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| Christian Clavier | ... | Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacquard | |
| Jean Reno | ... | Godefroy de Papincourt, Comte de Montmirail | |
| Valérie Lemercier | ... | Frénégonde de Pouille / Béatrice de Montmirail | |
| Marie-Anne Chazel | ... | Ginette la clocharde | |
| Christian Bujeau | ... | Jean-Pierre | |
| Isabelle Nanty | ... | Fabienne Morlot | |
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Gérard Séty | ... | Edgar Bernay |
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Didier Pain | ... | Louis VI le Gros |
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Jean-Paul Muel | ... | Marechal des Logis Gibon |
| Arielle Sémenoff | ... | Jacqueline (as Ariel Séménoff) | |
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Michel Peyrelon | ... | Edouard Bernay |
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Pierre Vial | ... | Wizard Eusebius / Monsieur Ferdinand |
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François Lalande | ... | Priest |
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Didier Bénureau | ... | Intern Beauvin |
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Frédéric Baptiste | ... | Freddy |
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A medieval nobleman and his squire are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. He enlists the aid of his descendent to try to find a way to return home, all the while trying to cope with the cultural and technological changes distinguishing his time from ours. Written by Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>
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When an 11th century knight and his loyal servant try to go back in time, only one thing will stand in their way. The 20th century. See more »Parents Guide:
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12 July 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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FRF 50,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$700,000Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$98,800,000Company Credits
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Jacquouille la Fripouille: Limp scrotum! Limp scrotum!
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(Extraits)
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Félix Mendelsshon)
Performed by The Czech Symphony Orchestra
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The name "Jacquouille la Fripouille" translates roughly as "Jack the Knave" or "Jacques the Scoundrel" but the original French contains a pun which is very audible to French-speaking listeners, as the first name is pronounced as "Jacques Couille", "couille" being the French slang word equivalent to the English "balls" (for "testicles"). See more »Goofs
We can see that Sergeant Gibon (which is actually staff sergeant) carries a badge of the Picardie region of his uniform shirt, in the second part of the police captain is wearing a badge of the Burgundy region. The ranks of the police are not respected; the captain is subordinate to the staff sergeant. See more »Quotes
Intern Beauvin: Your patient is very dangerous - he nearly tore my scrotum apart.Jacquouille la Fripouille: Limp scrotum! Limp scrotum!
[laughs]
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Concerto pour violon et orchestre en Mi mineur(Extraits)
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Sometime soon we'll agree not to be mad at the French. When that happens, look for "Les Visiteurs" on cable or at the video place. The frantic humor of this time-shifting comedy works well both on the French dialogue track and through the somewhat loose paraphrases of the subtitles. Yes, folks, subtitles and all, this is a good one.
Christian Clavier emerged from the Splendide, a French take on Second City, to seize the film comedy market by the throat. Like Jerry Lewis, he is in need of a straight man. Lewis's moved on to the Ding-a-Ling Sisters. Clavier has granite-faced Jean Reno of "French Kiss" and "Mission Impossible", the man with the permanent dix-sept heures shadow across his jowls. Their interaction is spot-on hilarious.
Oddly, the memorable quote from this film is in (sort of) English. "OK" is acceptable Franglais, the Academie notwithstanding. Clavier's character becomes fascinated with the word, shouting "O-Kayyy"! at the least provocation. Listen to my wife and I converse: we echo old Jacqouille all the time.