Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film (2004)

In 2039, the Romano-Fafard spaceship crew, led by Captain Patenaude, are still looking for a viable planet to resume mankind and accommodate Earth's six billion idiots. They may have finally found one but it won't be trouble free.

Director:

Claude Desrosiers

Writers:

Pierre-Yves Bernard, Claude Legault

Stars:

Guy Jodoin, Stéphane Crête, Claude Legault

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Guy Jodoin	...	Capitaine Charles Patenaude
Stéphane Crête	...	Brad Spitfire
Claude Legault	...	Flavien Bouchard
Sylvie Moreau	...	Valence Leclerc
Didier Lucien	...	Bob Dieudonné-Marcellin
Mélanie Maynard	...	Pétrolia Parenteau-Stanislavski
Réal Bossé	...	Serge 3,4,5,6,7,8
Bianca Gervais	...	Naomia
Benoît Girard	...	Kerplunk
François Papineau	...	Capitaine Presswood
Pierre Collin	...	Le Devin - Heul Savè
Patrice Coquereau	...	Flagosse
Fanny Mallette	...	Farlouche
Kathleen Fortin	...	La Duchesse
Catherine Proulx-Lemay	...	Seconde de Presswood

Storyline

In 2039, the crew of the spaceship Romano Fafard, led by Captain Patenaude, is looking for the ideal planet to accommodate six billion earthlings a little bastards. They will have to show courage and prudence to explore some very strange all planets, some of which remain unexplored to date.

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Plot Keywords:

outer space | star trek spoof | star trek parody | space exploration | canada | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The dryer rain was predicted by Brad in season 2 episode 26

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Connections

Followed by Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2 (2008)

User Reviews

The Quebecker's "Spaceballs" - for fans only!

This movie is a true piece of Quebec's culture and is based on a very well known and admired television series. This movie has been awaited by many fans and has been popular enough to do a second movie a few years later. This movie is comparable to Mel Brook's "Spaceballs" and I would call this movie a parody of the popular science fiction movies or series where a couple of Quebeckers have to save the world and the whole galaxy.

The story isn't important in this movie as the goal is to laugh about the stupidity and absurdity of the antiheroes that get from one stunning and exaggerated situation to the next slapstick scenery. The weak point about this movie is that many jokes only work if you are yourself a Quebeckers because there are many puns or plays on words, many allusions to the French Canadian culture and the old series. For the fans of the series, this movie is a funny ride and a must see but anyone else will laugh from time to time but won't get all the jokes and allusion in the different situations. Some scenes may even seem to be completely embarrassing or senseless to those who haven't known the series. Another negative point is that the first twenty minutes or so are very funny, original and interesting but a lot of jokes or typical behaviours of the closed minded characters get repeated and become really annoying after a while and you can't laugh about this anymore. The movie is based on many quite superficial jokes and has a lack of variety or originality after a while.

That's why i would only recommend this movie to those who would like to know more about the culture, humour and television of Quebec or for the ones that know and like the series on which the movie is based. Anyone else that expects a great and original science fiction parody may only have a few laughs and don't understand the hype or appreciate this flick. That's why I can only give an average note to this movie after all from a very neutral point of view. Personally, I was disappointed by the lack of originality in this movie after a while though it was at least very entertaining.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

9 April 2004 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Dans une galaxie près de chez vous

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD2,500,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$2,259,688

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,259,688

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zone 3

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min (Québec)

Color:

Color