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Flåklypa Grand Prix (released under the English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix") is a Norwegian puppet film, directed by Ivo Caprino. The 1975 film is based on the literary characters of Norwegian author Kjell Aukrust.
The movie is about Reodor Felgen, and his friends Ludvig and Soland who decide to create a racecar, Il Tempo Gigante to compete against the wicked racecar driver Rudolf Blodstrupmoen. Il Tempo Gigante has a spinning radar, which turns out to be useful when Blodstrupmoen starts engaging in smoke warfare during the race. The car also has an extremely big engine, and looks like it is made mostly out of gold.
As of 2004, it is the most widely seen Norwegian film ever.
In 2001 a computer game based on the film was released. The development of the game was led by Mario Caprino, Ivo Caprino's grandson, who worked as lead programmer.Template:Film-stub