Editing The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (section)

==History==
In 1969, Ivo Caprino and Kjell Aukrust started work on a 30-minute-long TV special<ref name="animation">{{cite book|title=The Advanced Art of Stop Motion Animation|author=Ken A. Priebe|publisher=Cengage Learning|date=2011}}</ref> entitled ''Flåklypa Radio Norway'' based on Aukrust's books and commissioned for the [[NRK|Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref name="supreme court">{{Cite web|url=https://www.domstol.no/globalassets/upload/hret/translated-rulings/hr-2017-2165-a-copyright-il-tempo-gigante.pdf|title=Judgement on copyright of ''Il Tempo Gigante''|publisher=[[Supreme Court of Norway]]|accessdate=2025-04-21|date=2017-11-15}}</ref> Puppets were designed by Ingeborg Isdahl Riser,<ref name= "erikbye">{{cite AV media|date=1 May 1971|title=Saturday Night with [[Erik Bye]]|publisher=[[NRK1]]}}</ref> with the star vehicle ''Il Tempo Gigante'' being built by [[Bjarne Sandemose]]<ref name= "erikbye" /> (who used entirely house-found material in its construction).<ref>[[Fædrelandsvennen]] 1975 issue</ref> Despite major publicity, the NRK were unsatisfied and ceased production;<ref name="supreme court" /> another factor was difficultly adapting the original material<ref name="animation" /> (with the exception of some very short clips, no material from it has ever been seen by the public). A year later, Caprino and Aukrust announced that it would be adapted into a feature-length film.<ref name="supreme court" /><ref name="animation" /><ref>{{cite news|title= Flåklypa Radio-TV in sea spray on the Southern coast|newspaper=[[Dagbladet]]|date=15 July 1972}}</ref>

The film is heavily inspired by [[Lom, Norway|Lom]], where Aukrust had roots. The Flåklypa-mountain is a stylized version of a real mountain, where the valley underneath is named Flåklypa. Other names, including Reodor and Blostrupmoen, were taken from the village of [[Alvdal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Could you name your son Analius or Grus?|newspaper=[[Aftenposten]]|date=22 January 2019|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/ddABno/kunne-du-kalt-soennen-din-for-analius-eller-grus}}</ref> The film was made in 3 years by a small team of set builders and camera operators; Caprino directed and animated.<ref name="animation" />