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Flodder
''Flodder'' is a 1986 Dutch comedy film written and directed by Dick Maas, and produced by First Floor Features. It is the first film in the ''Flodder'' franchise and is followed by two more films and a spin-off series. The film follows an anti-social, dysfunctional family who move to an affluent, upper-class neighbourhood as part of a social experiment which results in mayhem as the Flodder family refuses to adapt. ''Flodder'' broad humour and politically incorrect satire ridiculing the Dutch welfare state resulted in mixed reviews, but was the most popular Dutch film of the year and one of the top 10 of all time with 2.3 million admissions. It still attracts a cult following, and in 2007 it was admitted to the Canon van de Nederlandse Film. Flodder is also a Dutch word meaning blank cartridge, a referral to the Flodders looking dangerous and being noisy, despite being rather harmless. Plot When it emerges that the Flodder family's current state-owned house is on a toxic was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flodder 3
'' Flodder 3 '' (alternative titles: ''Flodder Forever'' or ''Flodder: The Final Story'') is a 1995 Dutch comedy film directed by Dick Maas. It is the third and last film about the anti-social family, called 'Flodder'. The film is a continuation of the TV series and the previous two films. Different from the first two films, son Kees is now played by actor Stefan de Walle, and Johnnie Flodder is now played by Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, the same actor as in the TV series. It was the second most popular Dutch film of the year. Plot Living in Zonnedael for a while now, the Flodder family continues their usual antisocial behaviour; Ma Flodder regularly gets in trouble with the neighbors, her sons Johnnie and Kees are on welfare and spend their time supplementing their income with petty crime. Daughter Kees acts rather promiscuously and the youngest children Toet and Henkie commit extreme mischief (bordering on vandalism) around the neighborhood, often involving their older grandpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flodder In Amerika
''Flodders in America'' (), released in Quebec as ''Les Lavigueur Redéménagent'', is a 1992 Dutch comedy film directed by Dick Maas. The film is the sequel of the successful film ''Flodder'' from 1986. It was filmed on location in New York and stars Dutch actors Huub Stapel, Nelly Frijda, Tatjana Simic, Rene van 't Hof, Lou Landré, Gerard Joling, Dick Rienstra, and American actor Jon Polito as nightclub owner Larry Rosenbaum. Story The city council comes into contact with a cultural exchange project in the United States, which proposes to have an average family of either country live for a year in the other one. The sneaky councilman proposes the Flodders, who have been causing many problems over the last year, for the exchange, in the hope of getting rid of them for good. Sjakie van Kooten, the social worker who is guiding the Flodders' social integration, is sent with them. After a flight in which the family causes many problems, Sjakie and the Flodders land in New York. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flodder (TV Series)
''Flodder'' is a Dutch comedy series about the criminal family Flodder as they are given government-provided housing in the high-class district of Zonnedael, that aired from 1993 to 1999. The series is based on the highly praised movie trilogy A trilogy is a set of three distinct works that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games. Three-part works that are considered components of ... of the same name. Though the storylines of the series, while following the same characters, are separate from the movies. In november 2024 media expert Tina Nijkamp and production company NewBe announced the production of a new spin-off called ''Kees Flodder'' about the family's daughter of the same name. Background For the production of the series, a set of eight complete villas including roads was built in Almere at the studio First Floor Factory. The character of Grandpa (Opa) Flodder, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelly Frijda
Nelly Frijda-Wiegel (born 4 May 1936) is a Dutch actress, voice actress, cabaret artist, and former politician. Early life and education Frijda was born in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ... as the daughter of Johannes Wiegel and Alida van Moorsel, and grew up in an Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), SDAP family in the Rivierenbuurt. She attended the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam and the Spinoza Lyceum. She then went to the Academy of Theatre and Dance. She ran away from home when she was seventeen and went to live independently on Bloemgracht. Frijda was expelled from the academy after three months – according to her own words "due to anti-social behavior, lack of imagination and lack of talent". Acting career Frijda made her debut in 1955 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Šimić
Tatjana Šimić (born 9 June 1963), also known by the Mononymous person, mononym Tatjana, is a Croats, Croatian-Dutch people, Dutch model, actress and singer. Biography Šimić was born in Zagreb, PR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia on 9 June 1963, but moved with her mother and sister to Rotterdam in 1979 at the age of 16. In the 1980s, having won a national modeling contest, she commenced work as an actress and model. In the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, she remains known for her portrayal of the character Kees Flodder, a daughter in the dysfunctional and anti-social Flodder family, which featured in several Dutch comedy films and a television series in the 1980s and 1990s. Flodder, The original movie was popular in the Netherlands, reaching two and a half million viewers. Šimić, a sex symbol, has appeared on the cover of ''Playboy'' seventeen times between 1988 and 1996; thirteen times on the Dutch edition and four times on the German edition. In December 2012, she made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huub Stapel
Hubertus Wijnandus Jozef Marie (Huub) Stapel (born 2 December 1954, in Tegelen) is a Dutch actor. He is especially known from the films '' The Lift'' (1983), '' Flodder'' (1986) and '' Amsterdamned'' (1988) by Dick Maas. He also appeared in the Golden Earring video '' When the Lady Smiles''. Filmography Dutch productions *''Eén grote familie'' (2023) - Ger Smeets *''Ferry'' (2021) *''Redbad'' (2018) *'' De Zevende Hemel'' (2016) - Max *'' Zwarte Tulp'' (2015) - Luuk Vonk *'' Goedenavond dames en heren'' (2015) - Benno *'' Hemel op aarde'' (2013) - Father Sef Janzen *'' A Perfect Man'' (2013) - Pieter *'' Moeder, ik wil bij de Revue'' (2012) - Jacob Somers *'' Bellicher:Cel'' (2012) - Steiner *'' De Goede Dood'' (2012) - Michael *'' Hard tegen Hard'' (2011) - Ben Berendsen *'' U & Eye'' (2011) - Carpenter *'' Titten'' (2011) *'' Sint'' (2010) - Saint Nicholas *'' Iep!'' (2010) - Warre *'' The Dark House'' (2009)- Victor *'' Het Wapen van Geldrop'' (2008) - Piet Veerman *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Floor Features
First Floor Features is a Dutch film production company founded by Laurens Geels and Dick Maas. History First Floor Features was founded in 1984 The first film the studio released was ''Abel'' in 1986. In 1991, Geels and Maas built a film studio in Almere. In March 1991, the studio complex was opened by Minister Hedy d'Ancona and the two studio spaces of 900 and almost 1700 m², respectively, could also be rented by other film producers. However, interest was disappointing, and the 10 million guilder Film Factory was sold to the NOB with First Floor Features becoming a tenant. The outside area of the studios consisted of the set houses of Zonnedael, used for filming Flodder. In 1999, the house for '' Big Brother'' was placed here. In 1998, the company focused on the English-language market. The 1999 film '' Do Not Disturb'' attracted few viewers, and the 2001 English-language remake of the film The Lift, '' Down'' even became a flop. Dick Maas left the organization in 2001. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Maas
Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) (born 15 April 1951) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer. Career Maas achieved fame after the success of his music videos for the Dutch band Golden Earring, including "Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song), Twilight Zone" and the controversial "When the Lady Smiles," and his films , ''Amsterdamned'' and ''Flodder'' in the 1980s. Maas also directed the controversial Saint Nicolas slasher ''Sint'' (Saint Nick) and one episode of the TV series ''Young Indiana Jones''. The film ''Character (1997 film), Karakter'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. Maas served as executive producer. The film was produced by his production company First Floor Features, founded in 1984. He left the company, which he started with Laurens Geels, in 2002. His 2016 film ''Prey (2016 film), Prey'' became an unexpected box office hit in China cinemas in 2019. It is also the first Dutch film to secure a wide theatrical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert André
Hubertus Antonius Gerardus Maria "Bert" André (August 6, 1941 – May 21, 2008) was a Dutch actor who started his career in theater and later became known to the greater audiences through his roles in various movies and TV series. Biography He started his career as a teacher in Maastricht but moved to Antwerp in 1964, where he studied theater improvisation in what later was known as the Studio Herman Teirlinck. Among his course mates were Jan Decleir and Mike Verdrengh. One of the first big screen roles was his portrayal of the neighbour Neuteboom in the first and third film about the Flodder (1986) family which resulted in consequent movies and TV series. Some of his other more recognizable work include ''Ramona'' and ''Halleluja!'', ''Mira (1971 film), Mira'', ''Turks Fruit'', ''Soldier of Orange'', ''De Leeuw van Vlaanderen'' and ''Boerenpsalm''. In the course of his career he performed in more than 150 films between 1967 and 2008. André has played roles in classical theate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavigueur Family
The Lavigueur family is a Quebec family who made headlines in Canada in the 1980s after winning a lottery jackpot of $7,650,267 in 1986, then the largest prize ever given by Loto-Québec. The trials and troubles of the Lavigueur family have since become entrenched in Quebec popular culture for various reasons: the fact that a poor family became multimillionaires overnight; the intervention of a stranger who found the lottery ticket lost by the family's father; the judicial saga of one of the family's daughters, the only member of the family to not have participated in the purchase of the winning ticket, suing her father for a fraction of the jackpot; the subsequent family disputes that tore apart the family which dissipated its fortune, all of which received wide coverage in the mainstream media of Quebec. Jackpot The Lavigueurs lived in Centre-Sud, a neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec. Jean-Guy Lavigueur had been unemployed for a year and a half after having worked for 34 years at U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Film
The Diamond Film () is a film award recognising domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Diamond Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold 1,000,000 cinema tickets or more during the original circulation. The award is initiated by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund in addition to the Golden Film for 100,000 visitors, the Platinum Film for 400,000 visitors, and the Crystal Film for 10,000 visitors of a documentary film. History The first Diamond Film was awarded to '' Black Book'' (2006) on 31 January 2007. The director of the Netherlands Film Festival presented the trophies to the producer San Fu Maltha, director Paul Verhoeven, and the film cast, during a dinner for the film crew and cast organized by San Fu Maltha. ''Black Book'' was the first film since the introduction of Dutch box office awards in 2001 that reached an audience of one million visitors. ''Black Book'' had a budget of € The euro sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Cohen
Horace Joshua Cohen (born October 15, 1971) is an American-Dutch actor and comedian. His career has spanned various roles in Dutch cinema and international projects, including "Brush with Fate" (2003), "Black Out" (2012), and the Golden Film award-winning "Amsterdam Vice" (2019). In addition to his film work, Cohen has appeared in the soap opera "Goede tijden, slechte tijden," and participated in reality shows like "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" and "Wie is de Mol?". Career Film Cohen made his debut at age 15 as Henkie in the 1986 film ''Flodder'' directed by Dick Maas. This role was played by other actors in sequels and the spin-off television series. Cohen did make an appearance in small roles in the television series. In 2003, he played a role in the television film '' Brush with Fate''. In 2012, he played a role in the film '' Black Out'' directed by Arne Toonen. In 2019, he played a role in '' Amsterdam Vice'' (''Baantjer: Het Begin''), also by Arne Toonen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
