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Book Synopsis For decades, filmmakers worldwide have been remaking Hollywood movies in colorful ways. They''ve chronicled a singing and dancing Hannibal Lecter in India, star-crossed lovers aboard the doomed Nigerian ship Titanic, a Japanese expedition to the planet of the apes, and an uncivil war in Turkey between Captain America and a mobbed-up Spider-Man. Most of these films were low budget and many were unauthorized, but all of them were fantastic--and lately have begun to resurface thanks to cherry-picked YouTube clips. But why and how were they made in the first place?
This book tells the little-known stories of the wily filmmakers who made an Italian 007 flick by casting Sean Connery''s tradesman brother, produced a Turkish space opera by stealing a print of Star Wars for its effects footage, and transported a full-fledged Terminator to the present day--not from a post-apocalyptic future, but from the vibrant mythology of Indonesia. Their stories reveal more than
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction
Why Didn't They Get Sued?
1. Capes, Conquerors, and Comic Books
3 Dev Adam (Three Giant Men) 9
Ator l'invincibile (Ator the Fighting Eagle) 13
Darna 16
Kızıl Maske ("The Phantom") 20
La Mujer Murciélago (Bat Woman) 23
Supaidāman (Spider-Man) 26
Superman 30
Süpermen Dönüyor ("Superman Returns") 34
Supersonic Man 38
Tarzan İstanbul'da ("Tarzan in Istanbul") 41
Wurideul-ui Chingu Pawo 5 ("Our Friend Power 5") 44
Yarasa Adam: Bedmen ("Batman") 48
Zashchitniki (Guardians) 52
2. Muscles, Magnums, and Machismo
7 Belalılar ("7 Troublemakers") 56
1990: I guerrieri del Bronx (1990: The Bronx Warriors) 59
Altın Çocuk ("Golden Boy") 62
Black Cobra 66
Cellat ("The Executioner") 69
Den' D ("D-Day") 73
Dhoom ("Boom") 76
The Intruder 79
Khoon Khoon ("Blood Blood") 82
Korkusuz (Rampage) 85
OK Connery 89
Qayamat: City Under Threat 92
3. Family, Fantasy, and Fairy Tales
Aabra Ka Daabra: The School of Magic 96
Badi ("Shorty") 99
Os Carrinhos em: A Grande Corrida (The Little Cars in the Great Race) 102
Ge wu qing chun (Disney High School Musical: China) 105
Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum ("Children and God") 108
Lassie—Eine abenteuerliche Reise (Lassie Come Home) 111
Maugli (The Adventures of Mowgli) 115
Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler ("Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs") 119
Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz ("The Tramps and the Wizard of Oróz") 122
Vinni-Pukh ("Winnie the Pooh") 125
4. Monsters, Maniacs, and the Macabre
Aatank ("Terror") 130
Anyab ("Fangs") 133
Bach ke Zara ("Tread Carefully") 135
Drakula İstanbul'da ("Dracula in Istanbul") 138
Kader Diyelim ("Let's Say It's Fate") 142
Kingu Kongu no Gyakushū (King Kong Escapes) 144
L'ultimo squalo (The Last Shark) 148
Mahakaal ("Time of Death") 151
La Momia Azteca (The Aztec Mummy) 155
Paranōmaru Akutibiti Dai 2 Shō: Tōkyō Naito (Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night) 158
Şeytan ("Satan") 161
Xingxing wang (The Mighty Peking Man) 166
Zapatlela ("Possessed") 169
5. Androids, Aliens, and the Apocalypse
Baytekin Fezada Çarpışanlar ("Flash Gordon's Battle in Space") 174
The Bionic Boy 176
Computer Haekjeonham Pokpa Daejakjeon (Savior of the Earth) 180
Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) 183
Pembalasan Ratu Pantai Selatan (Lady Terminator) 187
Robo Vampire 190
Robowar 194
Shocking Dark 197
Starcrash 201
Time of the Apes 204
Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda ("Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek") 208
Uchū kara no Messēji (Message from Space) 212
Warrior of the Lost World 216
6. Outlaws, Outsiders, and Oscar Winners
12 220
Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai ("Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It") 224
Cemo ile Cemile ("Cemo and Cemile") 227
Fight Club: Members Only 231
Kara Şimşek ("Black Lightning") 234
Kartal Yuvası ("Eagle's Nest") 238
Kılıç Bey ("Mr. Kılıç") 242
Lim jing dai yat gik (First Shot) 245
Masoyiyata / Titanic ("My Beloved / Titanic") 248
Pi li da niu (Girl with a Gun) 251
Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya… ("Love… What Have You Done") 254
Sangharsh ("Conflict") 257
Sarkar ("Overlord") 261
Yurusarezaru mono (Unforgiven) 264
Bibliography and Filmography
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