»Chop Chop« is a comedy about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people, love when it's least expected, and landing the biggest fish of all ... Dennis and Carl are brothers who live on a small farm in the country. None too bright Dennis wants a girlfriend for Christmas. Carl makes sure that Dennis gets just that when he meets Rita at the local pub. She is on the run from her husband and she doesn't turn down the chance to hide away at Carl and Dennis'. One festive evening, aided and abetted by Carl, Dennis and Rita, Finn who also lives at the farmhouse takes a few to many of his homemade acid toffees. And suddenly Carl and Dennis find themselves with a major problem, a girl to manage and inquisitive neighbours ...
| Original title | Fukssvansen |
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| Danish title | Fukssvansen |
| Director | Niels Arden Oplev |
| Screenplay | Niels Arden Oplev, Håkan Lindhé |
| Producer | Sisse Graum Jørgensen |
| Director of Photography | Lars Vestergaard |
| Editor | Søren B. Ebbe |
| Composer | Jacob Groth |
| Appearance | Anders W. Berthelsen, Martin Buch, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Thomas Bo Larsen |
| Production country | Denmark, Sweden |
| Production company | Zentropa Entertainments |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
| International sales | TrustNordisk |
| Technical info | 35 mm, Widescreen, color, Sound |
| Danish theatrical release | 02.11.2001 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar, Palads, Grand, Gladsaxe Bio, Værløse Bio, BioCity (Tåstrup), Ballerup, Albertslund Bio, CinemaxX, Empire, Kinopalæet (Lyngby) samt 34 biografer i provinsen. |
| DFI subsidy | 60 / 40 støtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Production company | Zentropa Entertainments |
| Domestic distribution | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Niels Arden Oplev |
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| Script | Niels Arden Oplev |
| Script | Håkan Lindhé |
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| Producer | Sisse Graum Jørgensen |
| Executive producer | Peter Aalbæk Jensen |
| Production assistant | Sarita Christensen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Lars Vestergaard |
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| Stills | Lars Høgsted |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Søren B. Ebbe |
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Music |
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| Music | Jacob Groth |
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Appearance |
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| Carl | Anders W. Berthelsen |
| Dennis | Martin Buch |
| Rita | Sidse Babett Knudsen |
| Finn | Thomas Bo Larsen |
| Anton | Tommy Kenter |
| Elly | Birthe Neumann |
| Erwin | Peter Aude |
| Appearance | Samy Andersen |
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