La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003)

Director:

Javier Fesser

Writers:

Javier Fesser (written by) and
Guillermo Fesser (written by) ...

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (Spain)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Que nos coja confesados

Plot:

The DDT, the professor Bacterio's dangerous invention has just been stolen by the dictator of Tirania...

Plot Keywords:

Local Blockbuster | Costume | Espionage | Slapstick | Surrealism

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Benito Pocino	...	Mortadelo
Pepe Viyuela	...	Filemón Pi
Dominique Pinon	...	Fredy Mazas
Paco Sagárzazu	...	Calimero, el Tirano
Mariano Venancio	...	El Super
Janfri Topera	...	El Profesor Bacterio
Berta Ojea	...	Ofelia
María Isbert	...	Mentxu, la madre de Filemón
Emilio Gavira	...	Rompetechos
Germán Montaner	...	Klaus, secretario de Calimero
Janusz Ziemniak	...	Nadiusko, espía ruso
Paco Hidalgo	...	Toto, el verdugo del Palacio de Tirania
Javier Aller	...	Mickey, el Gigante
Luis Ciges	...	El Técnico Especialista en Pelotas de Cemento Fresco
José Manuel Moya	...	Danino

Also Known As:

Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (International: English title)
Mortadelo y Filemón (Spain) (working title)

Runtime:

107 min | Germany:88 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish | Catalan | English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:PG-12 | Finland:K-13 | Argentina:Atp | Spain:T | Brazil:Livre | Germany:6 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Aranda de Duero, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain

Company:

Sogecine

Trivia:

In the super's office there are Francisco Ibáñez drawings hanging in the walls

Quotes:

El Profesor Bacterio: [from the bathroom] Ofelia, bring me some blank papers! There's a fax coming in!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Great Escape (1963)

Soundtrack:

Qué será, será

amazing special effects for a boring movie

This movie has surprisingly good visual effects for a low budget Spanish movie, compared to Hollywood productions, but it is a very boring movie. It is a good adaptation from the comic book as most of the elements of the "tebeo" actually are well depicted in the movie, but the characters are lifeless and somehow you do not get attached to them. I just sat back and watched how those readings that I used to like in school came to life visually but I hardly laughed at the jokes and gags, they were too childish and repetitive. Another misconception was that characters, specially Mortadelo, should talk rapidly and with an unvaried tone (actually, acting was kind of poor). During the film, I didn't even understand what they were saying and I guess I should wait to see it in tv to get most of their lines. I prefer P.Tinto, Fesser's first movie, it has the same good visual effects, but, at least, there is some heart in the characters and you get a little more interested in the plot.