Pippi Longstocking (film)

Infobox Film
name = "Pippi Longstocking"


caption = Poster for video release
director = Clive A. Smith
producer = Waldemar Bergendahl
Clive A. Smith
Michael Hirsh
writer = Astrid Lindgren (novel)
Frank Nissen (additional dialogue)
starring = Melissa Altro
Catherine O'Hara
Gordon Pinsent
Dave Thomas
Carole Pope
music = Anders Berglund
Asher Ettinger
Tony Kosinec
editing = Noda Tsarmados
released = August 22, 1997
distributor = Legacy Releasing (theatrical)
Warner Bros.
(video and DVD)
runtime = 75 min. (VHS)
81 min. (DVD)
country = Sweden
Germany
Canada
language = English
amg_id = 1:158635
imdb_id = 0119899

"Pippi Longstocking" is a 1997 animated film from AB Svensk Filmindustri and Nelvana, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren. It was distributed theatrically by Legacy Releasing and on DVD by Warner Bros., and was followed by a spin-off television series on HBO in addition to another animated film, "Pippi Longstocking's Adventures on the South Seas".

Plot

The movie begins with Pippi sailing around the world with her father (Captain Efraim Longstocking), her pet horse (Horse), her pet monkey (Mr. Nelson), and various members of the ship's crew. One night during a hurricane, the captain is washed over board into the sea. As he drifts off, he calls to Pippi that he will "meet her in Villa Villakulla". To that effect, Pippi and her pet animals make their way home to await his return. Not long after arriving at Villa Villakulla, she makes friends with the two children across the street -- Tommy and Annika. They soon convince her to go to school (for the first time in her life) where she gets into trouble, despite winning the hearts of her classmates.

Pippi also soon attracts the attention of a local social worker, who conspires to put her into foster care. When Miss Prysselius goes to speak with the local law enforcement of the need for the girl to be placed in a home for orphans, she lets certain details (her lack of adult supervision, living alone, and having a large supply of gold coins kept out in the open) be revealed to a pair of thieves already in jail. The thieves then decide to rob Pippi themselves once they break out of jail.

Eventually, after many adventures and close-calls in the town, Pippi's father returns to take her back to their life on the sea. However, Pippi decides that she can't leave her new friends and decides to stay in Villa Villakulla.

Cast

*"Melissa Altro" as Pippilotta Delicatessa Mackrel-Mint Windowshade Efraim's Daughter "Pippi" Longstocking
*"Noah Reid" as Tommy Settegren
*"Olivia Garratt" as Annika Settegren
*"Catherine O'Hara" as Mrs. Prysselius
*"Carole Pope" as Teacher
*"Gordon Pinsent" as Captain Efraim Longstocking
*"Dave Thomas" as Thunder-Karlsson
*"Peter Karlsson" as Bloom
*"Jan Sigurd" as Const. Kling
*"Tomas Bolme" as Const. Klang

ongs

#What Shall I Do Today?
#Hey-Ho, I'm Pippi
#Recipe for Life
#A Bowler and a New Gold Tooth
#Pluttifikation
#The Schottish
#There's Magic Everywhere

ee also

*"The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking"
*List of animated feature films

External links

*imdb title|id=119899|title=Pippi Longstocking
*rotten-tomatoes|id=1077332-pippi_longstocking|title=Pippi Longstocking
*amg title|id=1:158635|title=Pippi Longstocking
*bcdb title|id=25023|title=Pippi Longstocking
* [http://www.moria.co.nz/fantasy/pippilongstocking97.htm Review at moria.co.nz]
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/470 Review] at bfi.org.uk (with cast and crew credits)