A Long Hot Summer (film)

A Long Hot Summer
A Long Hot Summer
Directed by	Perttu Leppä
Written by	Perttu Leppä
Produced by	Johannes Lassila
Cinematography	Jyrki Arnikari
Edited by	Kimmo Taavila
Production; company	Talent House
Release date	26 March 1999 (Finland);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish
Budget	€880,000

A Long Hot Summer^[2] (Finnish: Pitkä kuuma kesä) is a 1999 Finnish rock comedy film written and directed by Perttu Leppä. It was the most popular youth film of the 1990s in Finland.^[3] The film, set in 1980, tells the story of a fictional rock band called Kalle Päätalo. Due to the film's popularity, the band started to tour around the country.^[4]

Cast[]

[fi] as Paavo "Patu" Taskinen, the manager and lyricist of the band Kalle Päätalo
[fi] as Noora, the driver of Kalle Päätalo
[fi] as Jukka Lajunen, the singer of Kalle Päätalo
Timo Lavikainen as Kukkonen, the drummer of Kalle Päätalo
Konsta Hiekkanen as Jimi, the guitarist of Kalle Päätalo
Olli Sorjonen as Kakkonen, the bassist of Kalle Päätalo
Aino Seppo as Patu's mother
Niina Stützle as Sanna, Patu's sister
Toni Wirtanen as Lärssi, the singer of The Vittupäät
Harri Tuovinen as Stuube, the bassist of The Vittupäät
Pauli Rantasalmi as Pate, the drummer of The Vittupäät^[5]
[fi] - Patun äiti
Niina Stützle - Sanna

References[]

^ "Pitkien elokuvien saama tuotantotuki" (PDF). ses.fi (in Finnish). The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
^ "Pitkä kuuma kesä (1999)". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
^ "Finnish Films 2008" (PDF). ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 28, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
^ Holm, Milla (June 29, 2011). "Kalle Päätalon keikkatahti ei hiljene". yle.fi (in Finnish). YLE. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
^ "Pitkä kuuma kesä (1999) – Credits". elonet.fi (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved November 5, 2011.