The infamous "Turkish Star Wars"

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From Nanarland.com

I endured Plan Nine From Outer Space. I survived Manos: Hands of Fate. I even staggered through to the end of Danger: Diabolik. But I was unprepared for The Man Who Saves the World, better known as Turkish Star Wars. This film should be classified as a mind-altering substance.

Notorious for ripping space battle footage from Star Wars and jamming it at random into a "find the magic sword and kill the evil wizard" movie shot in Turkey on a budget that wouldn't buy a chai latte, this also shamelessly borrowed soundtrack music from Flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica and Raiders of the Lost Ark. You also get toilet paper monsters, red felt monsters, a magic sword made of balsa wood, a human brain in a box and a training sequence that involved our hero hitting rocks repeatedly.

Commentary by Vancouver's Urban Improv brought back fond memories of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

This unique cinematic experience was provided by the Evil Film School , a monthly night of the most bizarre films ever made at Blim 197, E.17th and Main. Previous entries include Incubus, the world's only feature film shot in Esperanto and starring William Shatner. Next month, on the last Saturday, comes a night of Mexican wrestlers fighting Aztec mummies.

Ever since the late, lamented Blinding Light!! cinema closed, I've been looking for something like this.

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That was the funniest thing I've ever seen :) (Despite the guy in the back trying to get in on the wisecracking)

Posted by: J-Ray at June 30, 2007 4:37 PM | Quote Comment

Actually, Wikipedia says Incubus is actually the second feature film made in Esperanto.

Posted by: Peter Tupper at June 30, 2007 6:27 PM | Quote Comment

i'm not sure why, but i thought they were playing this NEXT month! dang!

Posted by: connie at July 1, 2007 10:27 AM | Quote Comment

Not entirely sure why my behemoth of a comment reply to this never posted. Something strange brewin' in them murky internet ether.

But yeah, the ultra-condensed version:

Good post, you could turn out to be one of my favourite reads on here. And clips can be found on youtube.

Posted by: Emily at July 1, 2007 7:54 PM | Quote Comment

Man! I wish I had known about this in advance! I'll have to show up there next month.

Posted by: aaron at July 4, 2007 10:39 AM | Quote Comment

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