Reodor works as a bicycle repairman, though he spends most of his time inventing weird Rube Goldberg-like contraptions.

Rudolph Gore-Slimey), has stolen his design for a race car engine and has become a world champion Formula One driver.

Solan secures funding from Arab oil sheik Ben Redic Fy Fazan (En.

In 1970, Ivo Caprino and his small team of collaborators started work on a 25-minute-long TV special, which would eventually become The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix.

Bjarne Sandemose (Caprino's principal collaborator throughout his career) built most of the props, sets, and cars and was in charge of the technical aspects of making the film.

When it came out in 1975, The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix was an enormous success in Norway, selling 1 million tickets in its first year of release.

[citation needed] A real Il tempo gigante car was used to promote the film, e.g. driving around the Hockenheimring between races.

The car also has an auxiliary jet-engine, but due to EU restrictions the vehicle is barely permitted to be used at all save for exclusive TV cameos.

[citation needed] The UK release featured the voice of well-known Formula One commentator Murray Walker.

In 2005, a digitally restored 30th-anniversary DVD was released which featured soundtracks and subtitles in five languages including Danish, English, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian.