August 28, 1975 (Norway)
July 31, 1981 (United States)
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.
Storyline
In the village of Pinchcliffe, the inventor Theodore Rimspoke lives with his animal friends Lambert, a nervous, pessimistic and melancholic hedgehog, and Sonny Duckworth, a cheerful and optimistic magpie. Theodore works as a bicycle repairman, though he spends most of his time inventing weird Rube Goldberg-like contraptions. One day, the trio discover that one of Theodore's former assistants, Rudolph Gore-Slimey, has stolen his design for a race car engine.
Sound Effects Used
- GT Boomerang Rapido Horn (debut)
- Il Tempo Gigante's Horn (debut)
- Sonny's Propeller Tricycle Revving (debut)