2001: A Space Travesty (2000)

Director:

Allan A. Goldstein

Writers:

Vince Di Clemente (contributing writer)
Alan Shearman (screenplay)
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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:

Saddam Hussein | Elvis Impersonator | 69 Sex Position | Parody | Flight Attendant

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)
Carlos Ruiz	...	Famous Tenor Voice #3 (voice)
Tommy Schnurmacher	...	Conductor
Alan Shearman	...	Security Gendarme
Teresa Barnwell	...	Mrs. President
David Francis	...	Commander Wickernuts
Una Kay	...	Oona Hottenlocker-Wickernuts
Michele Scarabelli	...	Opera House Security Guard
Mark Stevens	...	Teenage Hostage
Ellen David	...	Spaceport Customs Officer
Armand Laroche	...	Backstage Gendarme
Ima Sudonim	...	Ben Hur (gag credit)
Pierre Lenoir	...	Inspector Wazoo
Richard Jutras	...	Wardrobe Dresser
David Millbern	...	Pin Head Alien #1
Matthew Smiley	...	Pin Head Alien #2 (as Matt Smiley)
Charles Dennis	...	Flashback Doctor (as Charles Denis)
Natalie Gray	...	Flashback Mother
Betsy Soo	...	Opera reporter
Ghandi	...	Himself
Robert Suetsugu	...	Sumo Wrestler #1
Reid Asato	...	Sumo Wrestler #2
Luc Campeau	...	Theater Manager
Stephanie Dumolin-Shaw	...	Shuttle Flight Attendant
Annabelle Torsein	...	Female Prompter
Charles Papasoff	...	Sax Musician
Jean-Marc Bisson	...	Alien Emcee
Alain Bérard	...	Converted Alien
Caroline Andre	...	Violinist (as Caroline André)
Toni Sherwood	...	Vegan Night Club Singer
Mikael Gravel	...	Vegan Night Club Singer (as Mickael Gravel)
Marianne Farley	...	Vegan Night Club Dancer (as Marianne Thérien)
Daniel Alvarez	...	Vegan Night Club Dancer
Rachel A. Jeperson	...	Vegan Night Club Dancer / Concert Dancer (as Rachel A. Jepersen)
Christian Vezina	...	Vegan Night Club Dancer
Marion Hinz	...	Vegan Night Club Dancer / Concert Dancer
Noam Alon	...	Vegan Night Club Dancer
Martin Samuel	...	Vegan Night Club Dancer
Jean-Luc Côté	...	Concert Dancer
Don Jordan	...	Concert Dancer
Michael Flatley	...	Not In This Movie (gag credit)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cindy Davis	...	Spaceport Passenger (uncredited)
Line Pelletier	...	Sexy Alien Babe (uncredited)
Mike Tsar	...	Bloated Alien (uncredited)
Jeffrey Weissman	...	Groucho Marx (uncredited)

Directed by
Allan A. Goldstein

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vince Di Clemente		contributing writer
Francesco Lucente		uncredited
Alan Shearman		screenplay

Produced by
Luc Campeau	....	line producer
Gary DePew	....	line producer
Ezio Greggio	....	co-producer
Martin Heldmann	....	producer
Werner Koenig	....	producer
Jeffrey Konvitz	....	executive producer
Véronique Maingard	....	associate producer
Leslie Nielsen	....	executive producer
Hannah Richardson	....	line producer: Germany
Danny Rossner	....	producer
Chuck Smiley	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Claude Foisy

Cinematography by
Sylvain Brault

Film Editing by
Gaétan Huot

Casting by
Nadia Rona

Production Design by
Csaba András Kertész

Art Direction by
Violette Daneau

Costume Design by
Heike Hütt		(co-costume designer)
Nicole Pelletier

Makeup Department
Erik Gosselin	....	special makeup effects artist
Mickie Hamilton	....	makeup artist (as Mikie Hamilton)
Birger Laube	....	special makeup effects artist
Serge Lavigueur	....	mold maker
Tatjana Luckdorf	....	key makeup artist
Serge Morache	....	key hair stylist
Serge Morache	....	key makeup artist
Serge Morache	....	makeup supervisor
Scott Ramp	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Hanna Yee	....	hair stylist (as Hannah Yee)

Production Management
Luc Campeau	....	production manager
Vince Di Clemente	....	post-production supervisor
Nicky Luca	....	unit manager
Florian Nilson	....	unit production manager
Donald Tetreault	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kim Barr	....	assistant director
Anabelle Berkani	....	third assistant director
Ariane Côté-Chénier	....	trainee assistant director
Jean-Luc Julien	....	second assistant director: Germany
Cameron Kuc	....	second second assistant director
Christopher Landry	....	assistant director: additional photography
Michael R. Melamed	....	second assistant director
Richard Murken	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jean Brauner	....	model maker
Nicolas Fering	....	scenic technician
Marc Fiquet	....	props
Joanna Tracey Heaton	....	art department coordinator (as Joanna Heaton)
Hucky Hornberger	....	set designer
Marc Reichel	....	swing gang
Bruno Sorel	....	set dresser
Tim Walton	....	property master
Tim Winchester	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Scott Cochran	....	sound engineer
Martin Desmarais	....	boom operator
Scott Donald	....	dialog editor
Gavin Fernandes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Yuri Gorbachow	....	sound effects editor
Michael Gurman	....	sound editor
Michael Gurman	....	sound effects editor
Steven Gurman	....	supervising sound editor
Frederic Maloney	....	adr recordist
Pierre Paquet	....	dialogue mixer
Scott Purdy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jim Ridgley	....	additional sound mixer
Stan Sakellaropoulos	....	assistant dialogue editor
Gabor Vadnay	....	sound recordist
Don White	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Carmelle Beaudoin	....	special effects technician
Manon Boucher	....	assistant special effects
Sebastian Bulst	....	special effects technician
Marc Fiquet	....	special effects technician
Jacques Godbout	....	special effects coordinator
Bob Keen	....	special effects
Helmut Neudorfer	....	special effects technician
Hans Neurohr	....	special effects technician
Keith Wilson	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Christian Faber	....	digital effects artist
Moritz Glaesle	....	Inferno artist
David Hofmann	....	visual effects
Tim Ketzer	....	CGI animator
Christian Künstler	....	visual effects supervisor: das werk
Craig Narramore	....	prop maker
Alexander Nowotny	....	CG animator: Das Werk
Olcun Tan	....	3D technical director
Thomas Tannenberger	....	visual effects producer
Armando Uebel	....	computer animation: German sets
Frank Wegerhoff	....	digital effects supervisor

Stunts
Jaymes Butler	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jaymes Butler	....	stunt performer
Marc Désourdy	....	stunt coordinator
Jere Gillis	....	stunts
Johnny Goar	....	stunt double
Torsten Jerabek	....	stunt double: Stuntteam Steinmeier&Mohr
Patrick Kerton	....	stunt double
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunts
Siegfried Polap	....	stunt performer
Mac Steinmeier	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Pierre Beaulieu	....	electrician
Frédéric Chamberland	....	Steadicam operator
Nadine Demeule	....	video assist operator
Bernhard Fuss	....	gaffer: Germany
Thomas Gottschalk	....	focus puller
Tony Hofmann	....	focus puller: Germany
Holger Joos	....	clapper loader
Szabo Nikolaus	....	electrician
Curtis Petersen	....	camera operator
Curtis Petersen	....	second unit: director of photography
Marc Simpson-Threlford	....	second assistant camera
Laurent Trümper	....	still photographer: Germany
Brad Wallace	....	additional second assistant camera

Casting Department
Cindy Roth	....	casting associate: Canada

Editorial Department
Sylvain M. Lebel	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Anna Bonn	....	orchestrator
Cory Rizos	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Daniel Langlois	....	driver: cast
Jasmine Lewandowski	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Massoud Abedi	....	head of production: Helkon Media/Germany
Vince Di Clemente	....	production executive
Gabi Endicott	....	script supervisor
André Gaumond	....	script supervisor
Sandrine Gros d'Aillon	....	production coordinator
Pierre Guevremont	....	production auditor
Alexandre Juaneda	....	production assistant
Patrick Jack Lee	....	production financing
Joseph Martin	....	location researcher: Washington D.C.
Natasha Nilson	....	set manager assistant
Charles Obrul	....	laboratory liaison
Benjamin Sales	....	production assistant
Todd Shannon Jr.	....	diving supervisor
Maggie Shuter	....	unit publicist
Holger Veh	....	weapons supervisor

Production Companies

• Cinevent
• Helkon Media AG

Distributors

• Artédis (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• EA (2001) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Equinox Films (2001) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Helkon Filmverleih GmbH (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Indies Film Distribution (2000) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Neue Visionen Filmverleih (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Aurum Producciones (2001) (Spain) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Hollydan Works (2007) (Serbia and Montenegro) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• New City Releasing

Special Effects

• Das Werk

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Premium Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"2000.1: A Space Travesty" - USA (promotional title)
"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 | Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

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) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12

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: When Pratt goes to visit Dix, the shaving cream on his face goes on and off. In some shots Pratt's right eye is covered by cream and in others it is clean.

Movie Connections:

References Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Soundtrack:

In The Navy

Why? Oh, why??

When my nephew picked this out from the video store, I sighed but felt carefully optimistic. After we sat through an hour and a half of this unrelenting hell, I told him to leave and never return.

Let me give you an idea of just how bad this movie is. The end credits are literally the best part of the film. There are enough joke names and bits strewn about to make you crack a smile. The only problem is that to get there you have to slog through ninety minutes of the most unfunny slapstick I've ever had the displeasure of witnessing.

I'm serious: my thirteen-year-old nephew thought this movie was stupid. And it's rated R. What exactly is going on here? There's a zero gravity scene that's so painfully ridiculous that it sucked the humor not just from our living room, but adjoining apartments as well.

Believe me when I say I have done humanity a favor by viewing this film and warning the public to stay away. As bad as Rollerball is reputed to be, it can't be worse than this. All John McTiernan has to say is, "At least I didn't make 2001: A Space Travesty" and people will have to admit that he has a point. Had Albert Pyun directed this, people would have expected an apology.

Once more: I cannot stress how horrendous this movie is. Quit wasting time reading about this and go do something worthwhile, like churning butter or feeding the homeless. I consider this film one of the worst moments of my life thus far.