Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard |
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| Directed by | Luc Besson |
| Produced by | Luc Besson Emmanuel Prévost |
| Written by | Luc Besson Céline Garcia |
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| Music by | Éric Serra |
| Cinematography | Thierry Arbogast |
| Editing by | Julien Rey |
| Studio | TF1 Films Production Apipoulaï Avalanche Productions Canal+ |
| Distributed by | EuropaCorp |
| Release date(s) | 26 November 2009 (Germany) 2 December 2009 (France) 26 April 2010 (United States) |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English French |
| Money made | $78,520,547 |
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (also known as Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard in French) is an exciting movie from 2009. It mixes animation with live-action scenes. The film was written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Freddie Highmore as Arthur and Mia Farrow. This movie is the second part of Luc Besson's popular Arthur series. It follows the first film, Arthur and the Invisibles.
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Plot
Three years have passed since Arthur saved his grandparents' home. He also saved the tiny Minimoys from the evil Maltazard. Arthur is now spending his holidays with his grandparents. During this time, a special African group called the Bogo Matassalai gives Arthur some tests. These tests include learning to hide and being kind to nature.
Arthur passes all these tests. He gets ready to visit the Minimoys to celebrate. But then, his dad decides to take him and his mom back to the city. A spider soon brings Arthur a tiny grain of rice. This grain has a distress call on it. Arthur believes the call is from the Minimoys.
He quickly returns to his grandparents' house. The Bogo Matassalai try to shrink him down to Minimoy size. They use a special telescope, but it doesn't work. Instead, they wrap him in tight vines. Arthur then falls as a drop of sap. He lands in Max's bar, which is a Minimoy place.
Arthur and Max set off to find out what's happening to the Minimoys. On their way, they rescue Betameche. Betameche then takes Arthur to the Minimoy King. Arthur learns that Princess Selenia has been captured by Maltazard. Maltazard wants to grow huge and invade the human world. He tricks the Minimoys into helping him with his plan. The special telescope gets broken during this. This means Arthur is stuck at his tiny Minimoy size. Meanwhile, Maltazard is now free to cause trouble in the human world.
Cast
- Freddie Highmore as Arthur Montgomery
- Selena Gomez as Princess Selenia. Selena Gomez took over this voice role.
- Mia Farrow as Daisy Suchot
- Lou Reed as Maltazard. Lou Reed voiced this character.
- Doug Rand as Prince Betameche
- Ron Crawford as Archibald Suchot
- Robert Stanton as Armand Montgomery
- Penelope Ann Balfour as Rose Suchot- Montgomery
- Jean Betote Njamba as Bogo Chief
- Bogos:
- Valery Koko Kingue
- Abdou Djire
- Bienvenu Kindoki
- Laurent Mendy
- Ibrahima Traore
- Aba Koita
- David Gasman as Mechanic
- Alan Fairbanks as Pump Attendant
- Logan Miller as Jake
- Snoop Dogg as Max
- will.i.am as Snow
- Fergie as Replay
- David Gasman as King/Bogo Chief
- Leslie Clack as Ferryman
- Alan Wenger as Mono Cyclop/DaVinci
- Barbara Weber Scaff as Miss Perlanapple
- Jerry di Giacomo as Proscuitto/Guard
- Paul Bandey as Miro/Unicorn Chief
Video game
To help promote the movie, a video game was released. It was made by Ubisoft. You could play it on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Windows. The game mostly has mini-games and short movie scenes. These parts are loosely connected to the film's story.
Sequel
A sequel to this film was released in 2010. It is called Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds.
See also
In Spanish: Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard para niños
