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Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure

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Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure
Company typeFilm
IndustryAnimation, Film
Founded2007
FounderOlivier Jean-Marie (director)
ProductsAnimated film
ParentXilam, France 3 Cinéma, Pathé, Dargaud Média, Lucky Comics

Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure () is a 2007 French animated western comedy film directed by Olivier Jean-Marie and co-written by Jean-Marie alongside Jean-François Henry. The movie draws inspiration from the 2001–03 animated series The New Adventures of Lucky Luke and is loosely adapted from La Caravane, a work by Morris and René Goscinny. Production was handled by Xilam, France 3 Cinéma, Pathé, Dargaud Média, and Lucky Comics. Pathé Distribution released the film in French theaters on 5 December 2007.

Plot

Set in New York City during 1880, the Dalton brothers—Joe, Jack, William, and Averell—escape prosecution and proceed to rob multiple banks while being pursued by Lucky Luke. After concealing their stolen money inside a wagon parked in Central Park, they try to avoid capture but are betrayed by Averell’s negligence, sparking a pursuit.

When they return to recover their stash, the Daltons come across caravans of immigrants traveling to California. Piotr, who leads the group, explains that they have only 80 days to claim land; otherwise, their advance payments will be forfeited to Crook, a developer who sabotages the caravans with his accomplice Bartleby. Joe convinces Lucky Luke to assist them under the guise of searching for the hidden loot. Since the safest route would take six months, Luke chooses a perilous shortcut through Hole Gutch, the Deadly Desert of Death, and territories inhabited by Crazy Wolves.

Among the settlers are a Chinese chef couple, a teacher named Miss Littletown who struggles with unruly children, a mule driver responsible for the Daltons’ pack animals, and a barber. Despite Crook and Bartleby’s attempts to set traps along the way, they fail to halt the group’s progress. Crook tries to free the Daltons but Joe refuses until their loot is recovered. At Hole Gutch, new arrivals including Rantanplan join the caravan. Crook attempts to drain water sources in the desert to impede settlers; meanwhile, Averell inadvertently causes rainfall through a rain dance.

Approaching California, Crook destroys an old bridge using a circus cannon. With no bridge available for several days’ travel, Miss Littletown proposes converting wagons into hot air balloons. Despite various obstacles—including constructing balloons from unconventional materials—the settlers reach California only to discover they have been swindled with worthless land over an abandoned gold mine.

The settlers plan to hang Crook; however, Joe promises that money is concealed within their wagons. Averell discovers and hides the loot inside their ball and chains, which changes Joe’s mind but not that of the settlers. The Daltons flee into an abandoned mine while pursued by settlers, Lucky Luke, Rantanplan, and Crook in a roller coaster-like chase sequence. After rescuing Miss Littletown and her pupils, Lucky Luke apprehends the Daltons. Crook attempts an escape using dynamite but it detonates prematurely due to Rantanplan’s interference, destroying the loot and revealing gold beneath the land sold.

The story concludes with Lucky Luke escorting the Daltons, Crook, and Bartleby to justice as they ride off into the sunset.

French

  • Lambert Wilson as Lucky Luke
  • Clovis Cornillac as Joe Dalton
  • François Morel as Rantanplan
  • Alexis Tomassian as William Dalton
  • Christophe Lemoine as Jack Dalton
  • Bernard Alane as Averell Dalton
  • Edgar Givry as Edgar Crook
  • Michael Lonsdale as Harold Bartleby
  • as Piotr/Monsieur Tang
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater as Molly
  • Jean Piat as Spike Goodfellow/Le Croque-Mort
  • Titoff as Monsieur Pierre
  • Dorothée Pousséo as Miss Littletown/L'Institutrice
  • François Seiner as Ugly Barrow
  • as Louise/La Jument
  • as Jolly Jumper
  • Jacques Frantz as Loup Cinglé
  • Pierre Baton as Old Timer
  • Yves-Robert Viala as Le Policier à New-York
  • Jacques Obadia as Le Directeur du cirque
  • Marc Alfos as Le Costaud du Saloon
  • as L'Avocat de L'accusation
  • Julien Chatelet as Morris/Goscinny/Un Pionnier
  • as Barman/Shérif
  • Jean-Marc Pannetier as Le Cissier de la Banque
  • Luc Boulad as Vrai Faucon
  • Sylvain Corthay as Le Juge

Québec

English

  • Marcel Jeannin cast as Lucky Luke and Rantanplan
  • Mark Camacho voicing Jolly Jumper
  • To be announced for Jack Dalton, William Dalton, and Joe Dalton

Video game

In 2007, Tate Interactive developed a video game adaptation of the movie, which was released by Atari Europe for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows platforms.

External links

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