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Currently{{when|date=May 2012}} this movie holds a 50% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 16 reviews with an average rating of 4.6/10.
Currently{{when|date=May 2012}} this movie holds a 50% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 16 reviews with an average rating of 4.6/10.

Iron sky was shown at kapow comic convention as their mystery movie. Leading to many walkouts.


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Iron Sky
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTimo Vuorensola
Screenplay byMichael Kalesniko
Timo Vuorensola
Story byJohanna Sinisalo
Jarmo Puskala (concept)
Produced byTero Kaukomaa
Oliver Damian
Cathy Overett
Mark Overett
Samuli Torssonen
StarringJulia Dietze
Christopher Kirby
Götz Otto
Peta Sergeant
Stephanie Paul
Udo Kier
CinematographyMika Orasmaa
Edited bySuresh Ayyar
Music byLaibach
Production
company
Energia Productions
Distributed byBuena Vista International Finland
Release dates
  • 11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) (Berlinale)
  • 4 April 2012 (2012-04-04) (Finland)
  • 5 April 2012 (2012-04-05) (Germany)
  • 19 April 2012 (2012-04-19) (Denmark)
  • 18 April 2012 (2012-04-18) (Sweden)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesTemplate:Film Finland
Template:Film Germany
Template:Film Australia
LanguagesEnglish
German
Budget€7.5 million[1]

Iron Sky is a 2012 Finnish-German-Australian[2] science-fiction comedy film directed by Timo Vuorensola. It tells the story of Nazi Germans who, after being defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth.

The film comes from the makers of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning and was produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures. Samuli Torssonen was responsible for the computer generated effects of the film. The screenwriters were Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.[3][4] The film was financed by Energia Productions, Blind Spot Pictures, New Holland Pictures, 27 Films production companies and numerous individual supporters, and was released to theaters in Finland, Germany and other European countries in April 2012.[4]

Plot

The movie starts out with an American manned landing mission returning, in 2018, to the Moon. The lander carries two astronauts; one of them a black male model (James Washington, played by Christopher Kirby) specifically chosen to aid the current President of the United States (played by Stephanie Paul) in her re-election. Upon landing on the dark side of the Moon, the two encounter Nazis which have been there since 1945, and Washington is taken captive.

The Nazi scientist Doktor Richter (played by Tilo Prückner) is called in to investigate Washington and finds his smartphone. Although initially skeptical, he recognizes that the computing power of this device far outmatches anything they have come up with themselves and integrates the device into the Götterdämmerung, the Nazi space battleship. Unfortunately for Richter, the phone stops working due to an empty battery just as he is demonstrating its power to his superiors, especially the new Führer Wolfgang Kortzfleisch (played by Udo Kier). Nazi commander Klaus Adler (played by Götz Otto), who is (for genetic reasons) destined to marry Earth specialist Renate Richter (daughter of Doktor Richter; played by Julia Dietze) offers to go to Earth to find another device with the same computing power. Adler takes a spacecraft to Earth, taking Renate and James with him, the latter having been aryanized (i.e., his skin turned to white) by Richter.

Meanwhile on Earth, the President of the United States is having some problems of her own; she desperately needs a miracle to ensure her re-election. Her aide, Vivian Wagner (played by Peta Sergeant) presents her with the two Nazis. Adler and Richter go on to transform the Presidents' campaign Nazi-style, with apparent success, although Richter is unaware of the plans of Adler to both annihilate the United States and of overthrowing the current Führer.

After three months, Kortzfleisch seems to have figured out Adler's plan. He sends his armada (though without the Götterdämmerung) to Earth orbit. He himself lands on Earth, confronting Adler; at the same time, Renate Richter finds Washington, now a homeless person, in the streets and recognizes Adler's true intent as well. Adler kills Kortzfleisch and takes his position, returning to orbit with Kortzfleisch's flying saucer.

The United Nations meets to discuss the Nazi threat in orbit. The President is thrilled to finally have a war which will likely get her re-elected, and appoints Vivian Wagner chief of the spacecraft USS George W. Bush, which orbits the Earth carrying nuclear weapons. As it turns out, most other nations have also developed armed spacecraft (all against international agreements) and join in to defeat the invading Nazi armada.

Back on Earth, Richter convinces Washington to come with her back to the Moon to stop Adler. They take their flying saucer back to the Moon and to the Götterdämmerung, where Washington attempts to disable the weapons system (thereby confronting Doktor Richter) while Renate goes looking for Adler. Meanwhile, the international space craft armada has destroyed the Swastika moonbase and is heading for the Götterdämmerung as well.

In the final battle, Washington manages to disconnect the tablet device now controlling the Götterdämmerung while Richter takes out Adler. The spaceship crashes into the Moon, but not before Adler has taken out a considerable chunk of the Moon attempting to get a clear shot at the Earth.

The U.S. President calls Wagner from the UN session, congratulating her on her victory. However, Wagner mentions the large tanks of Helium-3 she has seen on the Moon. As it turns out, this material would keep the U.S. independent of foreign power sources for a millennium; thus, the President immediately lays claim to it. As a result, the UN members and the international spacecraft start attacking each other resulting in appearant mutual destruction of the spacecraft.

Richter meets up with Washington (now turned back to black) in the burning Swastika moonbase, where they kiss to the unbelieving eyes of the other Nazis. Richter remarks that "a lot has to be done still". The final moments of the film show the Earth, where ballistic missiles are launched across the globe. At the very end of the credits, the planet Mars is revealed with a man-made satellite in orbit of indeterminate origin.

Cast

Production

Production of Iron Sky began in early 2006, and the production team took their teaser trailer of the film to the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008 seeking co-financiers[6] and signed a co-production agreement with Oliver Damian’s 27 Films Prods.[7][8] During the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Iron Sky signed a co-production agreement with the Australian production company New Holland Pictures, which brought Cathy Overett and Mark Overett as co-producers of the film.[9]

Iron Sky is one of a new wave of productions, including Artemis Eternal, The Cosmonaut, A Swarm of Angels and RiP!: A Remix Manifesto, produced in collaboration with an on-line community of film enthusiasts, that are creating a new kind of participatory cinema. At Wreck-a-Movie, a collaborative film-making web site, the producers have invited everyone interested in "chipping in" with their ideas and creativity to read the tasks given to the community and to take a shot (write an entry).[10][11][12]

On 11 February 2009, it was announced that the film will star German actress Julia Dietze,[13] while the Slovenian industrial music group Laibach will be recording the soundtrack.[14]

Filming began in November 2010 in Frankfurt for location shooting, and after that in January 2011 in Australia for studio shooting.[1] Settings in Frankfurt were Weseler Werft or Taunusstraße.[15] Iron Sky was filmed in Red camera format.[16] On 6 February 2011, the filming of Iron Sky concluded in Australia and entered a 10 week post-production process.[17]

Release

The film premiered on 11 February 2012 at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama Special section.[18] It was released in Finland on 4 April and in Germany on 5 April, running in major cinemas.[19] In the UK, there has been some controversy regarding the decision of the distributor, Revolver Entertainment to release for only one day, causing the film makers to issue a public condemnation of their UK distributor, and accusing Revolver of misleading them. [20]

Reception

Currently[when?] this movie holds a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 16 reviews with an average rating of 4.6/10.

Iron sky was shown at kapow comic convention as their mystery movie. Leading to many walkouts.

Spin-off

On October 5, 2011, Blind Spot Pictures released a digital comic prequel to the film called Iron Sky: Bad Moon Rising, written by the writer of Alan Wake, Mikko Rautalahti, and fully illustrated by comic artist Gerry Kissell, creator of IDW Publishing's Code Word: Geronimo.[citation needed]

Sequel

On May 20, 2012, Tero Kaukomaa, the producer of Iron Sky announced that there are plans for prequel and sequel of the movie. However, he declined to give precise details of what forms the sequels will take.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Invest in Iron Sky : Iron Sky :: Official Movie Site". Iron Sky. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  2. ^ http://www.ironsky.net/site/support/finance/
  3. ^ io9.com, by Charlie Jane Anders (May 7, 2008), "Nazi Moonbase Launches Stealth Attack". Retrieved 01-05-2009.
  4. ^ a b Iron Sky info site
  5. ^ "Die finnische Filmparodie „Iron Sky" erzählt von durchgeknallten Nazis auf dem Mond". Der Spiegel. 2012-04-02.
  6. ^ Nordisk Film & TV Fond, September 5, 2008, "Finland's Iron Sky Falls On Cannes". Retrieved 01-05-2009.
  7. ^ [1] Hollywood Reporter, May 21, 2008, "Blind Spot looks to Nazis in space". Retrieved 01-05-2009.
  8. ^ geekytyrant.com, "Iron Sky was picked up at Cannes". Retrieved 01-05-2009.
  9. ^ [2]Screen Daily, May 17, 2010, "New Holland joins Iron Sky team". Retrieved 04-04-2011
  10. ^ [3] The Workbook Project, by Lance Weiler (June 18, 2008), "5 questions for Timo Vuorensola". Retrieved 01-05-2009.
  11. ^ newteevee.com, by Chris Albrecht (May 12, 2008), "Iron Sky Opens Up the Filmmaking Process". Retrieved 01-05-2009.
  12. ^ slashdot.org, "News for Nerds: Iron Sky Trailer". Retrieved 01-07-2009.
  13. ^ Julia Dietze to star in 'Iron Sky' Variety, Feb 11 2009, "Julia Dietze to star in 'Iron Sky'". Retrieved 19-03-2009.
  14. ^ Mark Kermode Interviews Timo Vuorensola at Cannes, May 16, 2010, "Mark Kermode Interviews Timo Vuorensola at Cannes". Retrieved 17-05-2010.
  15. ^ Patrick Abele, hr-online, Aus Hessen wird Hollywood - Weltraum-Nazis erobern Frankfurt 09-02-2012.
  16. ^ [4] Blackstar Halo – Energia’s first Red camera vfx shots
  17. ^ [5] Iron Sky Shoot, The Final Day. Retrieved 18-02-2011.
  18. ^ Staff writer (2012-02-09). "Iron Sky premieres in the Panorama Special section of the Berlinale". ses.fi. Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  19. ^ [6] Iron Sky in Cinemaxx. Retrieved 05-04-2012.
  20. ^ http://www.ironsky.net/site/iron-sky-team-does-not-approve-the-uk-release-strategy/
  21. ^ [7] Blind Spot plans prequel and sequel to Iron Sky
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