The Amazing True Story of Turkish Star Wars - Deja View
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- The incredible story of the most audacious rip-off ever made: "Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam" - "The Man Who Saves the World."
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This video is based in part on interviews I conducted with the filmmakers in Istanbul in 2016 and uses never-before-seen HD footage from the sole surviving 35mm film print. If you like it, PLEASE SHARE IT! (Thx!)
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FURTHER READING:
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Öğünç, Pınar. Jet Rejisör Çetin İnanç. Beyoğlu, İstanbul: Roll, 2006. 34-35. Print.
Remake Remix Rip-Off. Dir. Cem Kaya. Drop-Out Cinema, 2014. Film.
Tombs, Pete. “Dracula in Istanbul.” Mondo Macabro: Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998. 103-15. Print.
Famous actor starring Cuneyt Arkin passed away this morning. He was the hero for generations of Turkish youth. Rest in peace Kara Murat🥲
So he basically invented RUclips fan movies, decades before youtube was launched. Respect!
Per Normann lol i was thinking the same thing
Except he's a criminal who stole other people's work.
He sweded the movie!
Per Normann Starcrash I love that film,you should watch death race 2000 it’s a great movie 🎥
ruclips.net/video/D6K6ETASu1E/видео.html
As a half Turkish guy I am incredibly proud of this work of genius
I am in no way Turkish and even i loved the film, yes it "borrowed" footage and music from other stuff, but the plot was its own and the cast put 110% of themselves into it
Say what you want, but you can't deny that the people who made this movie seemed to have a huge love for movies. It might look silly, but when you see _how_ this movie was made, I'd say this is real dedication.
Cüneyt Arkın Dead😭😭😭😭😭
28.06.22
O Türk Halkının Kahramanıydı.
RIP Cüneyt Arkın. If you had only made THIS film, you would be a cult figure. But you are a cult figure for a lifetime of classic movies. I haven't seen any one of your films other than this, but you are definitely unique. You will be missed.
This film is always a good laugh material for Turkish people. But now thinking about it, George Lucas got laughed at when trying to publish Star Wars. He was faced with many difficulties as well and forced to use somewhat different and unique techniques to overcome them. Even though the cheap solutions and stolen content of Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam, I like how the story of these two films are alike.
After watching this video I can't help to think that the movie might be crap and that they were really quite brazen to steal all that footage, but that the crew behind this movie had a lot of love for movies and lots and lots of dedication.
you make the plot sound more exciting than it actually is lmfao
The plot is actually pretty exciting thing is that the way it was executed could've been let's say "better"
I suggest you take a look at another Turkish film "Tourist Ömer Star Trek".
Thanks! In fact, I already did: ruclips.net/video/E6aEYd-U0pk/видео.html :)
Hasan Kaya kardeşim kusura bakma ama we ve already reziled. Ayrıca birçok sci-fi'cı gayet de beğenmiş. Kaldı ki Star Trek Turist Omer edition bu filmden daha iyi.
BigPatato hshsjsjs
Hasan Kaya 😂😂😂
Hasan Kaya fazla takılmamak lazım. Kaldı ki videoyu yapan olayın her yönüyle yaklaşmış. Bütçenin az olması , yapılan hazırlıkların fırtınada yok olmasına rağmen filmi bir şekilde yapması....olmuş bitmiş şeyler. Aci olan para ve teknik acıdan iyi olmalarına rağmen günümüzdeki reklam , dizi ve sinema sektörü daha da kötü vaziyette. Kopyalamak , kötü oyunculuk , absürd bile olamayacak saklabanliklar.... o yüzden eski filmler herseye ragmen daha güzel. Iyi eğlenceler.😀😀😀
Im Turkish and all this much information you found about this movies production is amazing. Kudos!
Thank you!
You had me at, Ottoman Empire Strikes Back!
😭😭😂😂😂
Star Turkey: the ultimate copyright infringement
The man who saved the world. Saved my day also :)))
"a storm decimates their sets" so Cetin Inanc told...He lied...I'm sure of it...He's a filmdirector who completes 2 films a month....
That's what I thought. Shades of The Creeping Terror.
“He never films a secene twice” says his co workers
The main actor passed away today…
The Last Turkish Jedi!
:p xd
"The Ottoman Empire strike back" 😭😭😂😂😂
This video made me realise how intellectual some people are, even knowing about the "Son of the Man Who Saved The World" attempt at cashing in on GORA's success.
This video is researched far better than it needs be. Great job.
Cuneyt Arkin just passed away two days ago. He was a great actor . his other movies are so good. He was very handsome when he was young. And what I heard it that he was not very happy at the beginning when the movie became cult favorite years after. I guess he later on enjoyed it.
5:43 they had a test screening with George Lucas lol boss move
"Now that's what I call Star Wars" I immediately put that on a shirt and bought it
Ah the film that started the Turkish film legend, or legend about Turkish films maybe? At any rate, it seems to be the first Turkish film most people hear about.
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400KrispyKremes I didn't think Turks were all that into movies back then, never heard about this before thought it was star crash or some other shit so never gave it a look!!!!?
400KrispyKremes shit gotta see this now looks too good to miss!!!!!!!
+CharlesLeeRay why ? I'm turkish and i love films so i'm really wondering.
Barış Demir what???????
Some golden stuff from my country's old times
I have to say - all of this shows: if you want to make a movie, you'll find a way to make a movie!
I'll never forget the day I found out about Turkish Star Wars from SomethingAwful.
Great review.
Durun beyler Turist Ömer Uzayda henüz keşfedilmedi asıl o zaman rezil olucaz
O deilde asıl Türk Exorcist'i keşfetmesinler
Hafif psikopat asdasd :D
Niye rezil oluon mk diyenlerin hepsi akp li kesin :) kuru milliyetçi :)
Sadri Alışık Babanın sırf varlığı 10 üzerinden 7 puan eder.
Hafif psikopat zuhahahahha bende ondan korkuyodum aynen
You should help the director make the sequel in the same vein as the original! And with a budget just as small! I like it when the movies make grand, epic sci-fi things happen out of basically nothing.
It was unfortunately made. It's one of the worst movies ever created.
thats genius. heck you could make seminal or simpler VSFX in the backyard with the help of new software for impressive visuals(something you can see in youtube)
@CharlesLeeRay I agree as a Turkish
@Ege Efecik
_"It was unfortunately made. It's one of the worst movies ever created."_
Maybe. But I am still under the impression that the people behind this movie made it with a lot of passion for movies and with lots of dedication. Something you can't say about a lot of crap that comes from Hollywood or, since I am german, from a lot of german movie makers nowadays.
@@egeefecik5508 yes , because Turkish movies except great ceylan , became mocking movies of themselves. there is nothing bad or mocking about old Turkish movies. they have a soul and great acting. and emotional , funny in a real good way.
Original Star Wars is a great movie, but the Turkish version is pure art.....!
Thank you for getting out this information on the production of the movie, I had never before heard that the reason they stole Star Wars footage was because their own starship sets were destroyed, this changes everything and makes the production far less shady then it actually was. (I mean, it's still stolen footage, but at least they tried first!) One thing however, you state that the movie made money, but everything else I've seen, including an interview with Cunyet Arkin says that the production bankrupted the studio, as it didn't come close to making enough money. In his own words they "saved the world but lost the producer."
It couldn't have bankrupted the studio; Mehmet Karahafız and Çetin İnanç went on to make many more films under the Anıt Film banner.
@@NeonHarbor Strange. I'll try to find that interview, and link it here if I do. Maybe I misread it.
@@NeonHarbor Okay, found the quote mentioned a couple of times on the IMDB thread of this movie, but so far I still can't find the video again where Cunyet actually said this yet, so I guess consider them unverified.
"By the way, Cuneyt Arkin is also famous for his saying about this film, "We saved the world, but bankrupted the producer!"
"and the company which produced Dünyayý Kurtaran Adam went bankrupt after that movie."
Source link: www.imdb.com/title/tt0182060/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
@@exidy-yt Interesting! But nevertheless untrue. Perhaps he misremembered?
@@exidy-yt he probably said, "it was a risk. If it failed, we would have lost the producer"
And why SHOULD they have any shame? They got the film made, it worked, and it made a ton of money. Although I kinda wish all the original footage that was cut still existed. I presume it probably doesn't, but it should be interesting if someone manages to get a ... okay, somewhat official ... release of the film.
I dont know how this popped up in my recommended feed but I sure as hell am happy it did! My friends and I for years were finding out about these random turkish films that never made it outside the country, especially the star wars and rambo versions. Laughing our asses off. Im glad theres somebody on YT giving these gems attention and love the behind the scene info.
Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you!
It may well be my cynicism spilling through but i would actually prefer movies like these over the bloated cgi fest that is a majority of modern movies, granted, this movie stole alot of footage and used unlicensed music, but at the same time i find this movie charming, simply because its honest, and helped by a simple storyline and enduring characters. I dont know about independent movie makers but you can bet there aint gonna be movies like these anymore.
Never say never brother
Some spoilt brats who never touched grass, are going to be triggered at your comment.
You’re amazing, Ed. Appreciate everything youve done! so many people are content to just laugh at these movies from overseas without understanding the people who make them or the culture they come from.
Wow, thanks Amber!!
I wonder if Çetin İnanç has ever considered an animated remake of his movie. If he were to partner with the right companies, he would probably be able to produce his original vision. Also, I wonder if this channel will cover the dozens of Star Wars knockoffs that have been made in the future.
This channel is golden, just found out about it and I love the Deja View videos. Great work.
Thank you!
Ed, you're always informative and entertaining. Thanks for the great video.
Thanks Gail!
How many movies and musics do you want to steal?
Turkish film maker: YES
That's epic, a ton of knowledge and good sound i love it.
I would love to see the interview footage you have in this video with Inac and Tulgar.
I'd like to make more of it available in the not too distant future.
and Cüneyt arkin.
Ed. This may be your best one yet
Thanks so much!
So much better and more interesting than all these new Disney Star Wars movie!
Bu filmin oynatıldığı dönemde sinema afişini hatırlıyorum. O dönem için yine de bence iyi yapılmış bu film. Sadece çalıntı sahneler olmasaymış iyiymiş.
1970 lerin pek çok filminden iyi bence
One of the best english resource about the movie... good work
A great movie to watch with a bunch of friends.
Okay now that was a great video. You did your research well sir!
Fantastic video - great production values
Thank you!
:,D
Its already a classic. Just like "Manos: The Hands of Fate" or "Plan 9 from Outer Space" . A movie doesn't have to be 'good' to be entertaining. This is show business. If a movie is good watch it, if it's bad don't watch it, if it's too bad absolutely watch it! It's all about entertainment.
Hope this makes it onto a blu-ray! And nobody has made a line of action figures for it yet?! And what happened to the hour cut out of the movie - did they actually use it for a second unrelated movie?
Nope, all that extra footage is gone now, sadly.
"now that's what I call Star wars" I'm dieing with laughter
Hi Ed, it's nice to know the background story for Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam. Even we Turkish people doesn't really know what was happened back then. Right now, I'm really curious about the sole surviving 35mm film print. Will there be a newly restored HD release?
Thanks Özgür! I'm currently working to find a way to get the film restored and released, but it's a slow process for many reasons, as I'm sure you can understand.
Well that's great news. Currently I'm working with a well-known Turkish RUclips channel focusing on movies and TV series, so if there's any help needed about the Turkish community, just let me know.
Thanks Özgür!
Neon Harbor will you be able to release it with all the plagiarized material though? Or will you try to produce new music and CGI space scenes in line with the creators' vision?
There are no plans to replace the footage or music.
You guys deserve more viewers. Impressive research, editing and pronunciation :)
It deserves an Oscar!
Well, in basically a couple of months they made a montage of a lot of sources into a sort of comprehensible stuff.. Thata amazing
this video made me respect the movie
The cast is proud and should be proud, they've made more than just Turkish citizens smile, its one of those movies like "The Room" the movie is so bad that its great.
I still don't understand how they got away with using the star wars footage and raiders music.
The short version is: There was little copyright enforcement in Turkey, and the film was made for exclusively Turkish audiences, so Hollywood copyright holders would not have seen it.
Pretty standard! I think Taiwan did the same thing as well since they're not in the Berne Convention.
They only do copyright alot of money is in it but this would of not did any damage to stars wars, and yeah not alot lf copy right was done then and come on they were just trying to make the kids happy
Better than The Last Jedi lol
Indeed
And made with much more heart, soul, dedication and passion for movies.
At least TLJ has far better special effects.
Can we consider this movie as a pioneer of remix aesthethic?..... Seriously speaking
I don't see why not. The only caveat is that the "remixing" was born of necessity, rather than striving for a remix aesthetic per se.
I am late here but I seen this many years ago... its still more entertaining that anything Star Wars after Return of the Jedi
Thanks for the mention Ed, awesome video.
Thanks for sharing the discovery of the Euro International Films logo!
There is also Turkish E.T. which is named "Badi" , even much worse...
*¡enjoyed at 11:01 pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, 9 December 2022!*
Worthy of mention that Turkish Star Wars having shots from 1962 Sodom and Gomorrah essentially means that if this movie is now transferred to HD, it means that the only instance of Sodom and Gomorrah ever being remotely close to HD is in this
as of now it doesn't even have a proper uncut DVD release, let alone restored.
He reminds me of Dragon Lee when he was kicking & smashing Rocks! 🥊🥋
I love this video. Are there any plans to release any copies of the print so that we can see the actual film in all of its glory? As a film buff... and Star Wars nut it would be amazing to have the opportunity to watch this disasterpiece.
Thanks Aaron! There will be a screening in London and Glasgow on May 4: www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2018/remakesploitation-presents-turkish-star-wars-1982/
matchboxcineclub.com/2018/03/27/turkish-star-wars-2k/
No immediate plans for after that, but the goal is to find a distributor!
I seriously can't believe Cuneyt Arkin, thr man who has quite good performances and really good work in his career agreed for this film.
Seriously, the man who had Alin Yazisi on his belt shouldn't have agreed to this.
He had a lot of ridicilous action movies. But they were intentionally comical and weren't really serious.
Besides, Arkin performed all his own stunts, considering he jumps from a running horse to aother horse, manages to do acrobatics on horseback, does flicks and all, they were still somewhat respectable.
But this movie is just ridicilous, even for that era of turkish cinema
@@subutaynoyan5372 this movie is cult now. and he became famous internationally. he made many people happy .and it is important.
@@subutaynoyan5372 no way, this is ridiculous
Did the pink yetti head come off as he plumited of that tiny Cliff????
The sequel should be "The Empire Turks Back"
This is way too quality channel for 3k subs. I am amazed that you still continue to make good videos.
And thank you for making a serious video on this subject.
It is a shame we don't have any photos of that set.
And it is a shame that we don't have an extended edition and some director's cut and another version with alternate ending.
But really, that would be great to see uncut version.
Thank you! Unfortunately, all of that extra footage is almost certainly destroyed.
Actually, this is a Greek movie called Ο άνθρωπος που έσωσε τον κόσμο which means the same thing and Çetinas İnançous(Çetin İnanç) is a Greek Intelligence Service officer.When movie turn out bad he and Cuneytous Arkınopoulos(GIS agent) infiltrate turkish movie world and made the movie look like a turkish movie to discreddit turkish film industry.You can't make this up.
Nice try. ;)
Mehmet Metehan Aydın *what a wonderful Greco-joke!*
tusagi kurdun
I love the now cd infomercial now that is gold.
Wow. Interesting work. 70s Turkish movies sucked. As a Turkish, I admit that. Yesilçam, that was our Hollywood, was good at making drama movies not sci-fi lol.
As a film fan from Egypt I really enjoyed your action movies particularly those starring Cuneyt Arkin. You guys made better action choreography than us despite Egypt being a powerhouse in Middle Eastern cinema
I realy enjoy your videos cant believe that you only have 3k subs.
Thanks Chris!
The AV Club just featured this video. Subscriptions will go higher. And you can say you found something cool before everyone else. :)
FYI There are many movie rip-offs here in the Philippines, not only the Turkish ones.
This is how Turkish soap opera came to be so popular...
...unintended practice?
If you watch any Cetin Inanc film, you'll find stolen footage and music. One of his films even borrows footage from The French Connection and you can see Gene Hackman in the shot.
To be honest better than Rise of Skywalker
That’s a Masterpiece thank you very much 🙏
My english is broken, i know. But this is not an obsticle to tell you about my appreciation to you, Ed.
PS. Thanks a lot)
!Great extra to the regular TMHSTW episode.
I'm shaking your hand, dude
Thanks so much!
Considering that Star Wars is one huge collection of rip offs, that provides a new perspective of who's more guilty than who. After all, George Lucas did become a billionaire with his plagiarism while others did not.
You can't see this kind of gung-ho, Italian job way of film making no more. This was the golden age of Turkish film making.
Ha ha ha eyvah eyvah nerden buldular la bunu! milletin agzina sakiz olduk lan:D bu film efsanedir yapmayin etmeyin:p
Bizde efsaneyse ecnebi memleketlerde de efsane. Hatta şöyle söylemeliyim ki, bu film sinema okullarında anlatılır ve hatta Çetin İnanç her yıl galalara davet edilir
Oh my favourite movie. Best Greek movie ever made!👏👏👏
Çaktırmayın beyler.
🤣🤣🤣
VaTaN HaYiNi
by the way cüneyt arkın is Turkish Chuck Norris
thers a k f c recipe idea
The question is.. what happened to the removed material from the director's cut?
I was a kid when I first saw this movie in 90s . Even when I was kid it was funny :)
this is gold~!!!
why does this channel look like a large corporate channel, but has only 5 k subs?
Thanks for these motivating comments. Although it seems like a milestone in Turkish Movie Industry, it still sucks. At least it can be watched in the branch of entertainment.
Nice! when is the HD version coming out on Blu-Ray?
Turkish people: what is HD?
@@DisgruntledPigumon Iam a turkish 😔✌️
@@DisgruntledPigumon and turkish movies and TV shows are SUCKS
R.I.P :(
amazing. thankyou!
RIP Cüneyt Arkın
This Week in Star Wars sent me here.
Is this the same Neon Harbor that I read about somewhere that is trying to clean up the original movie to HD quality on Bluray after finding the original prints? That would be awesome.
Also, there are two variations of this movie, they have two different translations for each. One is a more proper English translation and easier to read while the other is a much more literal translation, making the movie a bit more difficult to understand. They also have two different opening title/cast text crawls which differ by nearly 50 seconds.
I've been compiling a huge list of Star Wars rip-offs, inspirations, homages (etc) and I have so far found both versions of this one movie :D
Same Neon Harbor!
Yep; two versions. The more common one is the "studio archive" version. It's been cut down a little (possibly censorship) and has some weird errors - pieces of a scene stuck oddly at the end, and a long stretch where the audio is very out of sync. This version was probably transferred to Betacam many years after it was originally released.
The other version is from the Çekelez Video release. It is much more complete, and the color is better. Probably because the transfer was done shortly after the film was made. However, as it's from VHS/Betamax, the fidelity is lower.
That's cool, I hope the restoration project is going well. A restored version would be a very awesome addition to my collection :D
I did notice the colors were a bit better than the other, I made note of that when I was making up a blurb on IMDB about it last year. I would like to think that if it the changes were due to censorship that there is a certain irony because of the copyright violations of footage and soundtracks that were lifted in order to make it in the first place. Not quite the same thing, but an interesting parallel.
There are no plans for a Blu-ray release (looking for a brave distributor), but if you happen to be in London next week... neonharbor.com/new-hd-scan-of-cult-film-turkish-star-wars-to-premiere-may-4/
lol, thanks for the offer, but London might be a bit for me to drive. There's some water I would have to navigate between Michigan and London :D
Oh man this was great :)
Also dude, good editing ,good voice. Subbed.
Thanks Tomi!
Been ages since I've done one of these vids. I hope to do more in the future.
no I'm with you, that plot for the sequel actually sounds like a plot I'd watch
I wish that his props were never destroyed... 😞😞😞
Kapadokya yı dünyaya tanıttı yılda 100 milyon $ gelir sağlıyor
RIP Cüneyt Arkın 1937-2022
As a modernday turkish kid i was amazed at how much material they stole to make that average movie. Film logic was so eighties turkish film scene
Legendary Turkish cultmovie. With so less money and chances, the director created a blockbuster in very harsh times (military coup & martial law).