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{{short description|2003 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Pipo en de P-P-Parelridder
| image          = Pipo_en_de_P-P-Parelridder_poster.png
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = Martin Lagestee<ref>{{cite web|title=Hauer wordt mogelijk Karel de Grote|url=http://www.filmtotaal.nl/artikel.php?id=12508|publisher=Filmtotaal.nl|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref>
| producer       = Willem Zijlstra
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* [[Wim Meuldijk]]
* Peter Römer
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Pipo de Clown]]''|[[Wim Meuldijk]]}}
| narrator       =
| starring       = Joep Dorren<br>John Wijdenbosch<br>Mariska Van Kolck<br>[[Rudi Falkenhagen]]
| music          = Jurre Haanstra
| cinematography = Maarten van Keller
| editing        = Liesbeth Wieggers
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Endemol]]
* [[TROS]]
}}
| distributor    = {{Plainlist|
* Independent Films (Theatrical)
* [[Universal Pictures]]
* (Home media)
}}
| released       = {{Film date|2003|11|20|df=y}}
| runtime        = 95 minutes
| country        = [[Netherlands]]
| language       = [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
| budget         =
| gross          = $1,295,788<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=0344204|title=Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder (2003)|access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
}}
'''''Pipo en de P-P-Parelridder''''' ([[English language|English]] translation: ''Pipo and the P-P-Pearl Knight'') is a 2003 Dutch [[family film]] directed by Martin Lagestee, featuring characters from the Dutch children's television show ''[[Pipo de Clown]]''.
The film was released on  20 November 2003 with Independent Films handling theatrical distribution and [[Universal Pictures]] home media distribution.<ref>{{cite web|date=27 May 2003|url=https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/muziek/film-over-pipo-de-clown-in-november-2003-in-de-bioscoop/|title=Film over Pipo de Clown in november 2003 in de bioscoop|work=Entertainment Business|access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> It received a [[Golden Film]] for having drawn 100,000 visitors.<ref>{{cite web|title='Pipo en de P-P-Parelridder' Gouden Film|url=http://www.biosagenda.nl/nieuws_-pipo-en-de-p-p-parelridder-gouden-film_585.html|publisher=Biosagenda.nl|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref>
==Plot==
Pipo receives a letter from Aunt Anouschka asking him for help with mysterious events in a nearby castle that appears to be haunted. Pipo leaves the circus in the hands of his wife Mamaloe and daughter Petra, to the chagrin of circus director Dikke Deur —a circus without Pipo sells fewer tickets. When Pipo arrives at the castle there is no ghost; instead, he finds a knight who has been asleep for 500 years. He is awakened, but the next problem is finding and waking his lady lover, who has also been asleep that long.
==Cast==
* Joep Dorren as Pipo the Clown
* Mariska Van Kolck as Mammaloe
* Meta Speksnijder as Petra
* [[Daan Schuurmans]] as Knight Didero van Donderstein
* [[Karin Bloemen]] as Aunt Anouschka
* Hero Muller as Dikke Deur
* [[Rudi Falkenhagen]] as Snuf
* Felix-Jan Kuypers as Snuitje
* Harry van Rijthoeven as Miriardo
* John Wijdenbosch as Mik
* [[Tara Elders]] as Jonkvrouw de Bonban
==Production==
From the late 1950s on, ''Pipo de Clown'' was one of the earliest and most popular children's television shows in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kratsborn|first=Wim|title=Onvoorspelbaar verleden: geschiedenis van prehistorie tot heden|year=2005|publisher=Van Gorcum|isbn=978-90-232-4085-3|page=223|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGOTAMAIvvAC&pg=PA223}}</ref> The show finally ended in 1980. In the late 1990s, the return of Pipo was touched upon when television talk show host [[Ivo Niehe]] interviewed [[Belinda Meuldijk]], the daughter of Pipo's creator ([[Wim Meuldijk]]), and her husband, singer [[Rob de Nijs]]. Niehe tried to sell the idea to various broadcasters but without success, and the rights were bought by [[Endemol]].<ref name=gelder1>{{cite news|last=Gelder|first=Henk van|title=Wim Meuldijk over de comeback van zijn schepping Pipo de Clown|url=http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1629507.ece/Wim_Meuldijk_over_de_comeback_van_zijn_schepping_Pipo_de_Clown|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=[[NRC Handelsblad]]|date=17 November 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720132512/http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1629507.ece/Wim_Meuldijk_over_de_comeback_van_zijn_schepping_Pipo_de_Clown|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Auditions were held, and [[Joep Dorren]] was chosen as the new Pipo. The script for a pilot and for six episodes was written, and the 40-minute-long pilot (filmed in 1999 on Rob de Nijs's estate<ref name=gelder1/>) proved very popular, selling 100,000 copies on video; still, the public broadcasting corporations had no faith in Pipo's chance of success and thought it would be too expensive.<ref>{{cite news|title=Man achter Pipo de Clown begon als striptekenaar|url=http://www.depers.nl/entertainment/156386/Wim-Meuldijk-de-man-achter-Pipo.html|accessdate=3 March 2011|newspaper=DePers.nl|date=27 December 2007}}</ref> In the end [[Endemol]] decided to make the series into a feature film instead.
The script is loosely based on a 1960 TV series, ''Pipo en het zingende zwaard'', filming took place in [[Spain]].<ref name=gelder1/> The role of Snuf, one of the two crooks, was played by Rudi Falkenhagen, age 72. Falkenhagen was the last survivor of the original television show<ref name=gelder1/> and Snuf was his first big role. He died two years later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rudi Falkenhagen overleden|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2676/Cultuur/article/detail/666040/2005/01/26/Rudi-Falkenhagen-overleden.dhtml|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=[[de Volkskrant]]|date=26 January 2005}}</ref> [[Tara Elders]], who starred in a number of [[Theo van Gogh (film director)|Theo van Gogh]] movies, plays the part of the titular character's lady lover.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tara Elders|url=http://vorige.nrc.nl/kunst/article1629825.ece/Tara_Elders|accessdate=3 March 2011|newspaper=[[NRC Handelsblad]]|date=15 December 2004}}</ref>
==Reception==
===Box office===
The movie cost about €3.5 million to make. It brought in €692,665 in 2003 and €815,120 in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box office / business for Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder (2003)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0344204/business|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref>
==Canceled Sequel==
In 2007, rumors circulated that a second Pipo film was to be made, ''Pipo & Het Geheim Van De Barkini Driehoek'', written by Meuldijk and directed by Lagestee, with Joep Dorre returning as Pipo. The Indian Klukkluk, notably absent from ''Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder'', was to make his return. According to Meuldijk, the film was set to be released at the end of 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tweede Pipo-film volgend jaar in de bioscoop|url=http://www.gelderlander.nl/algemeen/kunst/article1329265.ece|accessdate=2 March 2011|newspaper=[[De Gelderlander]]|date=19 April 2007}}</ref> However, Meuldijk died in 2007, and though a musical, ''Pipo en de Gestolen Stem'', was produced in 2009, no movie has been released.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0344204|Pipo en de p-p-Parelridder}}
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2000s Dutch-language films]]
[[Category:Dutch children's films]]
[[Category:Films based on television series]]
[[Category:Films shot in Spain]]
[[Category:Comedy films about clowns]]
[[Category:Circus films]]
[[Category:Universal Pictures films]]