Terkel in Trouble

Terkel in Trouble (2004)

Terkel i knibe

Experience torture and extremely tight pants!

6th-grader Terkel begins experiencing a streak of bad luck after sitting on a black spider. His teacher dies and is replaced by the strange Justin. At home, Terkel's Uncle Stewart erupts in sporadic fits of rage, and at school Terkel is bullied by two boys after they learn that fat Doris likes him. On a school camping trip, Terkel begins receiving death threats and must figure out who wants to kill him.

Date of release
2004-04-02
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (144)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Stefan Fjeldmark

Casting

Interesting facts

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Terkel in Trouble is a 2004 Danish adult-animated musical black comedy film starring Anders Matthesen. It is the first Danish computer animated feature film. The film is an adaptation of Matthesen's 2001 comedy album Arne fortæller... Terkel i knibe. Anders Matthesen voices almost all characters in the film. Terkel in Trouble was well received, and was a financial success, earning 17.9 million DKK on a 10 million DKK budget and becoming the seventh highest grossing film in Denmark in 2004. It received multiple accolades, including the Audience Award at the 22nd Robert Awards.

Production

The characters in the film were conceived by stand-up comedian Anders Matthesen. The character of Grand-uncle Stewart Stardust had been featured previously in Matthesens show Fra ende til Anden in 1999. In 2001, Matthesen and composer Bo Rasmussen created a radio play on DR children's radio called Arne fortæller... Terkel i knibe (Arne tells... Terkel in trouble), a sequel to the previous radio play Hva' snakker du om.

A. Film was looking to produce a film that was much cheaper than previous efforts like Help! I'm a Fish, as well as something more "crooked and different". Stefan Fjeldmark, co-founder of the studio, had previously listened to Arne fortæller and approached Anders Matthesen to potentially turn the album into a film. Matthesen was very proud of the album despite its mediocre success and accepted the offer immediately.

To help convince A. Film, two animators at the studio, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen created a short pilot for the film. It was well received and production on the film began in 2003, with Andersen, Christoffersen and Fjeldmark leading the project. The audio play script would be re-written to fit a film format.

DR was first asked to help finance the project. They were initially interested, but ended up refusing the offer. TV 2 was then approached. They were hesitant at first, but eventually changed their mind. The film would end up with a budget of 10 million DKK ($1.6 million), to which the Danish Film Institute provided half.

The film's soundtrack is a re-recording of the original Arne fortæller album, with the bonus song Paranoia added to it.

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