Dünyayi kurtaran adam (1982)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Çetin Inanç

Writer:

Cüneyt Arkin (screenplay)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Although the movie borrows some background footage from Star Wars, the plot is mostly unrelated. |

Plot Keywords:

Wizard | Desert | Power Struggle | Blood | Spider

Cast

Cüneyt Arkin	...	Murat
Aytekin Akkaya	...	Ali
Füsun Uçar	...	Bilgin'in Kizi (as Füsün Uçar)
Hüseyin Peyda	...	Bilgin
Necla Fide	...	Kraliçe
Mehmet Ugur	...	Yaratik
Kadir Kök	...	Yaratik
Aydin Haberdar	...	Yaratik
Yadigar Ejder	...	Yaratik
Hikmet Tasdemir	...	Sihirbaz

Also Known As:

The Man Who Saves the World (USA) (literal English title)
Turkish Star Wars (USA) (bootleg title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Turkey

Language:

Turkish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

Anit Film

Trivia:

The material from Star Wars (1977) was spliced in from an anamorphic print, while this movie was shot in academy format, resulting in a non-correct aspect ratio during the Star Wars footage (e.g., the Death Star looks more like a Death Egg).

Quotes:

Bilgin: The Wizard touched the sword and the brain. At last what he wanted happened. Now he has the power to destroy the Earth. Save the world. Save the world! *Save the world!*

Movie Connections:

Edited from Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Main Theme

All that LSD finally made my brain melt

There were times when I was watching this film that I wondered, What must it have been like for the intended audiences when they first saw this nearly twenty years ago? did they rise up and hunt down the people who made this astoundingly derivative, shamelessly inept piece of camel dung and string them up from the nearest lamppost - or did it win the Turkish equivalent of the Oscar (the Osman?) for Best Picture? Still, I can't deny that it has certain charms. In fact, it's been a long time since I have laughed quite so hard at a bad movie that wasn't on Mystery Science Theater 3000. If you can find this one (and you might have some trouble - I had to get it from a guy in West Virginia and the print I saw was in Turkish only), rent it and watch it with a living room full of 'Star Wars' fans, liberally lubricated with a case of cheap beer. The finale must be seen to be believed.