2001: A Space Travesty (2000)

Director:

Allan A. Goldstein

Writer:

Alan Shearman (writer)

Release Date:

17 November 2000 (Portugal)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Most Outer Spaced-Out Comedy Ever!

Plot:

Leslie Nielsen once again plays a bumbling detective in the vein of the 'Naked Gun' movies, but this time as Marshall Richard 'Dick' Dix...

Plot Keywords:

Memory | Sword | Product Placement | Anvil | Elevator

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Richard 'Dick' Dix
Ophélie Winter	...	Cassandra Menage
Ezio Greggio	...	Captain Valentino Di Pasquale
Peter Egan	...	Dr. Griffin Pratt
Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld	...	Dr. Uschi Künstler (as Alexandra Kamp)
Damien Masson	...	Mr. President (as Damian Mason)
Pierre Edwards	...	Lt. Bradford Shitzu (as Pierre)
David Fox	...	Secretary Osgood
Sam Stone	...	Police Chief Halverson
Verona Pooth	...	Yetta Pussel (as Verona Feldbusch)
Michel Perron	...	Famous Tenor #1
Paul Rainville	...	Famous Tenor #2
Yvan Ducharme	...	Famous Tenor #3
Marc Hervieux	...	Famous Tenor Voice #1 (voice)
Perry Canestrari	...	Famous Tenor Voice #2 (voice)

Also Known As:

2000.1: A Space Travesty (USA) (promotional title)
2001: Une parodie de l'espace (Canada: French title)
2002 - Durchgeknallt im All (Germany)
Marshall Dick: Son of the Naked Gun (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for crude sexual humor.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12 | Denmark:7 | Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R | Finland:K-11 | UK:12 | Australia:PG (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Cinevent

Trivia:

The space shuttle that Marshal Dix takes to Vegan is owned by Pan Universe Airlines, the same company that owned the Mayflower 1 shuttle in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Pratt goes to visit Dix, the shaving cream on his face goes on and off. In some shots Pratt's right eye is covered by cream and in others it is clean.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The 6th Day (2000)

Soundtrack:

In The Navy

Completely terrible. I feel sorry for Leslie Nielsen.

Watching this on television the other day, I instantly felt great remorse for star Leslie Nielsen. After the success of the "Naked Gun" series, he has been restricted to a career of playing the same character over...and over...and over....

This time, he is US Marshall "Dick" Dix (the first of many human anatomy puns/so-called "jokes"). I wonder how long it took them to come up with that one in the writing room.

"How about Agent Butt K. Isser?" "How about Agent T. Itz?" "No, wait guys! I've got it! Dick Dix! Haha we're comedic geniuses!" The budget is very obviously on the low end. Special effects are terrible. The film tries to lampoon the space travel segments of Kubrick's "2001" and fails miserably. Nielsen sucks food through a straw and can't manage to get it up the straw the whole way. Hahaha I chuckled all night thinking of that one! Or how about the woman in the back of the space shuttle who has huge breasts and manages to accidentally shed out of her clothes, which float around and slap Nielsen in the face? No, it couldn't have been the ugly fat woman whose clothes magically disappear...it's the busty blonde...I love Hollywood.