Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek

Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek
Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek
	Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Hulki Saner
Written by	Ferdi Merter [tr]; George Clayton Johnson (uncredited);
Produced by	Hulki Saner
Starring	Sadri Alışık; Kayhan Yıldızoğlu; Cemil Şahbaz; Elif Pektaş; Ferdi Merter; Erol Amaç; Füsun Olgaç; Şule Tınaz; Oytun Şenal; Necip Koçak; Nermin Altınses;
Cinematography	Çetin Gürtop; Özdemir Öğüt;
Release date	1973;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

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.

Background

The 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

(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

Per 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

The planet-side scenes were filmed in the ruins of Ephesus.^[3]

References

^ 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

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

[1] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Turkish Star Trek [Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda] - Deja View. YouTube.

[2] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda | Sadri Alışık Eski Türk Filmi Tek Parça. YouTube.

[3] 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.

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