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The Flying Liftboy (1998)
Directed by Ben Sombogaart
Adventure · 1h 50m
Pupil Abel is the victim of Laura's nasty prank, yet gets accidentally blamed and overreacts. His ma withdraws him from school and gets him a job as lift-boy. But its' a special lift: when he pushes the forbidden green button, it takes him, Laura, Jozias Tump and Maria Klaterhoen to Manhattan. There he's mistaken by a rich woman who looks like his mother for her long missing son Johnny. When a police helicopter comes to tow the lift cabin, the Dutchmen get back in. It takes them to a Latin American country, Perugona. The new revolutionary leader realizes presidents live about one year, so he gives the job to Mr. Tump, who saved his life. The news coverage attracts Abel's and Johnny's family, in time for an even weirder finale.
Cast
Victor Löw
Schraap
Roxanne Stam
Vriendin Laura
Rick van Gastel
Abeltje Roef / Johnny Cockle Smith
Kees Hulst
Schoolmeester
Annet Malherbe
Moeder Roef / Mrs. Cockle-Smith
Marisa van Eyle
Juffrouw Klaterhoen
Crew
- Director
- Ben Sombogaart
- Novel
- Annie M.G. Schmidt
- Editor
- Herman P. Koerts
- Producer
- Burny Bos
Details
- Original title
- Abeltje
- Release date
- 1998-11-26
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- Dutch, English, German, Spanish
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Production
- BosBros