(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004)

Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul, lead a force of Martians to Earth in order to conquer the planet. Queen Metaphor looks to the gay ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Herbig

Writers:

Michael Herbig, Alfons Biedermann,

Stars:

Michael Herbig, Rick Kavanian, Christian Tramitz

10 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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 du Mont	...	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
Siegfried Terpoorten	...	Jim
Tim Wilde	...	John
Herman Van Ulzen	...	Senator Davis
Gerd Rigauer	...	Senator Terry
Heidrun Bartholomäus	...	Senatorin Lea

Storyline

Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul, lead a force of Martians to Earth in order to conquer the planet. Queen Metaphor looks to the gay heroes aboard the spaceship Surprise -- Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, and first engineer Schrotty -- for help.

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | year 2004 | 14th century | spaceship | 24th century | 

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Taglines:

Die neue Komödie von Bully! (The new comedy from Bully!)

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [de]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

22 July 2004 (Germany)

Also Known As:

A zűrhajó

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,191,303 (Germany) (30 July 2004)

Gross:

$58,610,809 (Europe) (27 August 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

herbX Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Claims to be the first democratically chosen movie. After the great success of Manitou's Shoe'Michael "Bully" Herbig' let the viewers of his TV-show Bullyparade decide which subject his next movie should have. The viewers could choose between "Der Schuh des Manitu 2", "Sissi - Wechseljahre einer Kaiserin" (later made as Lissi und der wilde Kaiser), "Ein Film, wo keiner mit rechnet" and "(T)Raumschiff Suprise".

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Kelly Reisfeld: What do you mean, Mr. Doubts?
Steve W. Doubts: [suspiciously] Hmm...

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Crazy Credits

After the credits there is an additional scene where the crewmen of the space ship are eating cheesecake and a surprising new member applies to join.

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Connections

Spoofs Back to the Future Part III (1990)

User Reviews

A Nutshell Review: Dreamship Surprise

This movie is so insanely gay! And I mean it in both sense of the word. No wonder this comedy broke the German box office with its madcap, low-brow, at times, crass humour. But it's all in good fun.

If you're looking for a plot, be reminded that a spoof-fest only has an outline of what resembles a story. The story's not award winning material to begin with, and it was never the intention of doing so.

In the future, Earth has colonized Mars, and some aliens aren't happy with it, so war is declared on the Earthlings. Somehow, Earth's last hope lies in the hands of Dreamship Surprise and its crew of merry men, led by the gayish Captain Kork, and equally feminine-like officers Mr Spuck and Schrotty. Needless to say, the crew of Dreamship Surprise is a complete spoof of Star Trek's Starship Enterprise crew, right down to the uniform, the multi-racial crew, and the technology available on board. Serious Trekkies might not take this too kindly though, to see their beloved franchise taken to "new" heights.

To save Earth from the aliens, the team has to travel back in time to prevent the discovery of alien lifeforms in Area 51. But it's made more difficult when Kork and crew are more interested in their rehearsals for an upcoming Miss Waikiki competition (don't ask). Which is crazy I tell you. If you think that the Chicken Little ad now showing in theatres is cute, you haven't seen nothing yet! Spoofing obvious movies like Star Wars - pod-racing, battleships hovering in orbit, the Jedi Council, Coruscant, Queen Amidala, Han Solo, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, the list goes on, and Star Trek - the main leads, there are also numerous references to movies like Austin Powers (the phallic-shaped starship), Back to the Future (time travel), Minority Report and even A Knight's Tale. Spoofing and combining key characters from Star Wars and Star Trek have been attempted before in Hollywood comedies, but definitely not in the manner that Dreamship Enterprise had.

Stay tuned during the credits, where some blooper scenes are shown, and if you stay until the end of the credits, you'll be rewarded with yet another short hilarious scene.

Definitely recommended for an evening after a hard day's work.