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Magic Carpet Ride (Organize İşler)

Magic Carpet Ride (Organize İşler)

Movie · 2005 · 31 people

Yılmaz Erdoğan wrote and directed the crime comedy Organize İşler and also takes one of the lead roles himself. It reached cinemas on December 23, 2005, and portrays Istanbul as a tangled city where the innocent, the guilty and the "even guiltier" rub shoulders. Darkly comic, it was a change of direction for Erdoğan after his Vizontele films; released abroad as Magic Carpet Ride, it is noted as the first Turkish production shot in CinemaScope.

The story centers on Samet (Tolga Çevik), a failed comedian who scrapes a living in a Superman costume. When he meets Asım Noyan (Yılmaz Erdoğan), a conman with principles of his own, Samet is pulled by accident into the underworld. Around them move the sociologist and writer Yusuf Ziya Ocak (Altan Erkekli), the physics professor and mother Nuran Ocak (Demet Akbağ) and their daughter Umut (Özgü Namal), with whom Samet falls in love and complicates everything. The Duralmaz Brothers, with Cem Yılmaz as Müslüm, and assorted nicknamed figures complete the picture; Erdal Tosun, Öner Erkan and Başak Köklükaya are also in the cast.

Necati Akpınar produced the film for BKM Film, with music by Yıldıray Gürgen and Ozan Çolakoğlu and cinematography by Uğur İçbak. Two of its actors were honored at the Sadri Alışık Awards, and the story continued fourteen years later in the sequel Organize İşler: Sazan Sarmalı.

DirectorYılmaz Erdoğan
Production companyBeşiktaş Kültür Merkezi

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Organize İşler, written and directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan, is a black comedy that fuses the crime comedy with the tangled fabric of Istanbul. Being remembered as the first Turkish production shot in CinemaScope makes Uğur İçbak's cinematography worth noting in its own right. Samet scraping a living in a Superman costume and crossing paths with Asım Noyan is a good starting point, but the comedy and crime lines do not always move in balance. The cast is crowded and some supporting characters stay at the level of caricature. The script's gift for dialogue and for creating types keeps the film on its feet and builds a distinctive Istanbul mood; seeing that Istanbul in Uğur İçbak's CinemaScope frame is the film's real pleasure.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Organize İşler is a crime comedy, with the underworld and con artistry in the mix, so it may not suit small children. For teenagers and adults it is a funny film. There is a crowded cast, including Cem Yılmaz, Altan Erkekli and Demet Akbağ. Yılmaz Erdoğan's film is a darkly comic work that followed the Vizontele series. If you plan to watch as a family, think about the children's ages first. For grown-ups it can make a good evening film.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Anyone looking for the warmth of Vizontele will meet a dark joke here, but Yılmaz Erdoğan's craft of making people laugh is intact. The Ocak family, played by Altan Erkekli and Demet Akbağ, stands out. Samet scraping a living in a Superman costume gives a sad-comic feeling. But the Duralmaz Brothers, nicknamed types and black humor are far from the gentle humor of the old masters. By the measure of the classics it is a little loud, yet it is well-intentioned work.

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