The Little Rascals (1994)

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writers (WGA):

Penelope Spheeris (story) &
Robert Wolterstorff (story) ...

Release Date:

5 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Boys will be boys, girls will be girls, but this summer, they'll all be rascals.

Plot:

The story begins with Spanky, who is the president of the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" with many school-aged...

Plot Keywords:

Club | Clubhouse | Rich Kid | Friend | Prize

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Travis Tedford	...	Spanky
Kevin Jamal Woods	...	Stymie
Jordan Warkol	...	Froggy
Zachary Mabry	...	Porky
Ross Bagley	...	Buckwheat (as Ross Elliot Bagley)
Courtland Mead	...	Uh-Huh
Sam Saletta	...	Butch
Blake Jeremy Collins	...	Woim
Blake McIver Ewing	...	Waldo
Juliette Brewer	...	Mary Ann
Heather Karasek	...	Jane
Brittany Ashton Holmes	...	Darla
Bug Hall	...	Alfalfa
Elmer	...	Himself
Petey	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude dialogue.

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Castle Green Apartments - 99 S. Raymond, Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

This film liberally borrows gags, situations, set-ups, costumes, and plots from many of the shorts that made up the original Our Gang (Little Rascals) movie series. Some examples: - Hook and Ladder (1932): The gang as firefighters - Hi'-Neighbor! (1934): Building the go-cart (a fire engine in the original), knocking over the pedestrian on the sidewalk. - Anniversary Trouble (1935): The "hi/high-sign" (the only short in which it is prominently featured) - Hearts Are Thumps (1937): The He-Man Woman Haters Club, the gang spiking Alfalfa & Darla's lunch, Alfalfa's "bubble song." - Rushin' Ballet (1937): Alfalfa and Spanky in drag at a ballet recital. The costumes are exact duplicates of the originals. - Mail and Female (1937): (once again) The He-Man Woman Haters Club, the love note, "1st Messenger" Buckwheat, and "2nd Messenger" Porky. - Auto Antics (1939): The go-cart race - Three Smart Guys (1943): Buckwheat and Porky catching one another's fishing hook and trying to (unknowingly) reel each other in.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the beginning, when Spanky is sending the note to gather the gang you can see that it's already written before he writes it.

Quotes:

Stymie: Porky, you sure know how to make a sand-wich!
Porky: That wasn't sand, that was kitty litter.
Buckwheat: Don't worry, it's pretty fresh.

Movie Connections:

References Hearts Are Thumps (1937)

Soundtrack:

L-O-V-E

A Kid Friendly Movie Based On The Classic T.V. Show

Penelope Spheeris directed this great film.

The story has several little plots, like the club burning down and them trying to raise money to fix it up, Alfalfa's love with Darla, and winning a race. In a regular movie, this wouldn't really be good for film because it tries to fit too much in only 90 minutes but for a movie like this, they are really able to combine all those elements, i don't know why, kids movies (for some reason) are able to do so much more then the pg-13-R rated movies.

The story really does stay loyal to the original show but they've updated it to fit the 1990's. It's actually a pretty funny movie, i loved the club setting on fire and spanky with the fire hose, that always makes me laugh. It really is meant for kids because i think adults would really start to fall asleep with this movie because it is really childish (for obvious reasons)

Overall, a funny, friendly, and harmless movie that really does fit the show.