The Little Rascals DVDs
The Little Rascals is a 1994 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 short subjects of the 1920s, 1930s, and
1940s (later broadcast on television as The Little
Rascals), which centered around the adventures of a
group of neighborhood children. The film, with a
screenplay by Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur, and Penelope
Spheeris — who also directed — presents several of the
Our Gang characters in an updated setting, and features
re-interpretations of several of the original shorts. It
was the first collaboration by Guay & Mazur, whose
subsequent comedies were Liar Liar and Heartbreakers.
The film grossed a worldwide total of
$67,308,282[1]Spanky is the president of the "He-Man
Womun Haters Club" with many school-aged boys from
around the neighborhood as members. His best friend,
Alfalfa, has been chosen as the driver for the club's
prize-winning go-kart, "The Blur", in the annual Soap
Box Derby style race. However, when the announcement is
made, Alfalfa is nowhere to be found.
The boys catch Alfalfa in the company of Darla -- "a
girl!" The club's members try their hardest to break the
two apart, eventually causing their beloved clubhouse to
burn down. Darla is mistakenly led to believe Alfalfa
feels ashamed of her, so she turns her attentions to
Waldo, the new kid whose father is an oil tycoon. Spanky,
Stymie and friends judge Alfalfa's punishment to be left
guarding the go-kart day and night until the day of the
race. Until that day comes, Alfalfa makes many attempts
to woo back Darla including a visit to her ballet
rehearsal, an undelivered love letter, and through
serenade.
In order to rebuild their clubhouse, the boys try to
fund-raise the cost of lumber, $450. The littlest ones,
Porky and Buckwheat, unknowingly come up with $500.
Their school teacher finds out about the scheme, but
Spanky convinces her to use the funds as prize money for
the go-kart derby.
"The Blur" is stolen by local bullies Butch and Woim. In
addition to having to rebuild the clubhouse, the boys
now need a new set of wheels. They band together to
build "Blur 2: The Sequel." Prior to race day, Spanky
and Alfalfa reconcile and decide to ride in the two-seat
go-kart together. They hope to win the prize money and
the trophy, to be presented to the victors by the
greatest racer of all, "A.J. Ferguson."
Butch and Woim make several sneaky attempts to stop
Alfalfa and Spanky from winning the race. Waldo, who
(seemingly) kicks out Darla from his race car, pulls a
few tricks of his own. It's a wild race to the finish,
but "Blur 2" crosses the finish line ahead of the pack,
despite the many scrapes and crashes throughout the
derby.
Along with first prize, Alfalfa also wins back Darla's
heart after it turns out that Darla kicked Waldo out of
the car, not the other way around. Spanky, meanwhile, is
shocked at the trophy presentation when he finally meets
his favorite driver, A.J. Ferguson -- "a girl!"
As soon as the club house is rebuilt, the boys
collectively have a change of heart toward membership
and welcome Darla and friends to their club, with "Women
Welcome" added to the sign.
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