The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old ... See full summary »

Director:

Ken Annakin

Writers:

Astrid Lindgren (books), Ken Annakin

Stars:

Tami Erin, David Seaman, Cory Crow

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tami Erin	...	Pippi Longstocking
David Seaman	...	Tommy Settigren (as David Seaman Jr.)
Cory Crow	...	Annika Settigren
Eileen Brennan	...	Miss Bannister
Dennis Dugan	...	Mr. Settigren
Dianne Hull	...	Mrs. Settigren
George DiCenzo	...	Mr. Blackhart
J.D. Dickinson	...	Rype
Chub Bailly	...	Rancid
Dick Van Patten	...	Greg The Glue Man
John Schuck	...	Capt. Efraim Longstocking
Branscombe Richmond	...	Fridolf
Evan Adam	...	Freckle-faced boy
Fay Masterson	...	Head girl
Romy Mehlman	...	Lisa

Storyline

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and Annika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a river in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to a children's home. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.

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Plot Keywords:

children | pippi | barrel | horse | monkey | 

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Taglines:

Based on the best-selling book

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Genres:

Family | Adventure | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

Sweden USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

As Novas Aventuras da Pipi das Meias Altas

Filming Locations:

Amelia Island, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$3,569,939 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Longstocking Productions, Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tommy and Annika's family name, "Settergren," is slightly respelled "Settigren" for this film. Similarly, the name of Pippi's pet monkey, "Mr. Nilsson," was slightly respelled "Mr. Neilson" here.

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Goofs

When the kids make the motorcycle jump you can see the wires holding it up.

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Quotes

Annika Settigren: You'll catch a death of cold if you stand around like that.
Pippilotta Longstockings: Since when do people die from being wet?
Annika Settigren: That's what my mom always says.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits is a montage of children's book style illustrations of Pippi and her father, Captain Efraim Lockstocking, in various parts of the world (Sweden, Africa, India, Thailand, Alaska, China, etc.), as the credits appear over the negative spaces in each picture. The montage concludes with an illustration of the Hoptoad (Captain Longstocking's ship), which segues into the live action scene of it which starts the story.

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Connections

Referenced in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Pippi Longstocking (Is Coming Into Your Town)"
Performed by Margie Nelson and the International Children's Choir
Music by Misha Segal
Written by Misha Segal and Harriet Schock

User Reviews

Not as great as the books, but not horrendously bad either

It seems like I'm one of the few Americans who read translations of the Pippi Longstocking books, AND saw this movie as a kid. At this point, I can't remember what came first for me, the books or the movies, but I will say that as a child, I enjoyed both.

Pippi is a GREAT character in literature, I could consider her arguably one of the greatest female characters ever created.

She's strong, she's independent, she's fun, intelligent and gifted.

What girl WOULDN'T want to be like Pippi? I know that reading about her as a little girl, I was endlessly jealous of Tommy and Annika who got Pippi as a playmate. I wished she'd move next door to me.

This movie doesn't do such a great job of translating the Pippi character. She seems less creative and imaginative, and more crazy and dim. There's something about the character of Pippi that is lacking in the movie and the movie loses a lot because of that.

But Pippi aside, the movie isn't ALL bad. It's a late 80's kids movie with cheesy special effects, poor acting, and a silly story. But through all this, it is still enjoyable. The situations that Pippi and Tommy and Annika get in are still fun, and it's a good movie for young kids. If you do show this movie to your kids though, be sure to buy them the books afterwards and show them what Pippi is REALLY like. This movie is a good starting point to get kids introduced to the great character of Pippi.