Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family  •  1975  •  88 min

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix poster

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
8.1

Overview

100 miles north, a bit east and up, is Pinchcliffe, the home of bicycle repairman Reodor Felgen and his two assistants, Solan Gundersen and Ludvig. Sponsored by oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan, they build the car "Il Tempo Gigante" to race against Reodor's former assistant Rudolf Blodstrupmoen, who has stolen one of Reodor's inventions to become a world racing champion.


Starring Cast

Wenche Foss  •   Per Theodor Haugen  •   Harald Heide-Steen Jr.

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film centers on an inventor's quest to reclaim his design and win a race, emphasizing individual ingenuity, perseverance, and fair competition. Its narrative focuses on an apolitical underdog story rather than promoting specific political ideologies.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

The film features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, lacking any critical portrayal.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

The film depicts an inventor and his animal companions forming a close-knit, non-traditional household. The narrative does not engage with traditional human family structures or norms, offering no endorsement or critique of specific family values.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on a bicycle repairman and his animal companions constructing a race car, with no elements related to queer identity or experiences present in the story.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on a small village's inhabitants, particularly a genius inventor and his companions, as they construct a racing car to compete in a grand prix. The narrative contains no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: High

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix is a stop-motion animated comedy and adventure film. It focuses on a bicycle repairman and his animal friends building a race car. The film does not feature female characters engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The animated film adapts characters from Kjell Aukrust's universe. All major characters maintain their established genders from the original source material, with no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix is a stop-motion animated film featuring animal and caricature characters. The concept of a race swap, which applies to human characters with established racial identities, does not apply to this film's cast.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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8.5
The Movie Database logo
7.8

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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