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Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek (Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda)

Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek (Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda)

Movie · 1973 · 15 people

The Turkish science-fiction comedy Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda (Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek), from 1973, was the last entry in the Tourist Ömer series starring Sadri Alışık. Hulki Saner produced and directed it from a screenplay by Ferdi Merter. Adapted from the 1966 Star Trek episode The Man Trap, it is regarded as the first screen adaptation of that universe. It belongs to Turksploitation, the low-budget wave of remakes and unauthorised borrowings of foreign productions. In Turkey it is a cult film, while in France it is called a "nanar".

The Enterprise, under Captain Kirk, is sent to the planet Orin 7 to collect reports from Professor Krater, who lives there alone with his wife. When a landing party led by Mr. Spak beams down, a crewman dies unexpectedly, and the culprit is the professor's wife, Nancy. To protect her, the professor uses a time machine to pull a creature out of the past. It catches Ömer the Tourist just as he is about to be married off to a woman he does not know. Ömer thinks he has escaped, but the real adventure is only beginning.

Shot in colour, the film runs about 72 minutes. Cemil Şahbaz plays Kirk and Erol Amaç Spak.

DirectorHulki Saner
Production companySaner Film

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Sadri Alışık Actor · died at 69 Erol Amaç Ferdi Merter Cemil Şahbaz Kayhan Yıldızoğlu Elif Pektaş Şule Tınaz Oytun Şanal Füsun Olgaç Nevhilal Sertap Necip Koçak Nermin Altınses Yılmaz Şahin Nuri Uğur Yılmaz Suiller

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Sadri Alışık's Ömer the Tourist is one of Yeşilçam's most lovable characters, and seeing him in the corridors of the Enterprise is as sweet as it is strange. Being the last film in the series adds its own touch of melancholy. Ömer's naive, crafty, good-hearted nature does not change in space; what keeps the film standing is the warmth of that character. By today's standards the costumes, sets and effects are very modest, but that is also where Yeşilçam's courage to dream with few means shows. Anyone who loves the warmth of the classic Tourist Ömer films will enjoy this one too.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

It is easy either to take Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda seriously or to sneer at it; the interesting thing is to stand between the two. As a low-budget, unauthorised adaptation of a Star Trek episode, it is a typical example of the wave of remakes and borrowings in Turkish cinema of the time. Technically, many scenes are clearly messy and the effects and editing careless; being counted in France among films loved for their badness confirms that. Yet the idea of dropping a home-grown comic character into another universe creates an original hybrid of its own. It is a film that earned its cult status not in spite of its flaws but largely because of them.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Sadri Alışık's Ömer is a familiar face for the grown-ups, and a space adventure may catch the kids' interest. But the story involves a crew member's death and a dangerous villain, which could be a bit scary for very young children. The effects will look old to today's kids, but it can be watched for a family laugh.

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