Plunder & Lightning (1990)

Original title

Talespin: Plunder & Lightning

Directed by

Larry Latham

Genre

action film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

G

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cargo pilot and his young sidekick get caught up in air piracy and a treasure hunt. The story sets up the characters and their world for an animated series.

playfullightheartedfast-pacedadventurouswarmnostalgicfun

What happens

Plunder & Lightning is an animated television film, originally broadcast on September 7, 1990, that makes up the first four episodes of the Disney animated series TaleSpin. The film was broadcast in syndication on various local and regional channels at different times from Friday, September 7 through Sunday, September 9, 1990. In 1991, the film was the sole nominee for an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming More Than One Hour). After its original airing, the film (which serves as the pilot episode of the TaleSpin series) was split up into four parts which were treated as episodes of the series itself, but with severe edits. This four-part version first aired from Monday, November 19 through Thursday, November 22, 1990 (airing one part per day for four days). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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