(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004)

Director:

Michael Herbig

Writers:

Michael Herbig (written by) &
Alfons Biedermann (written by) ...

Release Date:

22 July 2004 (Austria)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Mopsgeschwindigkeit! (Mops speed!)

Plot:

Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul, lead a force...

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Local Blockbuster | Wild West | Star Trek Parody | Knight

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Michael Herbig	...	Brigitte Spuck / Abahachi / H2O2 / Winnetouch (as Michael Bully Herbig)
Rick Kavanian	...	Jens Maul / Schrotty / Pulle / Putzmann / Zeitungsvoiceover / Santa Maria-Ansager
Christian Tramitz	...	Käpt'n Kork
Anja Kling	...	Königin Metapha
Til Schweiger	...	Rock Fertig Aus
Sky Dumont	...	William der Letzte / Santa Maria (as Sky Du Mont)
Hans-Michael Rehberg	...	Regulator Rogul
Hans Peter Hallwachs	...	Konsul Kanon
Reiner Schöne	...	Senator Bean
Christoph Maria Herbst	...	Berater von William
Sigi Terpoorten	...	Jim (as Siegfried Terpoorten)
Tim Wilde	...	John
Herman Van Ulzen	...	Senator Davis
Gerd Rigauer	...	Senator Terry
Heidrun Bartholomäus	...	Senatorin Lea

Also Known As:

Dreamship Surprise: Period 1 (Australia) (TV title)

Runtime:

Germany:87 min | Argentina:87 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Argentina:Atp | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

herbX film GmbH

Trivia:

In the western sequence there are several references to Der Schuh des Manitu (2001) including Santa Maria's theme ("Straight To Hell" by Rage), the champagne bottles and the Apache Pub.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie after they returned home a piece of confetti lands on the princess's cleavage. In the next shot this confetti is gone.

Quotes:

Offizier Internationale Allianz: [checks Rock's ID] I can't read this.
Rock Fertig Aus: Eh...”Rock".
Offizier Internationale Allianz: Rock who?
Rock Fertig Aus: Nothing who; Rock, that's it.
Offizier Internationale Allianz: What do you mean "that's it"?
Rock Fertig Aus: My ex-wife's name is Thats, mine is It: Rock Thats-It.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Misses just as often as it hits

"(T)Raumschiff Surprise" is sometimes funny, sometimes hilarious but it is also embarrassingly stupid at times. It has some new jokes but what I found shocking is that some of the jokes were "borrowed" (from Austin Powers; Loriot,...). So really you have creative ideas and funny and original jokes but in the same scene you have old or plagiarized jokes and gags that are complete misses.

I like Bully and I think he is funny, loved "Der Schuh des Manitu". There was a huge hype around this movie and when I finally saw it I was disappointed as the movie did not deliver. About a year after watching it the first time, I watched it again and I laughed about 5 times and smiled maybe another 10 times. I remember laughing quite a bit the first time I watched it but even back then I found it disappointing.

This movie is not quite as bad as the IMDb-rating (5.4) suggests but way worse than the hype around it makes you believe it is. (Most of the time my ratings for a movie are below the IMDb-average so me rating it the same as the average voter while saying it deserves a higher score is not a contradiction. Hope you can follow.)

** 5.5/10 **