Notorious for its blatantly lifted footage from Star Wars along with music from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Flash Gordon, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam is the holy grail of remakesploitation cinema. For many years, the film circulated only in low-resolution bootleg copies, but in 2016 a 35mm print of the film was discovered and scanned – so that the world can finally see the film the way it was intended!

Just before the screening, we'll have a special introduction and discussion with film scholars Iain Robert Smith and Tuğçe Bıçakçı Syed on Turkish film history and global 'remakesploitation' cultures. (Make sure to arrive on time to not miss it!)

PART OF THE TURKISH REMAKE FESTIVAL WEEKEND

The Star & Shadow Cinema, in association with the Horror and Cult Media Research Group of Northumbria University, Department of Arts, is proud to present a two-day celebration of the creativity, audacity, and sheer weirdness of the Hollywood remake phenomenon! Focusing on the ‘remakesploitation’ cinema of Turkey – a hotbed of low-budget filmmaking in the 1960s and 70s – we’re serving up new restorations of three fascinating remakes of Star Wars, The Exorcist, and Some Like It Hot, alongside a documentary by Turkish-German filmmaker Cem Kaya that sheds light on this relatively unknown corner of global film culture.

For many years, these films only circulated on low-resolution bootlegs, but they’ve now been lovingly digitally restored and made available for this special screening. We’ll be joined by film scholars Iain Robert Smith (who worked closely on the restoration and digitisation process) and Tuğçe Bıçakçı Syed for discussions and Q&As – and don’t miss special extras throughout the weekend, including some fun Star and Shadow ‘homemade’ remake shorts.

Saturday 18:30 Remake, Remix, Ripoff 
Saturday 20:30 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam aka Turkish Star Wars
Sunday 18:30 Fistik Gibi aka Turkish Some Like It Hot
Sunay 20:30 Şeytan aka Turkish Exorcist

All films are pay-as-you-feel; please make sure to book your ticket for each film. For those able to do so, we encourage donations to the DEC appeal supporting the rebuilding of Turkey and Syria following the devastating earthquakes there earlier this year. 

https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/turkey-syria-earthquake-appeal