Star Wreck In The Pirkinning is a Finnish no-budget sci-fi parody making fun of Star Trek, Babylon 5 and various other SF series, featuring better special effects than the programmes it's spoofing.
It was created by an entirely unpaid group of amateur film-makers, with most of the film shot in the producer's house using bluescreen techniques. The film was then given away on the internet under a Creative Commons licence, with over 8 million people downloading it so far through official torrents and many more passing it on to their friends.
The original translation was in simple American English in order to reach a wide global audience. However, I've done a slightly more detailed UK English translation as I think this better fits the feel of the original Finnish script. I think UK English also fits the comedy sci-fi genre better, as seen in Red Dwarf, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Doctor Who. Some of the jokes may seem a bit baffling to non-British people, but hopefully most of it can be appreciated by all English-speakers.
This is my own totally unofficial translation, I have no connection to the makers of the film but I am a huge fan, and the film's official site encourages viewers to create their own subtitles. My translation was written in 2009, the original film was made in 2005.
NOTE: The .avi download labelled "DivX" is actually an Xvid file, but it should also work on DivX players too. This is the highest quality version of this video.
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Reviewer:mesiw - - October 28, 2009 Subject: THUMBS UP I really enjoyed this wacky film. I went to film homepage and amazed it was done on such a low budget and cast worked free. For what it is.. it gets a 10. Really fun.
Reviewer:NDArch - - September 22, 2009 Subject: Oh Thursday! A great "basement" created movie! Heck, everyone should also get the others (SW1, SW2, SW3, SW4, SW4.5, and SW5) just to see how the show has developed! Amazing, simply amazing.
Note: My review is on the American English version, but the special effects and acting are the same.
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