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Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975) Country of Origin: Norway Year of Production: 1975
Running Times: 88 mins
Format: colour Ratio: Sound: mono Dolby Digital (1995 re-issue) CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Company: Caprino Filmcenter A/S Producer: Ivo Caprino Production Manager: Remo Caprino SCRIPT Script: Kjell Aukrust, Ivo Caprino, Remo Caprino, Kjell Syversen DIRECTION Director: Ivo Caprino Assistant Director: Remo Caprino ANIMATION Animation: Ivo Caprino Modeler: Ingeborg Riiser Dolls and Decoration: Gerd Alfsen PHOTOGRAPHY Labs: Johan Ankerstjerne AS, Copenhagen, Denmark EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION Editor: Ivo Caprino MUSIC Music: Bent Fabricius-Bjerre SOUND Sound: Aage Andersen Sound Designer / Re-Recording Mixer: Petter Fladeby (1995 re-issue 1995) Assistant Sound Engineer: Jacob Trier DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Set Decorator: Bjarne Sandemose MISCELLANEOUS Production Assistants: Ivonne Caprino, Sissel Johansen VOICES Wenche Foss (Enkefru Stengelføhn-Glad) Per Theodor Haugen (TV reporter) Harald Heide-Steen Jr (Emanuel Desperados) Leif Juster (narrator) Henki Kolstad (speaker) Toralv Maurstad (Ludvig) Rolf Just Nilsen (Ben Redic Fy Fazan / Roger Jurtappen / Ollvar O. Kleppvold / Hallstein Bronskimlet / Jostein Kroksleiven) Helge Reiss (Rudolf Blodstrupmoen) Frank Robert (Reodor Felgen) Kari Simonsen (Solan) Harald Heide Steen Jr SUMMARYIn the small Norwegian town of Flåklypa, bicycle repairman Reodor Felgen and his assistants Solan and Ludvig, are sponsored by the wealthy oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan to build a car to take part in the annual Flåklypa Grand Prix. However, there are others who have a vested interest in seeing to it the car, Il Tempo Gigante, doesn't even take part... CAPSULE REVIEWThat this marvellous puppet animation isn't as widely available as it should be is nothing short of a crime. Technically brilliant and crammed with more invention and wit than most live-action films can even dream of, Flåklypa Grand Prix is by turns hilarious, exciting and seriously strange, populated with some of the oddest characters ever seen in a kid's film. The pod-racing scene from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) owes a huge unacknowledged debt to the climactic race scene here. Next to the work of Aardman Animation, this is the best puppet animation ever released. AVAILABILITY Norway Theatrical Distributor: Kommunenes Filmcentral / Norena Film CENSORSHIP HISTORYFinland Rating: S Norway Rating: A Sweden Rating: Btl TIMELINE1975 August 28: Norway - theatrical release September 3: Finland - theatrical release 6: Sweden - theatrical release October 8: Denmark - theatrical release 1998 December 26: Iceland - theatrical re-release 2000 December 1: Norway - theatrical re-release ALTERNATIVE TITLES The Pinchville Grand Prix - UK title Hintertupfinger Grand Prix - German title LINKSSEQUEL Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med reverompa (1998) SEE ALSO Flåklypa Grand Prix (2000) REFERENCESOTHER SOURCES screen credits KEYWORDSpuppet animation; sport; motor racing; cars; sheiks; chess; cliffs |