Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005)

The future looks bleak for Captain Pirk. Originally from the far future, he traveled back to save the world, but was shipwrecked on the 21st century. The world of the past is a dangerous ... See full summary »

Director:

Timo Vuorensola

Writers:

Rudi Airisto, Samuli Torssonen

Stars:

Antti Satama, Tiina Routamaa, Samuli Torssonen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antti Satama	...	Cmdr. Info
Tiina Routamaa	...	Lt. Swagger
Samuli Torssonen	...	Emperor Pirk
Timo Vuorensola	...	Cmdr. Dwarf
Karoliina Blackburn	...	P-Fleet Science Officer
Seppo Honkanen	...	P-Fleet Scientist
Sonja Sjöblom	...	Girl at Burger Joint
Santeri Humina	...	Her Boyfriend
Ville Vuorensola	...	Gangbanger
Rudi Airisto	...	Jeff Cochbrane
Niklas Vainio	...	Talok
Esa Jaatinen	...	Guard at Research Facility
Pasi Rantala	...	Vladimir
Sami Vaittinen	...	Anatoli
Janos Honkonen	...	Sergei Fukov / Festerbester

Storyline

The future looks bleak for Captain Pirk. Originally from the far future, he traveled back to save the world, but was shipwrecked on the 21st century. The world of the past is a dangerous place and he is finding it difficult to convince the ladies he is, in fact, an intergalactic space hero from the future. To make things right Pirk comes up with a questionable plan to save mankind's future...

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Plot Keywords:

findie | woman in uniform | future | emperor | space opera | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The CGI were rendered using standard home computers. In some scenes a single frame could take over ten hours to render and in one second of footage there are 25 frames. Overall, the CGI seen in the movie took five years to render.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, when Captain Pirk shakes the toilet paper off of his boot, the tape used to affix the toilet paper to the boot remains visible on the boot heel.

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Quotes

[subtitled version]
Commander Dwarf: Plingon warriors do not take showers!

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Alternate Versions

A special Imperial Edition is available on DVD. This version has been revamped for a wider distribution. It has completely new special effects, with space ships designed specially for this movie. The soundtrack is re-mastered for added speech clarity and more sound effects can be heard.

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Connections

Spoofs Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

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Soundtracks

Nothing in Place
Produced by Lauri Lepokorpi

User Reviews

Great Sci-Fi parody with awesome effects

The trailer already whetted my appetite. But the movie itself is outstanding. If you are a fan of Star Trek, Babylon 5, etc you have probably also thought of some scenes you would like to see. For me this movie comes very close. The CGI effects can only be described as awesome. Every scene breathes the love of the staff for details. Especially the battle scenes are outstanding and give every Star Wars movie a run for its money. The plot is also masterly constructed. The tension builds up in the first twenty minutes or so and reaches several peaks after that. The story has a great tongue-in-cheek attitude. The characters are only slightly exaggerated compared to their respective originals which keeps them from getting on your nerves too fast. Fortunately the actors avoid overacting - which impressed me as this is still a fan movie after all. The only drawback is that the audio is Finish with English sub-titles. But what the heck: Hearing the tone of Pirk's derogatory remarks is compensation enough.

Details

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Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish English

Release Date:

1 October 2005 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Star Wreck VI: In the Pirkinning

Filming Locations:

Hatanpää, Tampere, Finland

Box Office

Budget:

EUR15,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tuotantoyhtiö Energia

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1