The ButterCream Gang

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The neutrality of this article is disputed.
Please see the discussion on the talk page.(May 2008)
Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.

The ButterCream Gang
Directed by	Bruce Neibaur
Produced by	Forrest S. Baker III Don A. Judd
Written by	Forrest S. Baker III
Starring	Jason Johnson Michael D. Weatherred
Music by	Kurt Bestor
Cinematography	T.C. Christensen
Editing by	Stephen L. Johnson Lori Petersen
Distributed by	Feature Films for Families KOAN
Release date(s)	1992
Running time	93 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Followed by	The ButterCream Gang in Secret of Treasure Mountain
Official website
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

The ButterCream Gang is a 1992 children's direct-to-video film produced by Feature Films for Families, with music by Kurt Bestor.

1 Plot
2 Explanation of title
3 Production
4 Availability
5 Cultural impact
6 Sequels
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Plot

Pete Turner (Weatherred) is the leader of a good-deed-doing group, the ButterCream Gang, in the small rural town of Elk Ridge. Moving away to attend school in Chicago, Pete nominates Scott Carpenter (Johnson) to become the new leader of their small band.

Together with fellow ButterChurners, Eldon and Lanny, Scott provides help for community members such as the widow Mrs. Jenkins.

While living with his aunt in Chicago, Pete comes under the influence of a local street gang. Neglecting his school work and participating in petty crime, Pete is expelled and sent back to Elk Ridge.

Pete turns heads with his new style of dress. Scott notices Pete shoplifts some treats for the gang.

Uninterested in participating in the ButterChurners' charitable acts, Pete starts a gang with two local bullies. He leads them into acts of vandalism, theft, and intimidation.

When Scott confronts Pete about his misdeeds their conflict leads to escalating violence.

Scott's Baseball Coach, Reverend Willde, teaches him about Mahatma Gandhi's use of nonviolent resistance to deal with opposition. Scott's father teaches him about unconditional love, which he uses to try to redeem his friend. Pete's gang repays his kindness with malicious pranks and assaults.

Pete attempts to get back to Chicago by staging his "kidnapping". With help from a wicked man, money is demanded from Pete's grandfather under threat of Pete's life. But Scott and his friends, taking this at face value, attack the man.

Angrily, Pete tells them off and runs off to the grocery store, where he demands money. The grocer refuses to let him rob him by offering to give him the money. Flabergasted by this, Pete attacks the store's goods— terrorizing the shoppers— and causes a terrible mess. After Scott arrives, Pete breaks down and runs away.

Later in the year, Scott is read an newspaper article that Pete has started a new ButterCream Gang in Chicago.

[edit] Explanation of title

The ButterCream Gang was formed several decades prior to the storyline during the war. The local women were left unable to churn butter with their men gone. A group of boys began going around town to help them do this (hence the name) and other chores. Over the years, the group expanded and eventually came to do all sorts of helpful things for the locals.

[edit] Production

The ButterCream Gang was filmed in Draper and Riverton, Utah.

[edit] Availability

The Buttercream Gang was released on VHS in 1992 by Feature Films for Families (Murray, Utah; OCLC 28037384).

In 1995, it was released with the title The Treehouse Gang: A ButterCream Gang Adventure on VHS by Feature Films for Families (Salt Lake City, Utah; OCLC 36876401).

A DVD version was released in 2002, 2003, and 2004 by Feature Films for Families (Murray, Utah; OCLC 54453178).

[edit] Cultural impact

The Buttercream Gang are an indie/post-punk/afro-beat band from San Francisco and Napa, California. [1]

[edit] Sequels

The ButterCream Gang in Secret of Treasure Mountain was the 1993 sequel.

[edit] References

This article does not cite any references or sources. (April 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.