Thankfully, Miramax recently purchased the rights to both this movie and its sequel, Asterix: Mission Cleopatra, so they should both be seen in the U.S. Wildly popular throughout Europe and even parts of Asia, Asterix remains obscure in the United States, which is why this film has seen no official distribution here. Asterix has his own cartoons, his own theme park, and now his own big-budget movies (a pair of the most expensive French films ever made, in fact). The wily little Gaul first appeared in 1959, in a French children's magazine, and gradually his creators Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo built him up into a national phenomenon. ![]() Oh, happy day! I've been completely enamored with Asterix and his adventures ever since. ![]() ![]() When I was a little kid, my Dad picked up a copy of The Twelve Tasks of Asterix at the local video store.
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