Main Cast: Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, Diane Hull
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
Precocious Pippi Longstocking (Tami Erin) falls off her father's pirate ship and washes up in a small coastal town in Florida. She causes social worker Miss Bannister (Eileen Brennan) no end of trouble and influences two neighbor kids with her mischief-making and infectious attitude. Pippi uses her magic powers to beguile the locals but also to help save some orphans from a burning building. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
George DiCenzo - Mr. Blackhart; John Schuck - Captain Efraim; Dick Van Patten - The Glue Man; David Seaman - Tommy; Cory Crow - Annika Settigren; J.D. Dickinson - Rype; Chub Bailly - Rancid; Fay Masterson - Head Girl; Branscombe Richmond - Fridolf; Garrison True; Russ Wheeler - Ice Cream Vendor; Joe Gilbridge - Horseman; Evan Adam - Freckled Face Boy; Bridget Ann Brno - Chrissy; Christopher Broughton - Manuel; Louis Seeger Crume - Fire Chief; Jim Grimshaw - Police Chief; Carole Kean - Miss Messerschmidt; Gail Klicman - Townswoman; Joe Kurtzo - Janitor; Romy Mehlman - Lisa; Clark Neiderjohn - Jake; Leila Hee Olsen - Miss Ward; Geoffrey Seaman - Billy
Credit
Stephen Myles Berger - Art Director, Robin S. Clark - Associate Producer, Nancy Gregory - Choreography, Ken Annakin - Co-producer, Gary Mehlman - Co-producer, Walter Moshay - Co-producer, Jacqueline Saint Anne - Costume Designer, Tom Connors - First Assistant Director, Ken Annakin - Director, Ken Zemke - Editor, Misha Segal - Composer (Music Score), Harriet Schock - Songwriter, Misha Segal - Songwriter, Sherry Caudle - Makeup, Stephen Myles Berger - Production Designer, Jack Senter - Production Designer, Roland "Ozzie" Smith - Cinematographer, Chris Senter - Set Designer, Fred C. Weiler - Set Designer, Richard Huggins - Special Effects, Richard Parker - Special Effects, Joe Gilbridge - Stunts, Ken Annakin - Screenwriter, Astrid Lindgren - Screenwriter, Astrid Lindgren - Book Author
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is a 1988fantasy-adventure-musical film based on the books of the fictional characterPippi Longstocking, created by Swedishchildren's book author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002). While the title suggests the movie is a continuation, it is in fact a remake of the original story. It was released in movie theaters worldwide in wide release in 13 languages by Columbia Pictures, and was directed by Ken Annakin, a Disney legend and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. It was a box-office failure, holding the distinction of having the 59th-lowest per-screen revenues of a wide-release movie in history as of April 2009.[1] It grossed $3.6 million during its domestic release in the U.S., with a per-screen average on opening weekend of only $1,105.[1] It was released on DVD in 2001.
After her father's ship 'Hoptoad' is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking (Tami Erin) is stranded with her horse, Alfonso, and her pet 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 (David Seaman Jr.) and his sister Annika (Cory Crow), 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, running away in a homemade autogyro, keeping the house from being demolished by crooks, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Pippi saves the orphanage from a fire and decides that the orphanage is not for her. She is reunited with her father on Christmas day and he offers her the chance to become a cannibal princess. At the last minute Pippi decides to stay because she cannot leave Tommy and Annika.
Cast
Tami Erin as Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade "Pippi" Longstocking
