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The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space Movie Review

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Actors: Louis De Funès, Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Jacques François, Maria Mauban
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
THE GENDARME AND THE CREATURES FROM OUTER SPACE (Le Gendarme et les extra-terrestres) is a comedy directed by Jean Girault in 1979.

This time, the gendarme Cruchot and his fellow colleagues must save Saint-Tropez from extra-terrestrials who have the ability to take the appearance of their interlocutors. Finally, our beloved cops will find the enemy's weak spot.


--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Comedy, primarily Yes
Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's
If a parody... of - sci-fi movies
Kind of comedy - bungling cops/detectives
How much humor v. drama - Nearly all humor

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 60's-90's
Hair color? - white
Hair type - (man) bald
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) fat
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - French

Main Adversary
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - telekinesis
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Forest? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - seeing breasts
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - English
If this is a kid's movie... - Ages 10-15
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