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!
I remember reading back in the day (probably the 90s) that for a while flåklypa for a while, something like from the 70s to the 90s it was shown in cinema at least once a day somewhere in the world.. It was dubbed and distributed in tons of countries
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.
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 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.
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 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
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.
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
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
Really good video! Reodors ballade is one of the most iconic pieces of music to come out of the movie and one of my most absolute favorite songs to play on the piano.
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.
Every year at the local cinema there's an event called The Children's Film Festival, where the cinema plays many new movies for children and teens for a cheaper price, some even free. This year they decided to let the people vote for one movie to be shown at the main screen, and (of course) the people chose Flåklypa. I was there and when I tell you there was not one empty seat -- both young and old, though mostly adults, were there to watch it. I enjoyed every moment of it, and I could tell everyone around me did aswell.
I'm from Finland. Considering how big racing is in this country (very), I'm frankly surprised how rarely this film is talked about here! Maybe we should air it every year too!
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.
If you haven't, you should check out the short films Ivo Caprino made throughout the decades prior to Pinchcliffe. They're made with similar techniques; puppeteering and stop motion. They're considered somewhat of a national treasure here in Norway. :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 think Caprino had bigger plans than a single short film. Kjell Aukrust's work primarily took place in the form of a satirical local newspaper: "Flåklypa Tidende". Each "issue", really a full page feature in some magazines, would have articles about the local goings on in Flåklypa and the many quirky characters like Reodor Felgen. Later, they would be collected in books comprising one year's worth. The idea was apparently to turn it more into a sketch show with many episodes. They made a pilot, which was submitted to the NRK broadcasting, who rejected it. NRK was a monopoly at the time, so it was them or nobody. However, after a brief readjustment, Caprino decided to go for a full length feature film with a single storyline instead. After all, they had already made the puppets. Recently, there has been a copyright dispute between Remo Caprino and the Aukrust foundation. A court has decided that Remo owns the movie and direct merchandise from that, such as the computer game, but other material based on Aukrust's work, such as the other movies you mention, and comics that are made annually, are made under licence from the Aukrust foundation. I believe that this may explain why characters like Solan and Ludvig get different foreign names depending on what they are translating. In the English translation of "Flåklypa Grand Prix", or "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix", they are called Sonny and Lambert, but in the recent films like the moon journey, they are called Louis and Luca in the English version. The Norwegian version can use the same names since they are older than the movie, but the translated names were done for the movie, and therefore, they are owned by Caprino.
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
I'm late to the show here, but it should be noted that while the Arabian sheik might not have a "politically correct" depiction by today's standards, it is an entirely positive depiction. That should count for something. I have the movie on blu-ray by the way, but I am from Norway, so unfair advantage, I suppose.
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.
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!
It's a big movie in Sweden to, or at least was... This was my favorite movie as a kid and i still wathes it once a year!
I remember reading back in the day (probably the 90s) that for a while flåklypa for a while, something like from the 70s to the 90s it was shown in cinema at least once a day somewhere in the world.. It was dubbed and distributed in tons of countries
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
Lambert?! His name is Ludwig you philistine!
In all seriousness though, thank you for bringing this film to light - it was absolutely my childhood ;)
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.
It's very well known back here in Norway, so it's sad to see that such a good movie has been forgotten or ignored by the most of the world.
Thank you so much for talking about this gem
I love this movie even though I only learned of its existence via RUclips! 🇳🇴 There even exists a Japanese dub of it.
Where can I find the japanese dub?
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 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.
Saw this at my local cinema as a kid in the late 70s.
A favorite of mine and I obviously own the bluray.
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.''
I lost count of how many times I watched this as a kid! Amazing!
The music and the sound of the cars racing is nothing les than amazing!
Flåklypa is not lost at all, we got a Christmas series two years ago. I was raised on flåklypa
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❤
Great review, Nick! Your playthrough of the game did make me watch the movie, and it definitely deserves the recognition.
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
In Denmark, this film is a classic too. We love it, and some Danes even think it is a Danish film, because the composer of this film, was a Dane.
As a Norwegian all I got to say about that is, Kamelåså
@@beidero You just bought thousand liter milk
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.
@@poskeegget8043 isnt Olsenbanden originally a Danish franchise
@@Ravn7 Yes it is.
Thank you for this great review 🙂👍
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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
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
This was a good review. Your videos are informative and enjoyable
Really good video! Reodors ballade is one of the most iconic pieces of music to come out of the movie and one of my most absolute favorite songs to play on the piano.
I had fun learning about this Norwegian movie.
Finally a second review of this movie that I have ever seen
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.
As I wrote in my other message, I believe that this may be rooted in the copyright dispute between Caprino and the Aukrust foundation.
My favorite quote about any grand prix is from one of the top gear crew
"The grand prix is just a bunch of guys waving there
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the stories in the films are based on the stories from the author "Kjell Aukrust"
Every year at the local cinema there's an event called The Children's Film Festival, where the cinema plays many new movies for children and teens for a cheaper price, some even free. This year they decided to let the people vote for one movie to be shown at the main screen, and (of course) the people chose Flåklypa. I was there and when I tell you there was not one empty seat -- both young and old, though mostly adults, were there to watch it. I enjoyed every moment of it, and I could tell everyone around me did aswell.
I'm from Finland. Considering how big racing is in this country (very), I'm frankly surprised how rarely this film is talked about here! Maybe we should air it every year too!
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.
This is one of my favorit films and as an Norwigen if you are from Norway you shoud see this movie
If you haven't, you should check out the short films Ivo Caprino made throughout the decades prior to Pinchcliffe. They're made with similar techniques; puppeteering and stop motion. They're considered somewhat of a national treasure here in Norway. :)
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.
I saw it in the cinema as a kid. It's at another level.
This movie need to be better known
Norsk?
@@Ayters_classic Stemmer det.
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.
American?!! Don't compare me to them XD I'm British, we got Wallace and Gromit!
As someone who love norway i love this video.
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.
I'm annoyed I didn't discover this movie earlier
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.
Skål 🍻
Great review!
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 think Caprino had bigger plans than a single short film. Kjell Aukrust's work primarily took place in the form of a satirical local newspaper: "Flåklypa Tidende". Each "issue", really a full page feature in some magazines, would have articles about the local goings on in Flåklypa and the many quirky characters like Reodor Felgen. Later, they would be collected in books comprising one year's worth. The idea was apparently to turn it more into a sketch show with many episodes. They made a pilot, which was submitted to the NRK broadcasting, who rejected it. NRK was a monopoly at the time, so it was them or nobody. However, after a brief readjustment, Caprino decided to go for a full length feature film with a single storyline instead. After all, they had already made the puppets.
Recently, there has been a copyright dispute between Remo Caprino and the Aukrust foundation. A court has decided that Remo owns the movie and direct merchandise from that, such as the computer game, but other material based on Aukrust's work, such as the other movies you mention, and comics that are made annually, are made under licence from the Aukrust foundation. I believe that this may explain why characters like Solan and Ludvig get different foreign names depending on what they are translating. In the English translation of "Flåklypa Grand Prix", or "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix", they are called Sonny and Lambert, but in the recent films like the moon journey, they are called Louis and Luca in the English version. The Norwegian version can use the same names since they are older than the movie, but the translated names were done for the movie, and therefore, they are owned by Caprino.
Ludvig my beloved
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
The story of Koenisgegg brought me here.
Did you know there was a remake for a video game for it in 2021
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
This should be a criterion release. This movie is fantastic.
I've seen it more than a 100 times. ❤
I even saw the premier in 1975 😅
His name is Ludvig not Lambert
This show just inspired this 5 year old Christian Von Koenigsegg to make his Ultra rare, Fastest, expensive sports car.
It is not even being mentioned in racing history, the el tempo gigante, is the first 4-wheel droven race car. 😂 That is true.
one of the best movies ever made..
I'm late to the show here, but it should be noted that while the Arabian sheik might not have a "politically correct" depiction by today's standards, it is an entirely positive depiction. That should count for something.
I have the movie on blu-ray by the way, but I am from Norway, so unfair advantage, I suppose.
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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.