| La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón | |
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| Directed by | Javier Fesser |
| Produced by | Luis Manso Marina Ortiz |
| Written by | Javier Fesser Guillermo Fesser |
| Starring | Benito Pocino - Mortadelo Pepe Viyuela - Filemón |
| Editing by | Javier Fesser |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (English: The Big Adventure of Mortadelo and Filemón) is a 2003 Spanish language film based on the popular Spanish comic book series Mortadelo y Filemón by Francisco Ibáñez Talavera. The film was directed by Javier Fesser and stars Benito Pocino and Pepe Viyuela.[1][2]
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The adventure starts on 7 February 2003. A spy breaks into Professor Bacterio's lab and steals some of his inventions from T.I.A. HQ (Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea). Mortadelo and Filemon who work for 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 Filemon (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 Filemon's mother tortured. The heroes arrive and there is a big battle where Filemon is apparently killed. Then Mortadelo receives a mortal wound but is saved by the Holy Grail while Fredy gets his just deserts. They return home to a heroes welcome.
It is 105 minutes long. Like the comics, the film was totally chaotic and very violent in a cartoon-slapstick way, using CGI special effects similar to The Mask. Though the film is not available in English, it is easily watchable without understanding the language.
There is a second film about the comic duo : Mision Salvar La Tierra