Who Pulled the Plug? (1981)
To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and they both have to resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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Best movie ever!
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
The movie is considered being one of the classic Swedish comedies, but in my opinion it's not any funny. The concept of the film, about the competing boats would be good enough to make something of, and they have a great cast. The special effects are also good, thinking about it being an old Swedish 80's movie. But the jokes aren't funny. There's no funny situation comedy nor any good verbal jokes. They are just talking incoherently and falling or pushing each other into the water. Too bad.Good old Swedish films are for example "Jönssonligan", "Sällskapsresan" or the films starring Björn Skifs. This one does not belong in the same league.
Hmm. where e should I start. There are so many things i would like to acknowledge. Superb actors: Janne "Loffe" Carlson and Frank Andersson (you know the Swedish wrestler and player). It's about a boat race at the göta kanal (channel of goth). Their is a lot of funny things going on. Like when the fat police, brilliantly played by famous Swedish play leader Peter Harrysson who's most known for it's work in the famous TV-show "that's how it sounds", jumped out of the boat after being bribed by one of the teams. Excellent comedy! I can especially relate to this comedy since I was born in the wharfes in Gothenburg where the final scene takes place. A quick resumé: Some rich sheik from a foreign country wants a big amount of a Swedish Luxuary boat and a race takes place at "Göta kanal" (channel of Goth) between Janne "Loffe" Karlsson (a typical Swedish working kid) and a rich boating industry.The ending (read this if you don't want to see the movie): Janne "loffe" loses a bit surprisingly (I was devastated) but it turns out that their has been a uprising in the sheiks homeland and the contract for the boats is ripped apart. A funny twist is when Jannie "loffe" gets this big order of rowboats from the Norwegian Navy (srupid Norwegians(!)). Fun times all the way!
There are not many films from Sweden that you can watch as many times as I have watched Göta Kanal. It's certainly one of the best movies ever produced in this country. The actors delivers extremely well-timed lines and the witty script makes you crumble of laughter! 1 157 846 Swedes saw Göta Kanal in the movies.
I would say there is a tradition in Sweden watching this film... If you haven´t seen it, do that at once! Every big actor in Sweden has a role in this movie, and a couple of not so big actors. The action-scenes are still wonderful and spectacular, a ton of boat- and car crashes, wonderful comedy and a lot of classic lines. A real classic...