CRACKWHEEZEL – MOVIE PLOT

Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly

Monsiuer Henri Crackwheezel lives in Southern France, on the Mediterranean coast, in a beautiful windmill. He lives in the upper room, ascended by a ladder, with 3 level to his lovely but erratically designed house. His deceased wife's father lives in the windmill also, on the second floor, in his bedroom. There is also a main centre room on the second floor with crazy looking clocks and odd designs of invention, for Crackwheezel is a crazy inventor. His 3 children live on the ground floor, were they do the chores for the household, for father is useless, and grandfather always complains about his legs. Claudia is the oldest at 15, then Sebastian at 9 and Tina a 5. Crackwheezel enters competitions with his crazy inventions, and as the year 1922 turns over, the French Ministry of Science announces the National Emporium of Invention Competition is to take place, with an award for the most innovative invention. Crackwheezel attends the information session, where he runs into madamoiselle Gilbert, who he is enchanted by. He invites her to visit his windmill, and she is staggered by the crazy inventions. Crackwheezel had fame in his younger years for special tires which helped cars work wonderfully, and an adversary, Mr Blanc, spied him at the session and will work to defeat Crackwheezel's glory. Crackwheezel creates a great display at the seaside, of a gigantic fish tank which is self feeding and a good source to harvest fish from, and the scientists of the aware are impressed, but all goes wrong, and froth explodes everywhere. The children are rescued from the tank by Crackwheezel, but his adversary Mr Blanc has had his victory so far. They travel to northern france on the coast, and stay with Crackwheezel's auntie, who the grandfather takes an interest in, and by the seashore Crackwheezel, after soulsearching, comes up with his great invention. And it is a great invention, to redefine airflight forever, granting him victory in the award, and the fair hand of Madamoiselle Gilbert in marriage.

The End

Dick Van Dyke as Crackwheezel and Jack Lemmon as Mr Blanc, Lionel Jeffries as the grandfather and Natalie Wood as Madamoiselle Gilbert