Just Visiting (2001)

A French count is in England to marry the princess. She's killed. A wizard helps him to time travel back before the murder - except they end up in Chicago, April 2000. A descendant helps him. He looks for the wizard to return to the 1100s.

Director:

Jean-Marie Poiré (as Jean-Marie Gaubert)

Writers:

Jean-Marie Poiré, Christian Clavier

Stars:

Jean Reno, Christina Applegate, Christian Clavier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Reno	...	Thibault
Christina Applegate	...	Rosalind / Julia
Christian Clavier	...	Andre
Matt Ross	...	Hunter (as Matthew Ross)
Tara Reid	...	Angelique
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras	...	Amber
John Aylward	...	Byron
George Plimpton	...	Dr. Brady
Malcolm McDowell	...	Wizard
Martin Aistrope	...	Barfly #3
Naomi Armstrong	...	Bystander #2
Eric Aviles	...	Purse Snatcher
Sarah Badel	...	Queen
Bill Bailey	...	Thibault's Father
Tab Baker	...	Cabbie

Storyline

A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage, they make use of the services of a wizard. Something goes wrong and they're transported from the 12th century to the year 2000, where they meets some of the knight's family, and slowly learns what the future's like. In order to return to the 12th century and deal with the witch, they begin to look for a wizard.

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Plot Keywords:

future time travel | alternate history | 12th century | 2000s | 21st century | 

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Taglines:

They Came. They Saw. They Wanna Go Back.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and crude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jean-Marie Poiré hated the movie, and mentioned that this was the reason why the third movie of the original French trilogy took so long to be made.

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Goofs

Julia's shoes change between shots when she first meets Thibault.

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Quotes

André le Pate: [as the Count is bathing, Andre takes a bottle of Chanel and drinks some, handing it to the count] Ah! Very good flavour!
Count Thibault: [he drinks some, then promptly spits it out] Blah! This is not wine, ignorant peasant! It is oil for the bath!

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Alternate Versions

The UK distributor (Momentum Pictures) chose to cut several scenes (pouring bleach into bathwater, eating toxic disinfectant toilet cakes) and reduce sound of violent blows to achieve a "PG" rating.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #29.7 (2003)

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Soundtracks

Summer Son
Written by Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri, Robert Hodgens, Eddie Campbell
Performed by Texas
Courtesy of Universal International Music, B.V.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Hilarious!

My god, I saw this movie yesterday and I'm still laughing at some of the scenes as I recall them from my memory. This was a hilarious light-hearted movie, perfect (in my opinion) for any sense of humour. It is definitly worth seeing (I saw it on The Movie Network). Perfect for gatherings and general good times.

Four stars on the VitalBird scale. (****) (out of 5, not 10).

Details

Country:

France USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

6 April 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Just Visiting

Filming Locations:

Royal Pawn Shop - 428 South Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,272,489, 8 April 2001

Gross USA:

$4,781,539

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,176,732

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont, Hollywood Pictures, Bruin Grip Services

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 84 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Astrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1