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.
The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Turkey.
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.