Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar

Asterix amp Obelix Take On Caesar French Astrix amp Oblix contre Csar, Asterix amp Obelix vs. Caesar in some regions is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first of what went on to become a series of liveaction films based on Goscinny and Uderzos Astrix comics. The film combines plots of several Astrix stories, mostly Asterix the Gaul Getafixs abduction, Asterix and the Soothsayer, Asterix and the Goths the Druid conference, Asterix the Legionary Obelix becoming smitten with Panacea and Asterix the Gladiator the characters fighting in the circus but jokes and references from many other albums abound, including a humorous exchange between Caesar and Brutus taken from Asterix and Cleopatra, and the villain Lucius Detritus is based on Tullius Detritus, the main antagonist of Asterix and the Roman Agent known as Tortuous Convolvulus in the English translation of the comic.

Julius Caesar is celebrating his victory over all of Gaul, but Lucius Detritus has kept from him that one village has managed to resist them. Detritus travels to the garrison near the village where Caius Bonus Crismus Bonus, the garrisons commanding Centurion, explains that the Gauls have a magic potion, which makes them invincible. Detritus decides to capture the potion for himself, and hearing that the clever Asterix and permanently invincible Obelix are the backbone of the Gaulish forces, attempts and fails to eliminate them.A false soothsayer arrives at the village and predicts the arrival of Romans and treasure despite Asterixs protests, the village believe him, wherefore when a Roman tax collector arrives, they drive off his forces and take the gold. The soothsayer later drugs and hypnotises Asterix to create a diversion while he recaptures the tax money but news of the theft reaches Caesar, who comes to the garrison himself, demanding the legion attack. Upon witnessing the defeat of his army, he demands Detritus subdue the village or be fed to the lions. ........

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