Tow Truck Pluck

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Tow Truck Pluck
Film poster Pluk van de Petteflet.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ben Sombogaart
Pieter van Rijn
Screenplay by Tamara Bos
Based on Pluk van de Petteflet
by Annie M.G. Schmidt
Produced by Burny Bos
Michiel de Rooij
Sabine Veenendaal
Starring Janieck van de Polder
Suzanne Zuiderwijk
CinematographyRemko Schnorr
Edited byHerman P. Koerts
Music byFons Merkies
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 17 November 2004 (2004-11-17)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Box office$3,530,650 [1]

Tow Truck Pluck (Dutch : Pluk van de Petteflet), also known as Pluk and his Tow Truck is a 2004 Dutch comedy musical family film directed by Ben Sombogaart and Pieter van Rijn. It's an adaptation of the children's book Pluk van de Petteflet by Annie M.G. Schmidt, starring Janieck van de Polder as the titular character.

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The film was released in the Netherlands on 17 November 2004 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received a Golden Film (100,000 visitors) in 2004 and a Platinum Film (400,000 visitors) in 2005. [2]

Plot

Cast

Production

The film was originally going planned to be a stop-motion animated film, but was scrapped in favor of live-action with puppetry due to budget constraints. [3]

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on 13 May 2005.

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References

  1. "Pluk van de Petteflet (2004)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  2. "Gouden Film voor Pluk van de Petteflet". goudenfilm.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival / Netherlands Film Fund. 12 December 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. Blokker, Bas. "Feestje op een koopje" [Party at a Bargain]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 November 2024.