Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew. Originally from the distant future, Pirk and his crew traveled back in time to save the Earth from hostile aliens, but lost their ship and became stranded. Pirk's daily routine consists mainly of stuffing his face at the local fast food restaurant, and he is finding it difficult to convince the ladies he is, in fact, an intergalactic space hero from the future. As the prospects for humanity's conquest of space look increasingly bleaker, Pirk comes up with a questionable plan to save mankind's future...
Practical Effects
Zero-budget sets that somehow achieve epic space battles.
Writing
Pirk's monologues—Shakespearean ego delivered by a man in polyester.
Production
Seven years of Finnish passion project madness.
Director
Timo Vuorensola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Timo Vuorensola later directed Iron Sky (2012), proving Pirk's Nazi-moon-base energy was no accident.
This was the most expensive Finnish film ever made at roughly €15,000—mostly from fan donations and borrowed equipment.
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