Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005) on Netflix
NR20051h 43mActionComedySci-Fi
Shipwrecked on 21st century Earth, Captain James B. Pirk builds the P-Fleet and becomes emperor of the planet. He leads that fleet through a maggot hole into a parallel universe.
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Plot summary
Captain James B. Pirk and his crew are stranded on Earth after their starship is destroyed. Earth's history has not developed as Pirk expects: the Vulgars, the aliens who should have led humanity into space, are corrupted by the rock star Jeffrey Cochbrane, who sells their spaceship to the Russians. With Commander Dwarf and Commander Info, Pirk locates that vessel. He gains the trust of the Russian President and builds the C.P.P. Potkustartti, the first ship of the P-Fleet. The P-Fleet's superior technology leaves Pirk in control of the Earth, and he becomes its emperor. He wants more, so he takes his ships through a maggot hole into a parallel universe whose history took a different path, telling Captain Johnny K. Sherrypie, commander of the Babel 13 station, that he intends to conquer it.
Cast
- Samuli Torssonenas Emperor Pirk
- Atte Joutsenas Captain Joni K. Sherrypie
- Antti Satamaas Commander Info
- Janos Honkonenas Sergei Fukov / Festerbester
- Seppo Honkanenas P-Fleet Scientist
- Tiina Routamaaas Lieutenant Swagger
- Sonja Sjöblomas Girl at Burger Joint
- Santeri Huminaas Her Boyfriend
- Ville Vuorensolaas Gangbanger
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- It took seven years from the first conception of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning to its release, most of that time going on rendering the computer-generated effects and virtual sets for all non-location scenes; every frame took over ten hours to render.
- For most of the production the studio was a converted two-room apartment: one room held the blue screen and most of the computers, the kitchen contained the render farm, and a closet was used for dubbing.
- The planned sixth Star Wreck film was to be directed by Rudi Airisto, but after he moved to the UK to study, Samuli Torssonen called Timo Vuorensola and appointed him as director instead.
- In the early 1990s Samuli Torssonen made short animated Star Trek fan films with his friends, and the most notable recruit, Rudi Airisto, disliked Star Trek and helped add the parody to those films.
- In the Imperial Edition released in December 2006, the special effects were redone and the ship models were entirely new, so the crew could use their own ship designs and raise funding for their next production, Iron Sky.
- The creators of Star Wreck went on to develop Wreckamovie, a Web 2.0 service for short films, music videos and feature films, where anyone can build a community for a project and ask for help with identified production tasks.
