I never knew this movie made an impact internationally. Thought it was strictly a Norwegian thing. It actually broke the record in terms of ticket sales in cinemas, selling more tickets in Norway than the entire population of our country. It was made in 1975 and it still looks good 49 years later. Certainly a timeless classic by our standards!
This brought back fond memories from my childhood, loved it! :) Fun fact: Of the dubs created of Flåklypa, only Emanuel the Gorilla kept its norwegian voice actor(even in places like Germany and Saudi Arabia where everything is dubbed). This was due to the fact that he mostly talks by making noises that no-one understands. Also, Gurin and the foxtail was released in 98 not 91
I saw the premiere screening in 1975. The same year I bought the vinyl LP from the movie and a model of Il Tempo Gigante. I knew every single line in the movie and knew every scene. At the end of each lap in the car race there is a downhill. We could feel it in the stomach every time they drove down the hill. The audience loved it. It is a movie with great atmosphere and soul. A touching story.
This is a national treasure in Norway. So I first of all want to add that - A HUGE LEGEND in Norway. They event built a Flåklypa museum in he's home village of Alvdal which fitting translates to 'Elf or elven valley'. A lot of these characters are based on people of this valley he grew up, and also characters that many Norwegians at least could really relate to. Not gonna go through the whole story of him, but I think it's important to give him the credit he deserves. Just to show you how big this film was - internationally - I add some trivia : ''Since its premiere on 28 August 1975, the movie was shown at a cinema somewhere in the world every day of the week, for 28 years. Mainly in theaters in Norway, Moscow or Tokyo, the non-stop run ended in 2003.''
This movie is my childhood and still holds a very spescial place in my heart. Very happy too see that it gets some of the edention its desverre. Thank u❤
I saw this film no later than TODAY at a small pop-up drive in cinema hosted by some local groups for funding. It was great to see it again, the music alone makes me feel so at peace, and I really don't see a problem with the presentation of the Middle Eastern character, since he's not a villain by any means, in fact he ends up being a vital component to the success of our protagonists.
To be fair, I think a lot of originally Danish productions that have been copied in Norway, are thought to be originally Norwegian. So it is perfectly understandable that Danes might think it Danish, or Swedes could think it Swedish.
I'm still very confused as to why they changed Sonny and Lambert's names to Louis and Luca in the modern stop motion films when the characters had already established english names.
I saw this as a child and this movie has been a staple in my norwegian life ever since though i didnt understand the plot at that time due to my age so thanks for clearing that up in this amazing video. Keep up the good work
Fun fact, Christian Von Koenigsegg saw this movie as a child and decided that he wanted to build the fastest car in the world. So without this movie We wouldn't have the iconic Koenigsegg cars today. The sound of the Koenigsegg cars was inspired by the "Il Tempo Gigante" from the movie and i think you really can hear it when you listen to the movies almost primal and raw engine sound and then compare them to the screaming Italian v12's and the rumbling American v8''s. They truly have their own unique sound. Every time I see or hear a Koenigsegg on the street, I get a feeling of proudness to be Swedish, thank you Norway!
I saw this movie sooo much as a kid. My brother bought it on iTunes movies and we watched it so much whenever we were driving long trips around the country
The Pinchcliffe game being a re-master done right? Eh, I don't know. About 45% of the original content has been removed, and although it makes the game more streamlined, it feels a bit bare-boned. The only good part was the new racing mode, which granted, was very satisfying and well executed
Omg! This and dunderklumpen is my childhood! Both take place in the Swedish and Norwegian mountainchain called "fjällen" in Swedish. You should really look at dunderklumpen becuse its very similair to this movie in so many cases. Specielly the feeling. Dunderklumpen is a cult movie in Sweden and is the only thing my family home of Strömsund in north Jämtland, in north Sweden. I think you would love to se dunderklumpen. The music is very similair. Very fun that you review movies like this.
There was also a game based on the movie that released in the early 2000s. There is also a more recent remake of the game, but it is far from as good as the original game. It's far from being a remaster done right. It's missing a lot of mini games that were in the original game, along with various other issues.
I'd say the 1999(?) pc game is better than the 2021 game. But that might be because I grew up with the older one. Coming back to school after Christmas as suddenly "everyone" had gotten the game.
well you americans get rudolph at xmas, in Norway we get pinchcliffe. I love showing my son the movie (being a Norwegian married to German), so you should start a new tradadition as well and watch this movie along with the american ones.
After recommending this movie to international friends, it seems that the puppets have a undesirable level of 'uncanny' look to them, which is really unfortunate.
Given George Lucas's interest in what most movie goers would consider unknown or lesser known films, I think it's entirely plausible George may have seen Flåklypa Grand Prix. I mean, he started out making rather experimental films (THX for example), and was always drawn to experimental and cutting edge techniques in filmmaking.
this film was great when i was a child and still is today. oh yeah if you ever take a trip to norway at some point i recomend somewhat you cheack out the hunderfossen park with has a lifesized iltempogigante in it.
I am certain George Lucas did not copy scenes from Pinchcliffe. What is very likely is that both George and Ivo Caprino borrowed scenes from the same movie. The 1966 movie Grand Prix by John Frankenheimer is the true source of "inspiration". All the similarities between Pinchcliffe and Phantom Menace are there (and a few others). Pinchcliffe actually contains at least two sound snippets from Grand Prix. It is a very distinct break sound and a malfunctioning clutch sound.
Without this film koenisgegg wouldn't be invented because the movie inspired Christian von koenigsegg when he was little and then soon koenigsegg was invented
gr8 movie, got the blue ray , the other 3 stopmotion (cheese , snow , space) movie and the switch game . funy the 3 movies were released in europe but the original can only be found in scandinavian lands same goos for switch game
