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'''''The Little Rascals''''' is a 1994 American family comedy film produced by Amblin Entertainment, and released by Universal Pictures on August 5, 1994. The film is an adaptation of Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'', a series of short films of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s (many of which were broadcast on television as ''The Little Rascals'') which centered on the adventures of a group of neighborhood children. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, who co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, the film presents several of the ''Our Gang'' characters in an updated setting, featuring re-interpretations of several of the original shorts. It is the first collaboration by Guay and Mazur, whose subsequent comedies were ''Liar Liar'' and ''Heartbreakers''. | |||
=== Plot === | |||
Mischievous youngsters Spanky (Travis Tedford) and Buckwheat (Ross Elliot Bagley) lead an anti-girl organization, and they pick their buddy Alfalfa (Bug Hall) to represent them in an all-important soapbox car rally. When the boys then find their driver canoodling with schoolmate Darla (Brittany Ashton Holmes), they decide they must break up the couple. Unfortunately, while Spanky and his pals are busy meddling in Alfalfa's affairs, their prized race car is nabbed by two young toughs. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* Travis Tedford as "Spanky" McFarland | * Travis Tedford as "Spanky" McFarland | ||
* Bug Hall as "Alfalfa" | * Bug Hall as "Alfalfa" | ||
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The Little Rascals is a 1994 American family comedy film produced by Amblin Entertainment, and released by Universal Pictures on August 5, 1994. The film is an adaptation of Hal Roach's Our Gang, a series of short films of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s (many of which were broadcast on television as The Little Rascals) which centered on the adventures of a group of neighborhood children. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, who co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur, the film presents several of the Our Gang characters in an updated setting, featuring re-interpretations of several of the original shorts. It is the first collaboration by Guay and Mazur, whose subsequent comedies were Liar Liar and Heartbreakers.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Mischievous youngsters Spanky (Travis Tedford) and Buckwheat (Ross Elliot Bagley) lead an anti-girl organization, and they pick their buddy Alfalfa (Bug Hall) to represent them in an all-important soapbox car rally. When the boys then find their driver canoodling with schoolmate Darla (Brittany Ashton Holmes), they decide they must break up the couple. Unfortunately, while Spanky and his pals are busy meddling in Alfalfa's affairs, their prized race car is nabbed by two young toughs.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Travis Tedford as "Spanky" McFarland
- Bug Hall as "Alfalfa"
- Brittany Ashton Holmes as Darla
- Kevin Jamal Woods as "Stymie",
- Jordan Warkol (voice dubbed by E. G. Daily) as "Froggy",
- Zachary Mabry as "Porky"
- Ross Bagley as "Buckwheat"
- Sam Saletta as "Butch"
- Blake Jeremy Collins as "Woim", Butch's friend and sidekick
- Blake McIver Ewing as Waldo Johnston
- Courtland Mead as "Uh-huh"
- Juliette Brewer as Mary Ann
- Heather Karasek as Jane
- Raven-Symoné as Stymie's girlfriend
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as the twin girls
- Mel Brooks as Mr. Welling
- Lea Thompson as Miss Roberts
- Daryl Hannah as Miss Crabtree
- Reba McEntire as A.J. Ferguson
- Whoopi Goldberg as Buckwheat's mother
- Donald Trump as Waldo Johnston II, Waldo's father
- Eric Edwards as Spanky's father
- Dan Carton as Alfalfa's father
- George Wendt as Lumber store guy