Did you know that Robert De Niro played a dictator on the big screen? It was in 2000 in “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”, an improbable comedy mixing animation and live action. Focus.
Did you know that in his immense filmography, Robert De Niro had slipped into the skin of a dictator? We are not talking here about his character as a somewhat tyrannical stepfather in My stepfather and I, but a real dictator!
Robert De Niro played this role in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, an astonishing comedy mixing animation and live action like Who Framed Roger Rabbit? by Robert Zemeckis. Considered the legendary comedian’s big dick (but that’s okay, many big stars often have one on their CV and they’re doing very well!), this film is a real curiosity that confirms the propensity of “Bob “to alternate serious and lighter works.
Released in theaters in 2000, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle tells the story of two animated creatures: Rocky, a brave little flying squirrel, and Bullwinkle, a not too clever moose, who have delighted viewers for years but who fell into limbo after their show went on hiatus.
Thirty-five years later, the FBI decides to pull the two characters out of retirement in order to confront their lifelong enemy, the dictator of Pottsylvania, Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro, therefore), who is trying to get elected to the presidency of the United States. Rocky and Bullwinkle don’t have to be told twice and rush into the adventure, because democracy and television are in danger!
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Stuffed with the second degree to which is added a pinch of satire, The Adventures of Rocky Bullwinkle is a real cinematic UFO, original but frankly disjointed, to be watched with a fair amount of perspective to enjoy the delirium. It’s certainly uneven, but also fun, especially when it comes to watching big Hollywood stars (De Niro, but also John Goodman, Billy Crystal or Rene Russo) having fun like kids, one foot in the animation and the other in live action.
The news of the next few months of Robert De Niro is far removed from the delirious adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. The actor will first be in the credits, on October 18, of Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese, in which he gives the reply to Leonardo DiCaprio. Then he will make Freedmen fans nostalgic with a mafia movie slated for early 2024.
The trailer for “Killers of the Flower Moon”, starring Robert De Niro, in theaters on October 18: