Pippi Longstocking: The TV Series

Pippi Longstocking / Tv Show

Overview

"This disc, featuring six episodes from the Swedish television series based on Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking stories, gets a efficient presentation on DVD. The episodes have been transferred to disc in their original full-frame format, and the dubbed English-language audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Monophonic. No additional features have been included, but the scarcity of this material in the United States will make this a popular release with American fans of the Lindgren stories."

Product Details

Release Date:	02/04/2003
UPC:	0759731408523
Original Release:	1968
Rating:	NR
Source:	Henstooth Video
Sound:	[Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	2:40:00

Special Features

Chapter search and interactive menus; Original full frame format (1.33:1)

Editorial Reviews

"I make my own rules!" So proclaims the indomitable Pippi Longstocking in this collection of six half-hour episodes from the 1968 Swedish TV series. Based on those endearingly poorly dubbed Pippi movies that brightened Saturday matinees in the early 1970s, this collection stars Inger Nilsson as red-haired, freckle-faced Pippi, a fearless, independent girl who moves into the "Big House" next door to siblings Tommy, nine, and Anna, eight. This DVD will be a treat for nostalgic baby boomers, but the rambunctious Pippi will also charm a new generation, who, like Tommy and Anna, will find her eccentric lifestyle (she lives alone with her pet horse and monkey), high spirits, and empowering adventures irresistible. Parents, however, may not approve of Pippi's "Don't touch the floor" game in which the trio must walk on shelves and furniture, not to mention her possession of a firearm in Episode 5. The dubbing may take some getting used to, but one image of Pippi, the strongest girl in the world, lifting a horse above her head, is worth a thousand words.