The Flying Liftboy (1998)
- Original title
- Abeltje
- Directed by
- Ben Sombogaart
- Genre
- adventure
- Country
- Netherlands
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- AL
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 34 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young boy gets a job as a lift operator and discovers that the elevator can fly. He and a friend take off on adventures visiting different places.
whimsicaladventurousgentlenostalgicupbeatplayfullightheartedmagical
What happens
The Flying Liftboy (Dutch: Abeltje), also known as Abel, the Flying Liftboy is a 1998 Dutch family adventure film directed by Ben Sombogaart and written and produced by Burny Bos, based on the 1953 Dutch children's book Abeltje by Annie M.G. Schmidt. It stars Ricky van Gastel, Soraya Smith, Frits Lambrechts, Marisa van Eyle and Annet Malherbe. It is the first feature film to be adapted from Schmidt's books. Bos first acquired the rights to adapt Schmidt's works in 1990 before development of the film began in 1994. However, various issues such as the budget delayed production of the film. It was filmed in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain and New York. The film was released on 26 November 1998 in the Netherlands by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label. The film received mixed reviews, but it became a major success in the country. It won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film. The film was later re-edited into a seven-episode miniseries for television by AVRO in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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