Lucky Luke (2009)

Fearless gunslinger Lucky Luke is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.

Director:

James Huth

Writers:

Sonja Shillito (scenario), James Huth (scenario)

Stars:

Jean Dujardin, Michaël Youn, Sylvie Testud

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Dujardin	...	Lucky Luke
Michaël Youn	...	Billy The Kid
Sylvie Testud	...	Calamity Jane
Daniel Prévost	...	Pat Poker
Alexandra Lamy	...	Belle
Melvil Poupaud	...	Jesse James
Jean-François Balmer	...	Le gouverneur
André Oumansky	...	President
Gabriel Corrado	...	Luke's Father
Pompeyo Audivert	...	Undertaker
Atilio Pozzobon	...	Barman
Alberto Laiseca	...	Dick Digger
Mathias Sandor	...	Young Luke
Carolina Presno	...	Luke's Mother
Carlos Kaspar	...	Hank

Storyline

Fearless gunslinger Lucky Luke is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.

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Plot Keywords:

lucky luke | character name as title | gunslinger | cigarette | breaking the fourth wall | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Western

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France]

Country:

France Argentina

Language:

French

Release Date:

21 October 2009 (France)

Also Known As:

Laimingasis Lukas

Filming Locations:

Argentina

Box Office

Budget:

EUR27,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$17,854,472

Company Credits

Production Co:

UGC YM, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Wayne is credited in the end credits of this movie for not being in this movie.

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Goofs

The credit for "Saloon Girls" is misspelled as "Saloon Gilrs".

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Quotes

[Luke has a smoke, but sees the fourth wall he throws away the cigarette]
Lucky Luke: Hi! My name is Lucky Luke! I quit smoking in 1983. I feel much better now.

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Crazy Credits

Scattered throughout the credits are written comments (nearly all in French). Some of these refer to specific cast/ crew members, some to the filmmaking process, and others to the film (plot, characters, etc.).

Below is the list in order.

Bruno Salomone (Jolly Jumper) - "Bruno Salomone has been speaking 'horse' since the age of five."

"Yes, Lucky Luke has killed a man: Mad Jim at the end of Dirk Digger's Mine."

"To date, more than 200 million human beings still live in barrels."

"Lucky Luke received the AWRET 2009 "The American West Bearded Experience Tribute". "

"The chief operator, the first assistant and the director did not shave during the entire shoot."

"To shoot faster than its shadow: You leave the Far West to go to Key West without touching Florida. And you shoot, and you shoot, and you shoot."

"If you read this sentence, it's worth staying until the end of the song."

"The donkey is still stuck at the top of her cart."

Ria Charvaz (assistant property master) - "Riiiiiiiiia run Riiiiiiia"

"The plan where Pat Poker sends his card to cut Luke's grass is not rigged: Swears on the head of _ on the head of _ on the head of Belle."

Agustin Barrutia (gaffer) - "Augustin Barrutia won the BMBM 'Best and Most Beautiful Male Technician Award'."

"We lost 6 hours of filming on the roof of the Diligence, a museum piece from 1870. The guy who cleaned it the next day fell through it.

Bravo and thanks to the best in the world. (This was in Spanish, in contrast with the French credit gags)

Guillaume Castillon (stunt double) - "Bravo, Guillaume, for falling off a galloping horse 15 times for a scene that was not even filmed."

Sonia Mariaulle (editor) - "Sonia, thanks to you we saw the light of the setting sun."

Sound Department - "Guys, you're geniuses."

Cyril Holtz (re-recording mixer) - "Celebrated inventor of Holtzmetre"

Bruno Coulais (composer) - "The man who composes faster than his shadow."

Térez Montcalm (singer) - "Pompon, Terez Montcalm's dog, is as big as Jolly Jumper." and "Terez, we love you"

Dider Buthiau (lyricist) - "Brave Dr Buthiau you made it"

"Don't look for Rantanplan, he isn't in the film." Rantanplan was a prison guard dog who served as a companion to Luke in a few stories.

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Connections

Version of Lucky Luke (1983)

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Soundtracks

The Bandit Manchot
Written by Slim Pezin and Sonja Shillito
Performed by Freddie Meyer

User Reviews

Weak Script But Great Style

I am an American who never really read any Lucky Luke comics. I watched this movie on the strength of its trailer, and the fact that I am an enormous fan of Goscinny's other creation, Asterix the Gaul.

Die hard Lucky Luke fans seem to dislike this movie as being untrue to the comic books, whereas people unfamiliar with the comics seem to enjoy the movie more.

I definitely fall into the latter category. I found the movie to be, generally, very pleasant, very stylish, and well-acted. From what little I know of Lucky Luke's character, I don't think the movie diverged very far from the spirit of the comics. Lucky Luke was given a back-story in the movie, and a fairly dark one, at that. It worked in the movie, I don't know how much it would have upset me, had I been a real fan of the comics.

The biggest fault I found with the movie was that the script was very weak in parts, and felt VERY rushed. I would have liked more time in the beginning of the film, to establish Daisy Town, and Luke's efforts to clean up the town. More time could have also been spent, establishing the character of the villain, Pat Poker. The movie relied on the viewer having past knowledge of many of the character, but in particular, Pat Poker had a very vague character definition.

The settings were wonderful, and the real stand-out, in my mind, was the climax of the movie, which took place in Pat Poker's hideout, It was an absolutely beautiful set, which, for me, was worth the price of admission.

I'm actually pretty surprised that this movie didn't get released in this country. It was a pretty solid action-comedy with good acting, and great style. I found that these positives made up for occasional weaknesses in the writing.