G.O.R.A. (2004)

A slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.

Director:

Ömer Faruk Sorak

Writer:

Cem Yilmaz (screenplay)

Stars:

Cem Yilmaz, Rasim Oztekin, Özkan Ugur

Cast

Credited cast:
Cem Yilmaz	...	Arif / Commander Logar / Ersan Kuneri
Rasim Oztekin	...	Bob Marley Faruk
Özkan Ugur	...	Garavel
Idil Firat	...	Mulu
Safak Sezer	...	Kuna
Özge Özberk	...	Princess Ceku
Erdal Tosun	...	Rendroy
Ozan Guven	...	216-Robot
Cezmi Baskin	...	Amir Tocha
Engin Günaydin
Muhittin Korkmaz	...	Tihulu (as Muhittin Günaydin)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cenk Durmazel	...	Himself
Naz Elmas
Furkan Erdogan	...	Yemekhane Ascisi
Coskun Gögen	...	Cungo

Storyline

A slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.

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Plot Keywords:

spacecraft | running away | title ends with period | space race | homosexual | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Turkey

Language:

English Turkish

Release Date:

12 November 2004 (Turkey)

Also Known As:

G.O.R.A. - Comiche spaziali

Filming Locations:

Antalya, Turkey

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Besiktas Kültür Merkezi (BKM), Bocek Yapim, Böcek Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min 127 min 89 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Arif is playing chess in the prison the chess pieces are Star Trek The Next Generation characters. Pieces representing Picard, Riker, Data, Worf and Dr. Crusher can be seen clearly.

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Goofs

The number that Arif dials in jail on the ship doesn't match to the number that appears on the LCD screen, since there were a change in the main sponsors of the film. Both sponsors were GSM Operators. But at the filming sequence Telsim was the sponsor, however at the post production sequence it was Avea.

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Quotes

Arif: Would you mind if I turned on on the music?
Old Villager: What kind of music? I don't listen to foreign music! How can I be sure that ain't swearing at my mother!
Arif: How old is your mother?
Old Villager: She is still alive, 93 by now.
Arif: Don't worry, old timer, this band is new. They cannot know your mom!
Band singing: Motherfucker, oh yeah! Motherfucker!

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Connections

Spoofs The Karate Kid (1984)

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Soundtracks

"Al 1 De Burdan Yak"
Written by Sagopa Kajmer
Performed by Sagopa Kajmer

User Reviews

I laughed the whole time, it was great!

I saw this movie today and thought from the first scenes that it would be a disappointment, but when Cem Yilmaz (the main actor) showed up the movie became really funny. He is a macho Turkish man who is kidnapped by aliens. The reference to many sci-fi movies is nice, but the real fun comes from the dialogs Cem Yilmaz makes. It's the first time I saw a Turkish film with so many special effects, that is great. The only bad sides are that it makes just to many jokes about homosexuals which becomes boring and the hero saves the planet just to easy. But it's a comedy, not the filming of a book so that is understandable. The most hilarious part is at the end when Arif (Cem Yilmaz) jumps in the air and makes a karate move like in Matrix with the camera turning around him. The only difference is, this time he makes a very strange move!hehe