Pim & Pom: The Big Adventure

Pim & Pom: The Big Adventure (Dutch: Pim & Pom: Het Grote Avontuur) is a 2014 Dutch animated adventure film directed by Gioia Smid from a screenplay by Fiona van Heemstra and Tingue Dongelmans, based on the Pim and Pom children's books by Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp.[1][2][3] Produced by Smid and Michiel de Rooij, the film was produced by the film studios Pim & Pom BV and Flinck Film. It was released in Dutch cinemas on 9 April 2014.[4]

Pim & Pom: The Big Adventure
DutchPim & Pom: Het Grote Avontuur
Directed byGioia Smid
Screenplay byFiona van Heemstra
Tingue Dongelmans
Produced byGioia Smid
Michiel de Rooij
Music byAlex Debicki
Joren van der Voort
Production
companies
Pim & Pom BV
Flinck Film
Distributed byA-Film Distribution
Release date
9 April 2014
Running time
70 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Budget€1 million
Box office$521,973

Premise

Pim and Pom's owner's nieces are about to move away, but get the idea of kidnapping Pim and Pom so that they can come with them. After the nieces take them for a picnic in the woods, Pim and Pom discover the nieces' plans and run away. Now, the two house cats must find their way home and survive in the outside world.[2]

Voice cast

Production

Gioia Smid is the director of the Fiep Westendorp Foundation, and in 2008 directed the 52-episode television series The Adventures of Pim and Pom that aired on Dutch Nickelodeon. Smid later decided to work on a feature-length film inspired by the series. According to assistant director Hans Walther, they "spent about two-and-a-half years on the story alone," producing "sixteen versions of the script and [we] redrew the storyboard five times from scratch." The budget for the film was €1 million.[3]

Release

Pim & Pom was released in Dutch and Belgian cinemas on 9 April 2014.[4] In the Netherlands, it opened with $56,734 for a total gross of $501,990. In Belgium, it opened with $4,672 for a total of $19,983, contributing to its total box office gross of $521,973.[5]

References
  1. Meijer, Monica. "Pim & Pom: Het grote avontuur". Cinemagazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. Melchers, Fabian (8 April 2014). "Pim & Pom: Het Grote Avontuur". Film Totaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. Vollenbroek, Tunde (15 December 2014). "How to Translate a Beloved Dutch Illustrator's Work Into a $1.25 Million Feature". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. "Pim & Pom: Het Grote Avontuur". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. "Pim & Pom: Het Grote Avontuur". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Amazon. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
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