2001: A Space Travesty (2000)

Director:

Allan A. Goldstein

Writer:

Alan Shearman (writer)

Release Date:

17 November 2000 (Portugal)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Most Outer Spaced-Out Comedy Ever!

Plot:

Leslie Nielsen once again plays a bumbling detective in the vein of the 'Naked Gun' movies, but this time as Marshall Richard 'Dick' Dix...

Plot Keywords:

Spoof | Spoof Title | Saddam Hussein | Captain | Parody

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Richard 'Dick' Dix
Ophélie Winter	...	Cassandra Menage
Ezio Greggio	...	Captain Valentino Di Pasquale
Peter Egan	...	Dr. Griffin Pratt
Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld	...	Dr. Uschi Künstler (as Alexandra Kamp)
Damien Masson	...	Mr. President (as Damian Mason)
Pierre Edwards	...	Lt. Bradford Shitzu (as Pierre)
David Fox	...	Secretary Osgood
Sam Stone	...	Police Chief Halverson
Verona Pooth	...	Yetta Pussel (as Verona Feldbusch)
Michel Perron	...	Famous Tenor #1
Paul Rainville	...	Famous Tenor #2
Yvan Ducharme	...	Famous Tenor #3
Marc Hervieux	...	Famous Tenor Voice #1 (voice)
Perry Canestrari	...	Famous Tenor Voice #2 (voice)

Also Known As:

2000.1: A Space Travesty (USA) (promotional title)
2001: Une parodie de l'espace (Canada: French title)
2002 - Durchgeknallt im All (Germany)
Marshall Dick: Son of the Naked Gun (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for crude sexual humor.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Denmark:7 | Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Finland:K-11 | UK:12 | Australia:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Cinevent

Trivia:

The space shuttle that Marshal Dix takes to Vegan is owned by Pan Universe Airlines, the same company that owned the Mayflower 1 shuttle in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982).

Goofs:

Continuity: The position of black strap on the megaphone, as the officer speaks through it to the fast food order stand, changes.

Movie Connections:

References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Soundtrack:

In The Navy

Star Drek

Oh dear. Poor old Leslie Neilsen must be the only movie star who feels like the rest of us: every day he has to get up for work and do the same thing over and over and over again...

This so-called comedy is in the style of Neilsen's Naked Gun flicks, but the humour on display here is far removed from the inspired zaniness of that series of films. Neilsen's OK - he can do this kind of thing with his eyes shut, I imagine - but everything else about this film is bad. The female lead in this just about passes muster, but she only weighs about two stone, and the bad guy used to be Richard Briers' suave neighbour in Ever Decreasing Circles back in the 80s, so its just about impossible to see him as a real baddie.

The film itself doesn't really have much to do with 2001 - in fact it looks more like a take on the Men in Black flicks, although films of every genre are referenced throughout. It does get marginally better in the last 20 minutes when the three tenors give a spirited rendition of Village People's In the Navy, but by then only the strongest-willed of viewers will still be around.

Bottom line: Everyone involved in this should hang their heads in shame...