Not seen or heard of Turkish Star Wars? It’s a near legendary Turkish (no surprise there) ‘reimagining’ of the 1977 classic using clips from the film and a lot of ropey effects. Now the film is about to be upgraded as the last remaining 35mm print of the Man Who Saves the World (it’s original title) is found.
According to Neon Harbor (via i09), the production company behind Ninja The Mission Force and Deja View, the last remaining 35mm print of the Man Who Saves the World has been found. With the negative presumed lost, this last print was held in the collection of a Turkish projectionist who lied to the distributor in order to keep it. Clearly, a hero with some foresight.
Neon Harbor owner Ed Glaser purchased the print and hopes to ‘get this one scanned to preserve it for posterity ‘ and hopefully screened in a theater for other fans like me.’ The opportunity to see Arkin fight a monster who happens to look like Elmo on the big screen is something like a dream come true.