Deux Romains en Gaule (found animated/live-action "Asterix" TV film; 1967): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:22, 14 March 2023

French Télérama magazine cover with shots from the film.

Status: Found

Date found: 20 Feb 2013

Found by: INA/Wild Side Video

Deux Romains en Gaule (Two Romans in Gaul in French) is an animated/live-action TV special released in 1967 about two legionnaires in the face of a formidable centurion. The film is noteworthy for containing the first on-screen animated depiction of the comic book characters Astérix and Obélix.

Availability

For years, the film was not released in any home video format, only receiving intermittent screenings in worldwide cinemas (including a 2007 screening honoring writer René Goscinny's death).

Nowadays, the movie is available through three ways:

A limited DVD release as part of a DVD collection by the French cinema magazine Télérama (the DVD is edited by Filomax and contains just the movie itself).
It was included as a special feature on the Blu-Ray and Blu-Ray + DVD combo of Astérix & Obélix: Au Service Secret de Sa Majesté (Astérix & Obélix: God Save Britannia), edited by Wild Side Video on February 20th, 2013.
On March 20th, 2020, the INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) launched the SVOD platform madelen, and included the movie as part of their service.

Gallery

The full movie on YouTube.

External Links

French Wikipedia page on Deux Romains en Gaule. Retrieved 04 Apr '16
IMDb page on Deux Romains en Gaule. Retrieved 02 Mar '20
Asterix Wikia page on Deux Romains en Gaule. Retrieved 04 Apr '16

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-'''''Deux Romains en Gaule''''' (''Two Romans in Gaul'' in French) is an animated/live-action TV film released in 1967. The film is noteworthy for containing the first on-screen animated depiction of the popular Belgian comic book characters Astérix and Obélix.
+'''''Deux Romains en Gaule''''' (''Two Romans in Gaul'' in French) is an animated/live-action TV special released in 1967 about two legionnaires in the face of a formidable centurion. The film is noteworthy for containing the first on-screen animated depiction of the comic book characters Astérix and Obélix.
+==Availability==
 For years, the film was not released in any home video format, only receiving intermittent screenings in worldwide cinemas (including a 2007 screening honoring writer René Goscinny's death).
-On February 20th, 2013, Wildslide Studios released the film on DVD and Blu-Ray, making the film officially available to the general public.
+Nowadays, the movie is available through three ways:
+*A [https://www.lastdodo.fr/fr/items/3857359-deux-romains-en-gaule limited DVD release] as part of a DVD collection by the French cinema magazine Télérama (the DVD is edited by Filomax and contains just the movie itself).
+*It was included as a special feature [https://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f155800-asterix-obelix-au-service-de-sa-majeste.html on the Blu-Ray and Blu-Ray + DVD combo] of Astérix & Obélix: Au Service Secret de Sa Majesté (Astérix & Obélix: God Save Britannia), edited by Wild Side Video on February 20th, 2013.
+*On March 20th, 2020, the INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) launched the SVOD platform [https://madelen.ina.fr/ madelen], and included the movie [https://madelen.ina.fr/programme/deux-romains-en-gaule as part of their service].
+==Gallery==
+{{Video|perrow  =1
+  |service1     =youtube
+  |id1          =ZOD4MgBz3Q8
+  |description1 =The full movie on YouTube.
+}}
 ==External Links==
 *[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deux_Romains_en_Gaule French Wikipedia page on ''Deux Romains en Gaule''.] Retrieved 04 Apr '16
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