The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (Norwegian: Flåklypa Grand Prix) is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust.
It is the most widely seen Norwegian film of all time, having sold some 5.5 million tickets since its release to a population which currently numbers just over 5 million.[1]
In the village of Flåklypa, (En. Pinchcliffe), the inventor Reodor Felgen (En. Theodore Rimspoke) lives with his animal friends Ludvig (En. Lambert) (a nervous, pessimistic and melancholic hedgehog) and Solan Gundersen (En. Sonny Duckworth) (a cheerful and optimistic magpie). Reodor works as a bicycle repairman, though he spends most of his time inventing weird Rube Goldberg-like contraptions. One day, the trio discovers that one of Reodor's former assistants, Rudolf Blodstrupmoen (En. Rudolph Gore-Slimey), has stolen his design for a race car engine and has become a world champion Formula One driver. Solan secures funding from Arab oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan (En. Abdul Ben Bonanza), who happens to be vacationing in Flåklypa, and to enter the race, the trio builds a gigantic racing car: Il Tempo Gigante—a fabulous construction with two extremely big engines (weighing 2.8 tonnes alone and making the seismometer in Bergen show 7.8 Richter when started the first time), a body made out of copper, a spinning radar (that turns out to be useful when Blodstrupmoen starts engaging in smoke warfare during the race), super-retometric distributor and its own blood bank. Reodor ends up winning despite Blodstrupmoen's attempts at sabotage.
History
In 1970, Ivo Caprino and his small team of collaborators started work on a 25-minute-long TV special, which would eventually become The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix. The TV special was a collection of sketches based on Aukrust's books, with no real storyline. After 1.5 years of work, it was decided that it didn't really work as a whole, so production on the TV special was stopped (with the exception of some very short clips, no material from it has ever been seen by the public). About one year after the rejection, Ivo Caprino's son, Remo Caprino, got the idea to make the sketches into a full-length film. Kjell Aukrust, Ivo Caprino, Kjell Syversen, and Remo Caprino began at that point to write the script for what would later become The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix.
The film is heavily inspired by the birthplace of Kjell Aukrust's father, Lom. The Flåklypa-mountain is a stylized version of a real mountain, where the valley underneath it is named Flåklypa. It is also widely believed that the characters are caricatures of real persons.
The film was made in 3.5 years by a team of approximately five people. Caprino directed and animated; Bjarne Sandemose (Caprino's principal collaborator throughout his career) built most of the props, sets, and cars and was in charge of the technical aspects of making the film; Ingeborg Riiser designed the puppets and Gerd Alfsen made the costumes and props. Charley Patey was the cameraman.
When it came out in 1975, The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix was an enormous success in Norway, selling 1 million tickets in its first year of release.[citation needed] It remains the biggest box office hit of all time in Norway[citation needed] (Caprino Studios claim it has sold 5.5 million tickets to date) and was also released in many other countries. The film held the record for the highest grossing stop motion animated film until it was surpassed in 1993 by The Nightmare Before Christmas. The film was shown in cinemas every day of the week for 28 years, from 1975 until 2003—mainly in Norway, Moscow and Tokyo.[citation needed] A real Il tempo gigante car was used to promote the film, e.g. driving around the Hockenheimring between races.[2] The car originally had a 250 hp Cadillac engine but when Niki Lauda saw it he provided them with a 7.6 L, 550 hp, big-block Chevrolet. The car also has an auxiliary jet-engine, but due to EU restrictions the vehicle is barely permitted to be used at all save for exclusive TV cameos.[citation needed]
The UK release featured the voice of well-known Formula One commentator Murray Walker. There is also a US dubbed version.
The film was first released on DVD in 2001. In 2005, a digitally restored 30th-anniversary DVD was released which featured soundtracks and subtitles in five languages including English.
The film aired every Christmas Eve in Norway for several years, until a change of channel from NRK to TV 2 changed the airing date to 23 or 25 December. In 2009 it showed on the 25th.
In 2000, a computer game based on the film was released. The game was created by Tyr Neilsen who was Creative Director and in charge of production at Ingames Interactive until a debilitating accident ended his video game career. The project was taken over and completed by Caprino's son Remo, while his grandson Mario was lead programmer. The lead designer was Joe Dever. The game was ported to Nintendo DS in 2010 and sold over 380,000 copies in Norway.[3]
Norwegian hip-hop duo Multicyde based their 1999 single "Not for the Dough" on a sample from the movie's soundtrack and featured excerpts from the film in the song's music video.[4]
^"Zordix Publishing reveals: Hit game Pinchcliffe Grand Prix to get spiritual successor on Nintendo Switch and PC". Gamasutra. April 5, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^"WhoSampled.com entry for Multicyde sample from film's theme". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Norwegian Flaklypa Grand Prix is a 1975 Norwegian stop motion animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust The Pinchcliffe Grand PrixNorwegianFlaklypa Grand PrixDirected byIvo CaprinoWritten byKjell AukrustIvo CaprinoKjell SyversenRemo CaprinoProduced byIvo CaprinoStarringFrank RobertKari SimonsenToralv MaurstadRolf Just NilsenHarald Heide Steen Jr Helge ReissWenche FossPer Theodor HaugenHenki KolstadLeif JusterNarrated byLeif JusterCinematographyCharles PateyEdited byIvo CaprinoMusic byBent Fabricius BjerreDistributed bySandrew MetronomeRelease date28 August 1975 1975 08 28 Running time88 minutesCountryNorwayLanguageNorwegianBox office 6 439 069 citation needed It is the most widely seen Norwegian film of all time having sold some 5 5 million tickets since its release to a population which currently numbers just over 5 million 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 History 3 Subsequent films based on Aukrust s Flaklypa universe 4 Other works inspired 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot Edit Full scale replica of Il Tempo Gigante Model of Il Tempo Gigante In the village of Flaklypa En Pinchcliffe the inventor Reodor Felgen En Theodore Rimspoke lives with his animal friends Ludvig En Lambert a nervous pessimistic and melancholic hedgehog and Solan Gundersen En Sonny Duckworth a cheerful and optimistic magpie Reodor works as a bicycle repairman though he spends most of his time inventing weird Rube Goldberg like contraptions One day the trio discovers that one of Reodor s former assistants Rudolf Blodstrupmoen En Rudolph Gore Slimey has stolen his design for a race car engine and has become a world champion Formula One driver Solan secures funding from Arab oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan En Abdul Ben Bonanza who happens to be vacationing in Flaklypa and to enter the race the trio builds a gigantic racing car Il Tempo Gigante a fabulous construction with two extremely big engines weighing 2 8 tonnes alone and making the seismometer in Bergen show 7 8 Richter when started the first time a body made out of copper a spinning radar that turns out to be useful when Blodstrupmoen starts engaging in smoke warfare during the race super retometric distributor and its own blood bank Reodor ends up winning despite Blodstrupmoen s attempts at sabotage History EditIn 1970 Ivo Caprino and his small team of collaborators started work on a 25 minute long TV special which would eventually become The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix The TV special was a collection of sketches based on Aukrust s books with no real storyline After 1 5 years of work it was decided that it didn t really work as a whole so production on the TV special was stopped with the exception of some very short clips no material from it has ever been seen by the public About one year after the rejection Ivo Caprino s son Remo Caprino got the idea to make the sketches into a full length film Kjell Aukrust Ivo Caprino Kjell Syversen and Remo Caprino began at that point to write the script for what would later become The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix The film is heavily inspired by the birthplace of Kjell Aukrust s father Lom The Flaklypa mountain is a stylized version of a real mountain where the valley underneath it is named Flaklypa It is also widely believed that the characters are caricatures of real persons The film was made in 3 5 years by a team of approximately five people Caprino directed and animated Bjarne Sandemose Caprino s principal collaborator throughout his career built most of the props sets and cars and was in charge of the technical aspects of making the film Ingeborg Riiser designed the puppets and Gerd Alfsen made the costumes and props Charley Patey was the cameraman When it came out in 1975 The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix was an enormous success in Norway selling 1 million tickets in its first year of release citation needed It remains the biggest box office hit of all time in Norway citation needed Caprino Studios claim it has sold 5 5 million tickets to date and was also released in many other countries The film held the record for the highest grossing stop motion animated film until it was surpassed in 1993 by The Nightmare Before Christmas The film was shown in cinemas every day of the week for 28 years from 1975 until 2003 mainly in Norway Moscow and Tokyo citation needed A real Il tempo gigante car was used to promote the film e g driving around the Hockenheimring between races 2 The car originally had a 250 hp Cadillac engine but when Niki Lauda saw it he provided them with a 7 6 L 550 hp big block Chevrolet The car also has an auxiliary jet engine but due to EU restrictions the vehicle is barely permitted to be used at all save for exclusive TV cameos citation needed The UK release featured the voice of well known Formula One commentator Murray Walker There is also a US dubbed version The film was first released on DVD in 2001 In 2005 a digitally restored 30th anniversary DVD was released which featured soundtracks and subtitles in five languages including English The film aired every Christmas Eve in Norway for several years until a change of channel from NRK to TV 2 changed the airing date to 23 or 25 December In 2009 it showed on the 25th It was released on 8 May 1980 in Australian theaters by Filmways Australia and released in US and Canada in 1981 Subsequent films based on Aukrust s Flaklypa universe EditGurin with the Foxtail 1998 Solan og Ludvig Jul i Flaklypa 2013 Solan og Ludvig Herfra til Flaklypa 2015 Manelyst i Flaklypa 2018 Other works inspired EditIn 2000 a computer game based on the film was released The game was created by Tyr Neilsen who was Creative Director and in charge of production at Ingames Interactive until a debilitating accident ended his video game career The project was taken over and completed by Caprino s son Remo while his grandson Mario was lead programmer The lead designer was Joe Dever The game was ported to Nintendo DS in 2010 and sold over 380 000 copies in Norway 3 The film inspired a young Christian von Koenigsegg to create the Koenigsegg CC the first of the Koenigsegg make of supercars Norwegian hip hop duo Multicyde based their 1999 single Not for the Dough on a sample from the movie s soundtrack and featured excerpts from the film in the song s music video 4 See also EditList of animated feature films List of stop motion filmsReferences Edit Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Il Tempo Gigante Zordix Publishing reveals Hit game Pinchcliffe Grand Prix to get spiritual successor on Nintendo Switch and PC Gamasutra April 5 2020 Retrieved May 16 2020 WhoSampled com entry for Multicyde sample from film s theme WhoSampled com Retrieved September 14 2015 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flaklypa Grand Prix The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix at IMDb The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix at The Big Cartoon DataBase Official website in English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix amp oldid 1140625718, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
