Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2 (1998)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Jean-Marie Poiré

Writers:

Christian Clavier (writer)
Jean-Marie Poiré (writer)

Release Date:

27 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Fantasy

Tagline:

Ils reviennent!

Plot:

Knight Godefroy has to return to our time from 1023 to get back the sacred jewels that Jacquouille has taken to the 20th century.

Plot Keywords:

Jewel | Knight | Medieval | Sequel | Castle

Cast

Christian Clavier	...	Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Jean Reno	...	Comte Godefroy de Montmirail, dit Godefroy le Hardi
Muriel Robin	...	Frénégonde / Béatrice
Marie-Anne Chazel	...	Ginette
Jean-Luc Caron	...	Ganelon
Patrick Burgel	...	Duc Fulbert
Eric Averlant	...	Brother Raoul
Armelle	...	Pétronille
Pierre Vial	...	Eusaebe
Franck-Olivier Bonnet	...	Boniface
Philippe Morier-Genoud	...	Frère Ponce
Philippe Nahon	...	Le gérant du supermarché
Christian Bujeau	...	Jean-Pierre
Olivier Claverie	...	Le médecin
Olga Sékulic	...	Hilda
Michèle Garcia	...	Madame Frangin
Mireille Franchino	...	Mariette
Jean-Paul Muel	...	Maréchal des Logis Gibon
Christian Pereira	...	Capitaine Batardet
Didier Bénureau	...	L'interne Beauvin
Georges Téran	...	Le chef des pompiers
Rodolphe Sand	...	Pompier René
Claire Nadeau	...	Cora de Montmirail
Philippe Beglia	...	Duc de Luigny
Marie Guillard	...	Philippine de Montmirail
Laurent Gendron	...	Le pompiste
Arielle Séménoff	...	Jacqueline
Frédéric Baptiste	...	Freddy
Jacques François	...	Le mari de Gisèle
Sylvie Joly	...	Gisèle
Louba Guertchikoff	...	La maman d'Odette
Laurence Badie	...	Odette
David Gabison	...	Le maître d'hôtel
Théophile Sowié	...	Le postier
Josette Ménard	...	La maman de Dany
Roger Dumas	...	Maître Valoche
François Gamard	...	Le garagiste Pochard
Candide Sanchez	...	Paulo
Elisabeth Margoni	...	Madame Lumeau-Péricard
Jacques Mathou	...	Monsieur Lumeau-Péricard
Nicolas Blettner	...	Benoît Lumeau-Péricard
Michel Crémadès	...	Le chanteur Lucien Remoux
David Talbot	...	Le noble froussard
Damien Ferrette	...	Le soldat de l'an II
Marc Bertolini
Hervé Breuil
Régis Bouquet
Frank Chiappinelli
Benoît Allemane
Bertrand Triguer
Jérôme Hardelay	...	Le fils de béatrice
Mélanie Hardelay
Philippe Loffredo
Patrick Massieu
Pascale Oudot
Laurent Natrella
Eric Poulain
Jean-Christophe Peral
Mireille Rufel
Jonathan Reyes	...	Eddy
Michel Vivier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cédéric Deruytère	...	Garçon au supermarché (uncredited)
Jean-Marc Huber	...	Un moine (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Poiré	...	Himself (in ending credits) (uncredited)

Directed by
Jean-Marie Poiré

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christian Clavier		writer
Jean-Marie Poiré		writer

Produced by
Christian Clavier	....	co-executive producer
Patrice Ledoux	....	co-executive producer
Jean-Marie Poiré	....	producer
Igor Sekulic	....	associate producer
Alain Terzian	....	producer

Original Music by
Eric Levi

Cinematography by
Christophe Beaucarne

Film Editing by
Catherine Kelber
Jean-Marie Poiré

Casting by
Françoise Menidrey

Production Design by
Hugues Tissandier

Costume Design by
Catherine Leterrier

Makeup Department
Muriel Baurens	....	key makeup artist
Cédric Chami	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Emmanuel Gateau	....	assistant production manager
Gérard Gaultier	....	production manager
Richard Nataf	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roxane Andreani	....	second assistant director
Pascal Chaumeil	....	second unit director
Anne-Sophie Hervieux	....	trainee assistant director
Olivier Horlait	....	assistant director
Simon Lelouch	....	second unit director
Pascal Salafa	....	assistant director
Bernard Seitz	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gilles Boillot	....	first assistant art director
Sophie Campbell	....	assistant art director
Jacky Hardouin	....	carpenter
Yvan Hart	....	plasterer
Virginie Hernvann	....	assistant art director
Arnaud Le Roch	....	assistant art director
Ronald Meanti	....	assistant art director
Benoît Sanson	....	property buyer

Sound Department
Jean Goudier	....	sound editor
Bernard Leroux	....	sound
Jérôme Lévy	....	foley artist
Pascal Mazière	....	foley artist
Jean-Charles Ruault	....	sound
Claude Villand	....	sound

Special Effects by
Pierre Buffin	....	3D special effects
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	special effects supervisor
Jean-Louis Trinquier	....	mechanical special effects
Jean-Marie Vives	....	matte painter (as Jean-Marie Vivès)
Jeremy Lovett	....	special effects senior technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jerome Bacquet	....	visual effects: BUF
Stephane Ceretti	....	visual effects: BUF Compagnie
Laurent Gillet	....	digital artist: BUF Compagnie
Stéphanie Machuret	....	senior digital compositor: Mac Guff Ligne
Stephane Naze	....	digital artist: BUF
Samuel Tourneux	....	digital artist: BUF Compagnie

Stunts
Jean-Louis Airola	....	stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Guillaume Castillon	....	stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Patrice Cossoneau	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunts
Mario Luraschi	....	horse stunt coordinator
Roland Neunreuther	....	stunt coordinator
Henry Villain	....	stunt technician
Olivier Vitrant	....	stunts
Mario Luraschi	....	stunt double: horse stunts (uncredited)
Cyril Raffaelli	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
André Atellian	....	key grip
Carlos Cabeceran	....	Steadicam operator
Eric Caro	....	still photographer
Jean-François Drigeard	....	best boy
Manuel Gaspar	....	electrician
Etienne George	....	still photographer
Eric Gies	....	best boy electric
Eric Gies	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Lacroix	....	gaffer
Christophe Legal	....	director of photography: second unit
Jacques Mironneau	....	camera operator
Christophe Paturange	....	first assistant camera
Jérôme Prébois	....	still photographer
Gary Smith	....	grip
Jean-Pierre Voisin	....	electrician
Jörg Widmer	....	Steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne David	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Antoine Battistelli	....	assistant editor
Lionel Cassan	....	assistant editor
Cedric Ettouati	....	post-production assistant
Dorian Rigal-Ansous	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Yvan Cassar	....	conductor
Yvan Cassar	....	original music arranger
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist

Transportation Department
Henry Villain	....	vehicle mechanic

Other crew
Jean Barthet	....	hat designer
Christophe Chauveau	....	location scout
Nicolas Foulatier	....	assistant location manager
Myriam Lainey	....	script supervisor
Anne-Marie Lefèvre	....	location manager trainee
Philippe Zone	....	assistant horse master

Thanks
Philippe Sarde	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• CineComic
• Conseil Général de la Dordogne
• France 3 Cinéma
• Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

Distributors

• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (France)
• NTV-PROFIT
• Tobis Filmkunst (Germany)

Special Effects

• BUF (3-D effects)
• Mac Guff Ligne (digital special effects)

Also Known As:

Les couloirs du temps
The Corridors of Time (Singapore: English title) (festival title)
The Corridors of Time: The Visitors II

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Château de Beynac, Beynac, Dordogne, France

Company:

Canal+

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in Jean-Pierre's car at the wedding.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Jacquouille la Fripouille: OKKKKKKKKKK! OKKKKKKKKKK!

Movie Connections:

References "Derrick" (1974)

Like most sequels, a medieval Trial by Ordeal

The original LES VISITEURS (THE VISITORS) was a delightful time-travel comedy, and they tried to resurrect all the same actors and elements for a sequel. However, the interesting premise about how the exchange of the medieval Jacquouille and the modern Jacquart (in the end of the first movie) disrupts the "corridors of time" was not followed through, and the ending in yet a third era of French history fizzles like a mispronounced incantation in Latin. The directors seem to think that all's well that ends worse than before.

Christian Clavier valiantly attempts to maintain the manic pace of his characters Jacquouille/Jacquart, but falls into the same repeated schticks such as gorging himself using both hands every time he passes by catered food trays ("Cutlery? What's that?"). One good scene is the firefighting, where Jacquouille attempts to "help": his medieval attitudes tell him that firefighting is a communal affair even as the firefighters beg him to leave it to the experts, with hilarious results. Together with Jean Reno's character Godefroy, these two Middle Ages misfits never seem to learn, to develop, and keep on touching modern implements they have no business touching. One would hope that the humor in their situation would mature and that the pair would successfully learn to use electric razors and stop eating like there's going to be a famine tomorrow, but it never develops.

For a somewhat more successful French time-travel comedy, I would recommend L'HIVERNÉ.