Magic Carpet Ride (film) explained

Magic Carpet Ride
Director:Yılmaz Erdoğan
Producer:Necati Akpınar
Music:Ozan Çolakoğlu
Cinematography:Uğur İçbak
Editing:Mustafa Presheva
Studio:Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi
Runtime:114 minutes
Country:Turkey
Language:Turkish

Magic Carpet Ride (A.K.A.: Organized Jobs; Turkish: Organize İşler) is a 2005 Turkish comedy film, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, about a small-time criminal who accidentally recruits a failed comedy Superman impersonator into his gang. The film, which went on nationwide release on, is the first Turkish production to be shot in 1:2, 35mm CinemaScope format.

Production

The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey.

Plot

Asim Noyan (Yılmaz Erdoğan) and his gang make up a rambling collective, which concerns itself with a range of criminal activities, running from car theft to fraud. An inveterate womaniser, Asim meets the failed comedian Superman impersonator Samet (Tolga Cevik) while fleeing from an angry husband. Desperate Samet finds himself unwittingly implicated in the life of the gang. Meanwhile, Umut (Özgü Namal), the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ocak, a highly literate but hard-up couple, leads an altogether different life. The paths of Samet, Umut and Asim's gang cross because of a stolen car.

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