Event

Turkish Star Wars

January 8 & 9
SHOW ADDED January 21

$5 General
GI Members get in Free!

The Grand Illusion remembers the time when the mythic struggle of a good rebellion fighting against an evil empire filled our young little minds with visions of epic space battles and action figures. While we eagerly awaited to see how it would all play out, young kids on the other side of the world were marveling at an alternate universe. One where the hero was a fat, hairy Turkish guy who works out with boulders to hone his skills, instead of a scrawny kid with a feathered blond quaff who uses a wrinkly, green midget to hone his. A galaxy far, far away where instead of loveable Abbott & Costello-esque robots, and a sinister, black-caped menace you get shag-rug monsters, toilet paper mummies and an honest to goodness goateed, red devil! It's all so strange and different, yet so familiar. Oh yeah... that's because this film straight-up steals scenes and music from those big Hollywood blockbusters that you grew up with. Truly amazing! In Turkish w/English Subtitles.

Cetin Inanc / 1982, Turkey
91min / DVD