Asterix in America (1994)

Caesar has had enough when another legion is hacked to pieces by the damned single indomitable village in Gaul because of the druid's magic potion, so he decides to tackle the problem at ... See full summary »

Director:

Gerhard Hahn

Writers:

René Goscinny (comic book "La grande traversée"), Albert Uderzo (comic book "La grande traversée")

Stars:

Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Henri Labussière

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roger Carel	...	Astérix (voice)
Pierre Tornade	...	Obélix (voice)
Henri Labussière	...	Panoramix (voice)
François Chaix	...	Abraracourcix (voice)
Michel Tugot-Doris	...	Assurancetourix (voice)
Jean Dautremay	...	Ordralfabétix (voice)
Robert Party	...	César (voice)
Jean-Luc Galmiche	...	Tumulus (voice)
Olivier Jankovic	...	Stupidus (voice)
Nathalie Spitzer	...	Falbala (voice)
Yves Pignot	...	Centurion (voice)
Claude Chantal	...	Bonnemine (voice)
Joël Zaffarano	...	Capitaine (voice)
Sylvain Lemarie	...	Chef (voice)
Thierry Buisson	...	Barbe-Rouge (voice)

Storyline

Caesar has had enough when another legion is hacked to pieces by the damned single indomitable village in Gaul because of the druid's magic potion, so he decides to tackle the problem at the root before conspiratorial senators exploit his humiliation: sycophant Lucullus is ordered to capture the druid (believed immortal) and push him over the edge of the earth (according to the story still believed to be flat as a pizza; actually Greeks and Romans knew better). By pure luck, Lucullus' first net traps both druid and Obelix's pet dog, so the giant and Asterix follow them by ship on the Atlantic, and crash after a storm on the North America coast in pursuit of the druid who was catapulted off the Roman galley before Lucullus triumphantly sets sails back for Europe. They find the druid and meet a tribe of Indians (believing to be in India), literally a whole New World for the equally primitive Celts. At the home front, Caesar sees his chance to overrun the village, but has to wait till ...

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Plot Keywords:

fat man | warrior | wild boar | boar | dinner party | 

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Taglines:

Danger lurks on foreign shores!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Western

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In an early version of the movie there was a scene where chief Vitalstatistix opens his fly, pulls out a fish and asks Unheigenix to smell it, but Albert Uderzo (Asterix creator) hated the joke and asked for it to be removed.

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Goofs

Caesar and the other Romans seem to think the world is flat. In truth, they would have known it was round, since scientists from Greek culture had determined this several centuries earlier.

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Alternate Versions

In 2003 the film was re-released in Germany with a different dubbing featuring the voices of John Friedmann and Florian Simbeck (the infamous comedy duo "Erkan & Stefan", best known for their pseudo-Turkish/Bavarian accent). That dub was also included on the DVD/Blu-ray (called the "Schwörerdeutsch-Version").

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Connections

Follows Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)

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Soundtracks

Say Goodbye
Written by Harold Faltermeyer, David Cooke & Magda La Bonté
Performed by Bonnie Tyler
French version performed by Zouk Machine
Produced by Harold Faltermeyer & Uli Fisher
Published by BMG Ufa

User Reviews

Passable and bemusing seventh renditíon of the famous comic books from the imaginative Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo

Asterix and Obelix are once more called upon to lay waste the Roman Legionnaires lifted from the wonderful drawings and sympathetic text by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's comic books . It is 50 bc and the Roman have just invaded Gaul and Julius Caesar has beset the region . But one little village of plucky Gauls faces off the invaders by whatever means , and especially with aid of a replete magic cauldron brewed by the powerful druid, and giving an extreme strenght . Again our friends in action , from the Gaul wars the French Village of Asterix and Obelix is still holding out supplier Getafix's recipe for their magic potion , when he is kidnapped , catapult them over the edge of the flat Earth , straight into the pipe-smoking clutches of Native Americans.

The ordinary fórmula for this seventh installment is still basically the same : the usual battles between The Gaul people and Roman military , along with a good-natured punch-up ,heavy rescue-adventure with Roman puns for adults . Of course , there appears the unfortunate pirates in distress , as always .The animation and drawings are pretty nice and while it is low on the musical count it all rushes by too fast to notice . There is also some marvelous scenes when Asterix , Obelix singing and dancing along with the Indian tribe . Apart from some questionable editing and the use of slightly watered-down colors the movie stays true to original characters . Youngsters no doubt enjoy it , but true buffs may prefer to stick with the pun-ridden books

This aceptable outing was preceded by several cartoon movies , such as : ¨Asterix the Gaul¨ (1967) , ¨The Twelve Tasks of Asterix¨ (1976) , ¨Asterix in Britain¨ (1986) , ¨Asterix and the big fight¨(1989) ,¨Asterix in America¨(1998) , ¨Asterix and the Vikings¨(2006) . And various live-action movies as : ¨Asterix vs. Caesar¨ directed by Claude Zidi with Christian Clavier , Gerard Depardieu , Robert Benigni , Laetitia Casta , Arielle Dombasle . ¨Asterix and Cleopatra¨ by Alain Chabat with Monica Belucci , Jamel Debbouze , Claude Rich , Marina Fois , Gérard Darmon . ¨Asterix and the Olympic Games¨ by Frederic Forrestier with Clovis Cornillac , Santiago Segura, Monica Cruz , Jean Pierre Castaldi and Janel Debouzze . ¨Astérix and Obélix : On Her Majesty's Secret Service¨ (2012) by Laurent Tirard with Gérard Depardieu , Edouard Baer, Guillaume Gallienne , Vincent Lacoste , Catherine Deneuve , Charlotte Le Bonn. And subsequently two 3D entries : ¨The Mansions of the Gods¨ (2014) in computer generator that dealt with a Caesar's plan to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony and ¨Asterix and the secret of the magic potion¨(2018) by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy . The film will appeal to Asterix and Obelix fans , it's a funny entertaining for kids , grown-ups and nostalgics .

Details

Country:

Germany France Spain

Language:

English French German

Release Date:

22 September 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Asterix erobert Amerika

Box Office

Budget:

DEM19,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox, Extrafilm, Fox Pathé Europa

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1