Episode 193: Cüneyt Arkın: The Man Who Stole Star Wars

==Show Notes==
: We discuss the history of the insane genre Turkish film industry and the career of its daredevil mega-star Cüneyt Arkın, along with his films TURKISH STAR WARS, TURKISH FIRST BLOOD and DEATH WARRIOR.
==Films Discussed==
* Films starring Cüneyt Arkın
** The Sword and the Claw (a.k.a Lionman) (1975) Dir. Natuk Baytan
** Turkish Star Wars (a.k.a. The Man Who Saved the World) (1982) Dir. Çetin İnanç
** Turkish First Blood (a.k.a Turkish Rambo) (1983) Dir. Çetin İnanç
** Death Warrior (1984) Dir. Çetin İnanç
** Ringo Kid (1967) Dir. Zafer Davutoglu
* Dracula in Istanbul (1953) Dir. Mehmet Muhtar
* Turkish Laurel and Hardy (a.k.a. Tosun and Yosun) (1963) Dir. Nuri Ergün
* Dry Summer (1963) Dir. Metin Erksan
* Batman (TV Series) (1966-68)
* 3 Dev Adam (a.k.a 3 Giant Men a.k.a. Captain America and Santo vs. Spider-Man) (1973) Dir. T. Fikret Uçak
* The Holy Mountain (1973) Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
* Turkish Star Trek (a.k.a. Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek) (1973) Dir. Hulki Saner
* Turkish Death Wish (a.k.a The Executioner) (1975) Dir. Memduh Ün
* Star Wars (1977) Dir. George Lucas
* Faces of Death (1978) Dir. John Alan Schwartz
* Turkish Superman (a.k.a The Return of Superman) (1979) Dir. Kunt Tulgar
* Yol (1982) Dir. Şerif Gören & Yılmaz Güney
* Filipino Batman (a.k.a. Alias: Batman and Robin) (1991) Dir. Tony Y. Reyes
* Turkish Machine Gun Kelly (????) Dir. ????
== Discussion Notes ==
* The last International Cinema Club of 2019!
* Turkish cinema and the art of rip-off movies
** No copyright laws in the country led to a boom in rip-off films
** Post WWII-boom focused the industries 60's efforts on piggybacking European trends
** Single audio-track limits meant that the film score stopped for the sound effects
** Most films had to be made in four days
** Military junta took over in 1980, its censorship effectively ending the film industry
* Cüneyt Arkın, the square-jawed Turkish Chuck Norris with over 300 film credits
** Received training as Russian acrobat, became a doctor, turned into romantic lead actor, shifted to action
** Does all of his own stunts
** Will - "I love the fact of this man"
* Turkish Star Wars
** $300,00 budget, broke Turkish box office records!
* Turkish First Blood
** They (very possibly) used real ammunition - they're cheaper than blanks!
* Death Warrior
** Justin - "It feels like the cameraman is being hunted by someone with a knife!"
* The Sword and the Claw
** Does not pay off the poster's promised claws until the last five minutes
==Listener Letters==
* Chris - 
** ICC: takes the podcast gold for having no awkward silences!
* Sends their thanks for solving a film memory puzzle over a unique blood-drinking/kick-split scene
** It's from Kung-Fu Zombie! (1981) Dir. Hwa I Hung
*** Our hosts on thoughts on the film? - "Better than Equinox!" (1970) Dir. Jack Wood
* What do our hosts think about a Crash v. Crash podcast?
** Crash (1996) Dir. David Cronenberg
** Crash (2004) Dir. Paul Haggis
* Our hosts discuss unsolved film memories, and early life film nightmares
** Will's senior kindergarten unsolved film memory
*** A film narrated by a Christmas Tree (who gets murdered!)
*** Also a screening preshow featuring kung fu rollerskaters with sparklers
**** Kind of like Starlight Express!
** Justin's early film memories/nightmares
*** The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) Dir. Michael Rubbo
*** The Log Driver's Waltz (1979) Dir. John Weldon
==Post-Outro Discussion==
* Will and Justin's annual trip to Toronto's Horror-rama convention
** Our hosts discuss the classic Q&A problem - not having 'good' questions for people because you already know so much about the person
* Will's dream Q&A question - to ask Clint Eastwood about Gregory Walcot
** Famous cast member of Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) Dir. Ed Wood
* Our hosts discuss their feelings on the film works Mr. Eastwood
** Will finds his right-wing nature fascinating (conservative yet empathetic through his art)
** Justin came to like Clint and his films much less after the ICC episode
* Films discussed: 
** A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Dir. Sergio Leone
** Unforgiven (1992) Dir. Clint Eastwood
** Gran Torino (2008) Dir. Clint Eastwood
** Invictus (2009) Dir. Clint Eastwood
** Jersey Boys (2014) Dir. Clint Eastwood
** 15:17 to Paris (2018) Dir. Clint Eastwood
** The Mule (2018) Dir. Clint Eastwood
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