	....	production accountant
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais	....	general production administrator
Charlotte Corrigan	....	assistant to production manager
Ricardo Cruz	....	horse master
Marie Ducret	....	script supervisor: second unit
Nicole Heitzmann	....	cost controller
Hugo Jeuffrault	....	production assistant
John Kaylin	....	dubbing producer
Cecilia Maric	....	script supervisor: second unit
Frédéric Mauss	....	production assistant
Audrey Mery	....	production coordinator
Marina H. Molini	....	production assistant
Hernan Ortiz	....	horse master
Ana Palacios	....	crowd payroll accountant
Saray Perez	....	assistant accountant
Luc Poullain	....	helicopter pilot: camera
Gemma Rawsthorne	....	assistant accountant
Gaëlle-Anne Salin	....	assistant production administrator (as Gaëlle-Anne Salin-Montagne)
Kevin Van Der Meiren	....	production lawyer

Production Companies

• Pathé Renn Productions
• La Petite Reine
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• TriPictures (co-production)
• SOROlla Films (co-production)
• Constantin Film (co-production)
• Novo RPI (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• Canal+ España (participation) (as Canal+ Espagne)
• Banque Populaire Images 7 (in association with)
• Motion Investment Group (in association with)
• Les Editions Albert René (associate production)

Distributors

• Empire (2008) (Romania) (DVD)
• A-Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2008) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Rosebud (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Italy) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• D Productions (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2008) (France) (DVD) (2-disc special edition)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2008) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• BUF
• Duboi
• Duboicolor
• Duran Duboi
• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.) (visual effects supervision)
• Les Versaillais
• Mikros Image

Other Companies

• Actions Movies  stunt equipment
• Aerial Camera Systems  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system
• Ciudad de la Luz Studios  sound stages
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Duran Duboi  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

Asterix alle olimpiadi (Italy)
Asterix at the Olympic Games (International: English title)
Asterix bei den Olympischen Spielen (Germany)
Asterix en los juegos olímpicos (Spain)
Asterix på olympiaden (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Астерикс на Олимпийских играх (Russia) [ru]
Astérix nos Jogos Olímpicos (Portugal) [pt]
Asteriks olimpiyat oyunlari'nda (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Asterix en los juegos olímpicos (Argentina) [es]
Asterix na Olimpijskim igrama (Croatia) [hr]
Asterix na olimpiadzie (Poland) [pl]
Asterix nos Jogos Olímpicos (Brazil) [pt]
Asterix og de olympiske lege (Denmark) [da]
Asterix olympialaisissa (Finland) [fi]
O Asterix stous olympiakous agones (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

France | Germany | Spain | Italy | Belgium

Language:

French | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Spain:T | Finland:K-7 | Portugal:M/6 | Germany:6 | Sweden:Btl | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Ciudad de la Luz, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Company:

Pathé Renn Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: Pasunmotdeplus is a mute because Brutus cut out his tongue. Yet in the scene where it first looks like he's singing 'O solo mio', you can clearly see his tongue.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Ben-Hur (1959)

A simple minded but elegant delight

I read the reviews of this film and being a great admirer of the comic strip decided to give it a miss. Then my eldest grandson came to visit and he chose it as the film he really wanted to see. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings as it were. The concept is of course silly, seeing that it is a comic strip. So expecting a logical sequence to the film is hardly sensible. But from the start you have the right emotional tone from Caesar to the lovely pile of wild boars Obelisk has so casually assembled as a sort of tone-setter. The hero is not a strong actor. He shouldn't be nor should his lovely girl friend. He is merely a coathanger on which the clothing represented by the Gauls and Romans should hang. Talking of clothing, what absolutely superb costumes. Also, in keeping with the cartoon original a style of sly reference to classical history is maintained. So carp if you will. But I'm fairly sure a child of any age would love it and I rejoice that at a few days short of 65 I still love this sort of elegant nonsense. So superior to the ghastly Disney horror that cursed the cinemas at the new year and which received such undeserved and possibly well orchestrated reviews. This may be a film for children but it is a film for intelligent children, who bring their grandparents along.