and 35 years later, no movie made in Norway can even stand up to it's gross income or sold tickets.

5,5 million tickets sold in a country of 4,5 million norwegians....not bad

I think the podrace in The Phantom Menace is inspired by the race in Flåklypa.

I bought the remastered DVD from the Caprino website (<!-- m --><a href="http://www.caprino.no/shop/en/" target="_blank">http://www.caprino.no/shop/en/</a><!-- m -->) based on the number of lists this appears in, and I wasn't disappointed at all - a wonderful, fun film, and a pretty heavy influence on Aardman Animations, I reckon!