Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
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Directed by	Luc Besson
Produced by	Luc Besson Stéphane Lecomte Emmanuel Prévost
Written by	Luc Besson Céline Garcia
Starring	Freddie Highmore Mia Farrow Selena Gomez Jimmy Fallon
Music by	Éric Serra
Cinematography	Thierry Arbogast
Studio	EuropaCorp Apipoulaï Avalanche Productions
Distributed by	EuropaCorp (French)
Release date(s)	October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) (France)
Running time	101 minutes 107 minutes (UK version)
Country	‹See Tfd› France United States
Language	English
Budget	$91 million[1]

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (French: Arthur et la guerre des deux mondes) is a French and American film with live action and animation co-written, co-produced and directed by Luc Besson, based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow. EuropaCorp produced the film, which is the third in Besson's Arthur series, following Arthur and the Invisibles and continuing Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard.

Plot

Succeeding in his plan, Maltazard used the telescope (destroying it in the process) to enlarge himself to human size while trapping Arthur in his small size. Accompanied by Selenia and Betamache, Arthur remembered an enlarging potion at his house and attempts to get it. However, Matlazard is aware of it as well and intends to use it to enlarge his followers to begin his conquest of the town. Maltazard succeeds, but Arthur returns to human form using an Elixir of Life from a queen bee. Archibald convinces Darkos to switch sides and become good, and enlarges him with a second potion he had hidden. Arthur makes his way to town and battles Maltazard with the help of Darkos, who stays true to his word. Using another one of Archibald's potions that shrinks things, Selenia and Betamesh shrink Maltazard back to his Minimoy size and Arthur captures him, as the US Army shows up and defeats Maltazard's forces. Maltazard remains a prisoner of Arthur's family, and every Sunday, Arthur's grandmother Daisy brings him a piece of pie as she promised, but leaves it outside his cell where he can't reach it.

Cast

Live action

• Freddie Highmore as Arthur Montgomery
• Mia Farrow as Granny Daisy Suchot
• Ron Crawford as Archibald
• Robert Stanton as Sheriff Armand Montgomery
• Penny Balfour as Rosetta "Rose" Suchot Montgomery
• Richard William Davis as M
• Jean Betote Njambia as Bogo Chief
• Steve Routman as Dr. Stitch
• David Gasman as Mechanic
• Cooper Daniels as George Lucas
• Norman Stokle as Mayor
• Dashiell Harman Eaves as Deputy Simon Suchot
• Joseph Rezwin as Brad
• Stephen Shagov as Captain Bellerive
• Stephen Croce as Fireman 1
• Antony Hickling as Douglas

- Ticer = Colin

Voices

• Selena Gomez as Princess Selenia
• Lou Reed as Emperor Maltazard
• Iggy Pop as Darkos
• Jimmy Fallon as Prince Betameche
• Mike Powers as Graffiti Artist

Reviews

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds received mixed to poor reviews. A Rotten Tomatoes critic deemed the film "A mild improvement over its two predecessors" and gave the film a score of 2/5.^[2]

UK release

Shortly after the film's initial release, it was edited together with Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard into a single film. This version, under the title Arthur and the Great Adventure, was theatrically released on December 24, 2010.

US release

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds was not released theatrically in the US, due to the poor box office showing of Arthur and the Invisibles. Instead, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released it together with Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard as a two-movie direct-to-video set on March 22, 2011, under the title Arthur and the Invisibles 2+3: The New Minimoy Adventures.

References

External links

• Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds at the Internet Movie Database

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