Pippi Longstocking (1997 film)

Pippi Longstocking is a 1997 animated musical film codirected by Michael Schaack and Clive A. Smith and written by Catharina Stackelberg, based on the eponymous childrens books by Astrid Lindgren. The film features the voices of Melissa Altro, Catherine OHara, Gordon Pinsent, Dave Thomas, Wayne Robson, and Carole Pope.

The film begins with Pippi sailing around the world with her father, Captain Efraim Longstocking, her pet horse, Horse, her pet monkey, Mr. Nilsson, and various members of the ships crew. One night during a hurricane, the captain is washed over board into the sea. As he drifts off, he calls to Pippi that he will meet her in Villa Villekulla. To that effect, Pippi and her pet animals make their way home, Villa Villekulla, to await his return. Not long after arriving, she makes friends with the two children across the street Tommy and Annika, who are captivated by her free spirit and funloving attitude. They soon convince her to go to school for the first time in her life where she gets into trouble, despite winning the hearts of her classmates.Pippi also soon attracts the attention of a local social worker, Mrs. Prysselius, who conspires to put her into foster care. When Miss Prysselius goes to speak with the local law enforcement of the need for the girl to be placed in a home for orphans, she lets certain details her lack of adult supervision, living alone, having a large supply of gold coins kept out in the open, and most of all, leaving her door unlocked be revealed to a pair of thieves already in jail. The thieves, Bloom and ThunderKarlsson, decide to rob Pippi themselves once they break out of jail. ........

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