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A surprise message from Istanbul is about to ruin Captain Haddock's day. Named as sole beneficiary in the will of his late comrade Captain Paparanic, Haddock travels to Turkey with intrepid boy-reporter Tintin (Jean-Pierre Talbot) to claim a strangely disappointing bounty - but is all as it seems? Aided by their friends (the eccentric Professor Calculus, Snowy the dog and the bumbling Thom(p)son detectives), Tintin and Haddock set out to solve the mystery of Paparanic's bequest a rusty old ship called the Golden Fleece. Along the way they confront slippery lawyers, ex-pirates and dangerous gangsters in an action-packed journey that takes them from Turkey to Greece.
One of the very few adaptations to meet with Tintin creator Hergé's approval, Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece is a spirited live-action take on his iconic comic creation, featuring all his best-loved characters. Jean-Pierre Talbot's expert martial arts skills and his uncanny portrayal of Tintin, and George Wilson's larger-than-life Captain Haddock combine to lift the comic books from page to screen in a film which no Tintin fan, young or old, will want to be without.
Special Features:
Rare optional English-language dub of feature
New High Definition transfer
New and approved subtitles
Fully illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essays and extracts from actor Jean-Pierre Talbot's autobiography
Dolby Digital dual mono (320kps)
France | 1961 | colour | French language, English subtitles and optional English audio | 98 minutes | DVD9 | Original aspect ratio 1.66:1 | Region 0 PAL DVD
Dario Moreno