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Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
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Wikipedia article
'Mortadelo & Filemon : The Big Adventure ' is a 2003 Spanish-language film based on the popular Spanish comic book series 'Mortadelo y Filemn' by Francisco Ibez Talavera. It also included characters from '13, Rue del Percebe', another comic by the same creator. The film was directed by Javier Fesser and stars Benito Pocino and Pepe Viyuela. It became the second highest-grossing Spanish film of all time.
Plot
The adventure begins when a spy breaks into Professor Bacterio's lab and steals some of his inventions from the T.I.A. headquarters ('Tcnicos de Investigacin Aeroterrquea', "Ta" being the Spanish word for "Aunt", thus a spoof of the CIA). Mortadelo and Filemn who work for the T.I.A. are put on the case, but Fredy, another agent, decides to beat them to it. One of the inventions is a weather control machine which the spy decides to sell to the President of Tirania, a small Eastern European dictatorship. There are numerous clashes between the spy, Fredy, and Mortadelo and Filemn (who Fredy seems to want to kill). Our heroes end up in prison after accidentally beating up the local cop once too often. They escape, Filemon's mother gets kidnapped by Fredy and taken to Tirania. The spy is killed in Fredy's place as Fredy ingratiates himself with the President, while having Filemn's mother tortured. The heroes arrive and there is a big battle where Filemn is apparently killed. Then Mortadelo receives a mortal wound, but Filemn gives him a cup of water, which turns out to be the Holy Grail, Mortadelo drinks it and heals quickly, while Fredy gets his just deserts. Mortadelo and Filemn return home, their mission successfully accomplished.
Cast
* Benito Pocino as Mortadelo
* Pepe Viyuela as Filemn
* Dominique Pinon as Fredy
* Paco Sagarzazu as The President
* Mariano Venancio as Superintendent Vincente (their boss at T.I.A.)
* as Professor Bacterio
* as Ofelia (Vincente's secretary)
* Gustamante as a mosquito (CGI insect)
* Mara Isbert as Filemn's mother
* Emilio Gavira as Rompetechos
* as President's servant
* as The spy who started it all off
* Paco Hidalgo as President's torturer
* Javier Aller as Mickey El Gigante
* as Security guard at T.I.A.
* Joan Gadea as a crooked shopkeeper.
* Juan Peir as someone who keeps getting run over
* Andrs Gasch as Matraca, a very large man who has it in for Filemon
* Manuel Pizarro as a thief
* Coyito Fernndez as a cop
* Emiliana Olmedo as Queen Elizabeth II
* The people of Gijn (crowd scene at palace, which was the Universidad Laboral)
* The people of Valencia where much of it was filmed including the final parade and also Madrid.
Reception
Box office
The film set an opening weekend record for a Spanish film with a gross of 5.1 million, second only to 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'. It grossed 22.8 million euros in Spain, becoming the second highest-grossing Spanish film of all-time behind 'Los otros' (2001).Sequels
There is a second film about the comic duo named 'Mort & Phil. Mission: Save Earth' (2008).
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2003
References
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