Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek (Turkish: Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda) is a 1973 Turkish cult comedy/drama science fiction film, produced and directed by Hulki Saner, featuring Sadri Alışık as a Turkish hobo who is beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise.
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| Directed by | Hulki Saner |
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| Produced by | Hulki Saner |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
Background
editThe film, which is the eighth and final in a series of films featuring Alışık as Ömer the Tourist, is commonly known as Turkish Star Trek because of plot and stylistic elements lifted from several Star Trek: The Original Series episodes. The plot and dialogue are almost verbatim from "The Man Trap", with borrowings from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" and "I, Mudd" (a collection of androids), "Arena" (Kirk battles a Gorn-like creature), and "Amok Time" (Kirk and Spak are forced to fight each other), as well as the unauthorized use of special effects footage from the series.[1] Although unofficial and part of another franchise, it is the first movie taking place in Star Trek universe, filmed six years before the official motion picture.
Plot
edit- (character names and spellings taken from the film's credits)[2]
The Enterprise visits planet M-113, where Doktor McCoy's old girlfriend Nancy, and her husband Profesör Crater, harbor a secret. "Nancy" is really a shapeshifting creature who kills for salt. When Nancy kills several crewmen, Profesör Crater pulls Ömer, on the point of being forced into a shotgun wedding, from his time zone, reasoning that Kaptan Kirk and Mr. Spak will blame him for the murders of the crewmen. Ömer beams aboard the Enterprise, creating havoc, especially irritating Mr. Spak. During the course of the movie, Kirk battles androids, a Gorn-like creature and even Mr. Spak, after Nancy assumes the shape of Ti-Pau, a Vulcan. The creature is defeated by Kirk, Spak and McCoy, and Ömer returns to his shotgun wedding.
Complete Cast
editPer film billing order, and with spellings taken from the credits:
- Sadri Alışık as Ömer
- Erol Amaç as Mr. Spak
- Cemil Şahbaz as Kaptan Kirk
- Ferdi Merter as Doktor McCoy
- Kayhan Yıldızoğlu as Profesör Crater
- Elif Pektaş as Jenice
- Şule Tınaz as Nancy Crater
- Oytun Şenal as Green
- Füsun Olgaç as Uhura
- Nevhilal as Mary
- Necip Koçak as Darnell
- Nermin Altınses as Ti-Pau
- Yılmaz Şahin as Scoty
- Nuri Uğur as Sulu
- Yılmaz Suiller as Zenci
- Neslihan Özgür as Tayfa
- Sönmez Yıkılmaz as Herkül
- Yadigar Kırmızıgül as Canavar
- Kazım Oğuz as Joe
Filming
editThe planet-side scenes were filmed in the ruins of Ephesus.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Turkish Star Trek [Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda] - Deja View. YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda | Sadri Alışık Eski Türk Filmi Tek Parça. YouTube.
- ^ Roberts, Andy (19 July 2016). "It's Star Trek, Jim, but not as we know it: The bizarre story of Turkey's 1973 Star Trek rip-off". The Telegraph.
External links
edit- Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda at IMDb
- https://www.somethingawful.com/movie-reviews/turist-omer-star/1/ Something Awful Review
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQJcqUZDFPU Restored Version of the Film