Slappy and the Stinkers
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| Directed by | Barnet Kellman |
| Produced by | Martha Chang |
| Written by | Robert Wolterstorff Mike Scott |
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| Music by | Craig Safan |
| Cinematography | Paul Maibaum |
| Edited by | Jeff Wishengrad |
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Slappy and the Stinkers is a 1998 adventure/comedy film directed by Barnet Kellman. The film stars B. D. Wong and Bronson Pinchot. The film revolves around a group of children who try to save an abused sea lion from a greedy circus owner.
At prestigious private school, Dartmoor Academy, the principal, Morgan Brinway is forcing the second-graders to study opera appreciation. Five feisty kids (leader Sonny, contraption making Loaf, movie loving Domino, sympathetic albeit tough Lucy, and the reluctant participating Witz), nicknamed the "Stinkers" by Mr. Brinway, are secretly skipping class to create chaos on the school grounds. Witz becomes the test pilot for a flying chair, one of Sonny's newest ideas. The Stinkers go to Groundskeeper Roy's shed and steal his leaf blower. Before that, they stole Mr. Brinway's desk chair. The Stinkers fail to notice that the leaf blower was not entirely duct taped onto the desk chair. When turned it on, the leaf blower flew off the contraption but left Witz sitting in the chair. The leaf blower was heading straight for Mr. Brinway's new convertible, but the leaf blower ran out of gas before it destroyed the car. Roy accidentally obliterates the car's side door with his lawn mower blade. Mr. Brinway warns the Stinkers they will be expelled if they mess up one more time, they soon rebel while trying to keep a low profile and are involved in even more misadventures.
When the kids discover sea lion Slappy during an aquarium field trip, Sonny and the others decide to free him by smuggling him back onto the school bus and hide him in Mr. Brinway's hot tub; as a form of celebrating their success, they have a party. After Mr. Brinway arrives home earlier than usual, the Stinkers retrieve Slappy and hide him at Witz's house. Roy mistakes the sea lion for a giant gopher and sets out to kill him. Animal thief Anthony Boccoli plans to steal Slappy and sell him to a Bulgarian circus.
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