Kurt Turns Evil

{{short description|2008 animated film}}

{{use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|no|Kurt blir grusom}}

| director = Rasmus A. Sivertsen

| producer = Cornelia Boysen
Ove Heiborg

| screenplay = Per Schreiner
Karsten Fullu

| based_on = {{based on|Kurt blir grusom (1995)|Erlend Loe}}

| editing = Thor Sivertsen
Rasmus A. Sivertsen

| music = Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen
Ketil Skei
Eivind Andreas Skeie

| studio = Nordisk Film
Qvisten Animation

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| released = {{Film date|2008|10|31|df=yes}}

| runtime = 74 minutes

| country = Norway
Denmark

| language = Norwegian

| gross = $902,697

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Kurt Turns Evil ({{langx|no|Kurt blir grusom}}) is a 2008 animated children's film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen—in his directorial debut as sole director{{efn|Rasmus co-directed Captain Sabertooth (2003).{{cite news|url=https://montages.no/2021/01/analysen-kaptein-sabeltann-og-den-magiske-diamant-2019/|last=Bjarnason|first=Atli|date=6 January 2021|title=Analysen: Kaptein Sabeltann og den magiske diamant (2019)|trans-title=The Analysis: Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond (2019)|language=nb|work=Montages|access-date=5 November 2022}}}}—from a screenplay by Per Schreiner and Karsten Fullu, based on the 1995 book of the same name by Erlend Loe.{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/kurt-blir-grusom-_4_-1.6287413|last=Vestmo|first=Birger|date=30 October 2008|title=Kurt blir grusom (4)|trans-title=Kurt becomes cruel (4)|language=nb|work=NRK|access-date=5 November 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/film/article2464635.ece|last=Kjørholt|first=Dag|date=4 June 2008|title=Kurt blir grusom på film|trans-title=Kurt gets cruel on film|language=nb|work=Aftenposten|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605164054/https://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/film/article2464635.ece|archive-date=5 June 2008|access-date=5 November 2022}} A co-production between the Danish Nordisk Film and Norwegian Qvisten Animation, Kurt Turns Evil was produced by Cornelia Boysen and Ove Heiborg.{{cite news|url=https://www.berlingske.dk/filmanmeldelser/kurt-i-knibe|last=Sabroe|first=Iben Albinus|date=18 June 2009|title=Kurt i knibe|trans-title=Kurt in trouble|language=Danish|work=Berlingske|access-date=5 November 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=685235|title=Kurt blir grusom|trans-title=Kurt Gets Cruel|language=nb|work=Norsk filmografi|publisher=National Library of Norway|access-date=5 November 2022}} It was released in Norway on 31 October 2008 and grossed $902,697.