A.R.O.G

A.R.O.G (full title A.R.O.G: A Prehistoric Film) is a 2008 Turkish science-fiction comedy and parody, written by Cem Yılmaz and co-directed by him with Ali Taner Baltacı. It opened nationwide on December 5, 2008, became the highest-grossing Turkish film of the year and is counted among the most expensive Turkish productions ever made. Its title is G.O.R.A. (2004) spelled backward. Though called a sequel, Yılmaz says it stands apart; Arif V 216 followed in 2018.

The story follows Arif, a used-carpet salesman. Commander Logar, who bears Arif a grudge from his captivity on planet G.O.R.A., sends him by time machine a million years into the past, to the Stone Age. Stranded among cavemen, dinosaurs and prehistoric birds, Arif looks for a way home while introducing modern life to the Stone Age. Cem Yılmaz stars alongside Özge Özberk, Zafer Algöz, Özkan Uğur and Nil Karaibrahimgil.

The film pays respectful homage to Sadri Alışık's Turist Ömer and parodies cult works such as Star Trek, Star Wars and The Flintstones. Fida Film and CMYLMZ Fikir Sanat produced it. The first three minutes were shot on special sets at Istanbul Film Studios, and the remote-controlled creature took two months to model and build at Anima studios.