The little super stolks
Die kleine Superstrolche (original title: The little Rascals ) is an American family comedy by Universal Pictures from 1994 and is based on the film series of the same name, Die kleine Rascals , which was produced between 1922 and 1944 with over 220 films. The children's characters were all taken from the original series, and many episodes and actions in the film have their origins in the original series. Directed by Penelope Spheeris .
action
Spanky, chairman of the He-Man-Women-haters Club, and alfalfa are best friends. Together with the other 5- to 9-year-old club members, they meet regularly in their clubhouse until Alfalfa falls in love with the lovely Darla, who believes that a relationship and Alfalfa's club membership cannot be reconciled.
To prove his sincere love for her, he secretly invites her to the clubhouse to spend a romantic candlelight dinner with her. Since he feels betrayed by his friend, Spanky sabotages the date along with the other members. So it happens that the clubhouse burns down, Darla is disappointed and angry with alfalfa and marches off with the rich and charming Waldo. Alfalfa has to endure a harsh punishment: He is no longer allowed to see Darla, no longer think about her and is, day and night, guarding the "Blur", a soap box of the club, with which the victory of the traditional soap box race has been won several times in a row. Spanky and his friends are now looking after a new clubhouse. Unfortunately, they don't have enough money for enough lumber and they are also not creditworthy.
At the same time, Alfalfa writes a love letter to Darla, but pretends to his friends that it is a hate letter with the following content: "Dear Darla, I hate your stinking entrails, I think you suck. You're the dirt between my toes Greetings Alfalfa. ”In reality, however, he writes:“ Dear Darla, I cannot live without you ... really ... I'm not joking. Your Romeo Alfalfa. ”Two friends deliver the letter, but unfortunately it is used as a handkerchief, so that they read the contents orally. Outraged by the supposed message of hate, Darla crushes a can. Spanky gets alfalfa to talk to Darla and close with her for good. However, Darla immediately has a ballet performance and they have to wait. Butch and Woim, two thugs and their biggest soapbox race competitors, track them down and chase them until Spanky and alfalfa, disguised as ballet dancers, run away. Her way leads her into the girls' changing room, where alfalfa comes into possession of Darla's handkerchief. They are also forced to take part in the performance, which ends in a great comedy. On the run from Butch and Woim again, Alfalfa runs through the city in underwear, which he also loses in the end, and also meets Darla, who is delighted to see him.
At a fair, the He-Man misogynists try to raise money for the new clubhouse, which they only succeed when they collect money for an actually free event. When this is revealed, and it is now questionable what should happen with all the money, Spanky suggests using the money as a prize for the soapbox race. Meanwhile, the "Blur" is stolen from Butch and Woim because Alfalfa is too busy to prove his love to Darla by singing. However, Waldo mixed him washing up liquid in his water glass beforehand so that bubbles gush out of Alfalfa's mouth along with the singing. Darla feels embarrassed. On top of all this, Spanky Alfalfa announces the friendship because he has neglected his duty to win back Darla and thereby the "blur" was lost. The dispute didn't last long, however, and when they were reconciled, the He-Man women haters decided to stick together and build a new soap box, the "Blur 2", with which they could win the $ 500 prize.
The favorites in the race are the teams Alfalfa with Spanky, Waldo with Darla and Butch with Woim. Alfalfa attaches her handkerchief to the "Blur 2" as a lucky charm in Darla's presence, which she is very enthusiastic about. Initially, it doesn't look good for Team Spanky to win as Team Waldo and Team Butch use unfair means to fight. Darla doesn't agree with this and continues the race without Waldo. Ultimately, various circumstances make it possible for the He-Man misogynists to win and Butch and Woim end up in the mud.
Spanky admits to Darla that he was responsible for the pranks on her date with alfalfa. From then on, women are also welcome in the “He-Man-Weiberhasser” club and alfalfa and Darla can finally find each other again.
Trivia
- Cameo appearances had among others: Whoopi Goldberg , Mary-Kate Olsen , Ashley Olsen , Mel Brooks , Donald Trump .
- The song "LOVE" by Frank Sinatra, which Waldo presents with Darla, Blake McIver Ewing sings again in the sitcom Full House , in which he also appeared with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
criticism
“The plot, which has been painstakingly stretched to the length of a feature film, never gets going due to the lack of staging speed and the unimaginative script. Since the film cannot decide on any target group, it falls between all stools. The German synchronization also destroys the atmospheric mood of the film. "
publication
The film had its US theatrical release on August 5, 1994 and was able to reap $ 52.1 million of the worldwide $ 67.3 million at box offices. In Germany it started at the box office on December 8th and attracted 853,833 to the cinemas. After it was released on VHS on June 21, 1995 , it was first broadcast on the pay-TV channel Premiere on June 2, 1996. Since March 29, 2007 the film has also been available on DVD .
Web links
- The Little Rascals in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Little Rascals at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The little super stolks in the online film database
- The little super stolches in the German dubbing files
Individual evidence
- ^ The little super stolks in the lexicon of international films
- ↑ The Little Rascals at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed October 18, 2011
- ↑ TOP 100 DEUTSCHLAND 1994 on insidekino.de , accessed on October 18, 2011