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:

Come see Pippi as you've never seen her before!

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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

Tami Erin was selected for the title role out of over 8,000 actresses worldwide for her talents, which include singing, dancing, gymnastics/tumbling and horseback riding.

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Goofs

When Pippi is jumping off the roof on the boat, she says "Papa, catch me!" and her lips don't move.

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Quotes

Pippilotta Longstockings: Im Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Longstocking, daughter of Captain Efraim Longstocking-Pippi for short-at your service/
Mr. Blackhart: Pippi? Hehe. Good morning.

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Crazy Credits

Upon the Columbia Pictures logo appearing (during which the film's theme song, "Pippi Longstocking (Is Coming Into Your Town), begins to play), the logo dissolves into (rather than fading-out-and-in to) the first image in the opening credits; the abstract vector image of Pippi's braided pigtails, freckles, and eyes (part of the movie's title logo) over a white background. The eyes are slightly animated, blinking occasionally, and reacting to the titles below. "Columbia Pictures Presents" appears first which fades out, then they are focused onto the "An Adham/Moshay/Mehlman Production of" credit that rolls into place from the left and fades, then onto the "A Ken Annakin Film" that rolls into place from the right and fades, and finally, onto the film's title, "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking," which fades into place. They focus on the "New" that bounces into place from the left (right between "The" and "Adventures," which conveniently part to make room for it). They then look at the camera and the left eye winks for a second. Then it begins the credit sequence proper.

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Connections

Referenced in Clueless (1995)

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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

Enjoyable movie. . .

It's funny I see adults come in and rip a movie like this. They rip kids cartoons, and kids movies as being "unrealistic and insane and cheesy", well HELLO it's for freaking kids! They didn't make it for some 25 or older person who wants to complain about every kids movie! I watched this movie when I was 12 and I REALLY enjoyed it! The different "magical" stunts they did, the music (I loved the music) and the likes. Still a good movie for kids of today. As long as you're 12 or under you'll enjoy this movie.