The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
Original title: Les aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
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6.3/10
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An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century and focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
- Agathe Blanc-Sec
- (as Laure de Clermont)
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- TriviaWhen the Pharoah mummy is admiring the Louvre courtyard, he says that a pyramid should be added to it. This film is set in 1912, and a pyramid was added to the courtyard in 1989.
- GoofsNear the opening scenes, immediately after the can-can scene, when Mr Ferdinand Choupard arrives in front of the Jeanne D'Arc monument, the speaker says he's in the "place des pyramides" but it appears the place got this name only in 5 January 1932: in 1911, at the time when the story goes, its name was still "place de Rivoli".
- Quotes
Adèle Blanc-Sec: [repeated line]
Adèle Blanc-Sec: Into my arms!
- Crazy creditsIn the credits there is a little story about the great wildlife hunter after he shot the prehistoric pterodactyl.
- Alternate versionsUS version was cut by ca. 2 minutes to secure a PG rating. The scene where Adèle takes a bath was edited to remove nudity and smoking. In addition Professor Espérandieu's beheading and Adèle's accident at the tennis game were edited to remove frightening images.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Special Collector's Edition: Titanic - 1ª Edición (2011)
- SoundtracksCan Can No. 3
Written by Jacques Offenbach
Performed by The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Conducted by Erich Kunzel (as Eric Kunzel)
Featured review
Fun with La Blanc-Sec
Funny, wacky, silly adventure comedy, it falls a bit flat during the long parallel montage of Adèle's failed attempts to take Prof. Espérandieu out of jail, while Caponi and Saint-Hubert disguised as lambs wait to catch the pterodactyl. This is clean entertainment, based on a French comic, with robberty of national treasures in foreign lands, deaths, female abuse and enough violence, to keep it rooted to reality, but thankfully it is far from the ideologically offensive and brutish world of Indiana Jones and his bunch. Louise Bourgoin is a beautiful Adèle, Nercessian's performance is a pleasure to watch, Giraud is a charming suitor, Lellouch is a quirky relative of Inspector Clouseau, and Amalric, the perfect villain. Delighfully French main course for a Sunday matinee.
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- Mar 29, 2021
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- Also known as
- Adèle and the Secret of the Mummy
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- Budget
- €31,340,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $34,604,339
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) officially released in Canada in French?
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