Astérix et le coup du menhir (1989)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Philippe Grimond

Writers:

René Goscinny (comic) &
Albert Uderzo (comic) ...

Release Date:

4 October 1989 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

The Gauls without the magic potion?! By Toutatis!

Plot:

The druid is accidentally hit by a menhir thrown by Obelix and loses his mind and memory.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Historical Fiction | Historical | Asterix | Based On Comic Book

Cast

Roger Carel	...	Astérix (voice)
Pierre Tornade	...	Obélix (voice)
Henri Labussière	...	Panoramix (voice)
Julien Guiomar	...	Le devin Prolix (voice)
Henri Poirier	...	Abraracourcix - Le chef du village (voice)
Marie-Anne Chazel	...	Bonemine (voice)
Roger Lumont	...	Le centurion (voice)
Patrick Préjean	...	Optione (voice)
Jürgen von der Lippe	...	Asterix (voice: German version)
Edgar Givry	...	Assurancetourix (voice)
Günter Strack	...	Obelix (voice: German version)
Leo Bardischewski	...	Miraculix (voice: German version)
Yves Barsacq	...	Ordralfabétix (voice)
Wolfgang Völz	...	Majestix (voice: German version)
Gérard Croce	...	Décurion (voice)

Also Known As:

Asterix - Operation Hinkelstein (West Germany)
Asterix and the Big Fight
Le combat des chefs (France)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

France | West Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

West Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Company:

Dargaud Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#31.12)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Zonked

They should have stuck to the original plot

I bought Asterix and the Big Fight expecting it to be a big screen recreation of one of my favourite Asterix books. I was sorely disappointed. To begin with, the plot was entirely different, and inferior, to the book of the same title. Bizarrely, it seemed to boast a glaring omission, namely a significant enough big fight to warrant the title. Also, the character of a soothsayer was added and many others dropped. On the subject of characters, for some reason the names of all but Asterix and Obelix had been changed from their usual English translations. Getafix became Vitamix, Vitalstatistix became Chief Bombastix! All very confusing. The voice characterization was way off the mark. Obelix, for one thing, should always be portrayed as a deep voiced dummy, but here it sounds more like he should be hanging in the 'hood! All in all, this film lacks the appeal of the Twelve Tasks of Asterix film, or the Asterix and Cleopatra film and an attempt at a musical number, a gimmick which worked well in the latter film, goes sourly wrong, with poor writing and the Gauls singing in voices drowned out by the music. I advice you not to buy Asterix and the Big Fight. From the patronising opening scene in which Asterix explains the term 'Gaul' to Obelix, it is clear that you are in for a tedious hour long slog.