Journey to Saturn
Journey to Saturn (Danish: Rejsen til Saturn) is a 2008 Danish adult animated science fiction comedy film, directed by Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Craig Frank. It was produced by A. Film A/S and loosely based on Claus Deleuran's comic from 1977 of the same name. The film revolves around a group of Danish astronauts who journey to Saturn on a quest for natural resources.
| Journey to Saturn | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Thorbjørn Christoffersen Craig Frank |
| Produced by | Trine Heidegaard |
| Written by | Claus Deleuran (comic) Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay) Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay) |
| Starring | Casper Christensen Frank Hvam Ali Kazim Simon Jul Jørgensen Iben Hjejle Lars Hjortshøj |
| Music by | Henrik Lindstrand |
| Edited by | Mikkel E.G. Nielsen Per Risager Martin Wichmann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
Release date | 26 September 2008 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | America |
| Language | Danish |
The film also depicts and mocks several Danish stereotypes and characters, like the royal family, the (at the time) Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Extreme right-wing politician Mogens Glistrup, Danish therapist Carl Mar Møller, Muslim immigrants, American yeehaw's, Jesus, and Danish lack of style and presentability in general.
Plot
In the film a corporate-backed rocket takes off from Denmark, supposedly to explore Saturn for natural resources. The crew consists of wannabe astronaut Per Jensen, military instructor, and hardliner Sgt. Arne Skrydsbøl, Fisse-Ole ("pussy-Ole"), tour chef and caterer Jamil Ahmadinejad, and two pilots.
Upon arrival, the crew makes contact with aliens but it becomes apparent that the chief of the corporation wishes to conspire with the aliens to sell off all the water on Earth, and he has no hope of ever returning the astronauts home. The aliens head to Earth and on the way hear what they think is a friendly Earth greeting from what is, in fact, a German pornographic film involving large sausages.
The astronauts are left for dead in space, but they fall through a black hole and land in Heaven. Leaving Heaven guided by the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, they refuel and make it back to the Moon where they encounter some US astronauts. They then use a US space-based surveillance system to find the centre of the water theft conspiracy on Earth. The crew return to Earth and rescue a hostage scientist (Per Jensen's girlfriend) at the installation. They defeat an alien monster with a keg of beer in a manner similar to that in Jaws and escape the installation just in time as it is destroyed by a nuclear bomb, sent from the Moon.
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Voice cast
- Casper Christensen as Per Jensen
- Frank Hvam as Sergeant Arne Skrydsbøl
- Ali Kazim as Jamil Ahmadinejad
- Simon Jul Jørgensen as Pussy-Ole
- Iben Hjejle as Susanne Mortensen: A technical flight director
- Lars Hjortshøj as Ib
- Bjarke Søballe Andersen as Crowd
- Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen as Drunk
- Peter Belli as Alien Dictator
- Rasmus Bjerg as Agent 2
- Klaus Bondam as Kurt Maj: A businessman
- Thorbjørn Christoffersen as General
- Tine Clasen as Crowd
- Claus Darholt as Assistant
- Tobias Dybvad as the Prime Minister
- Craig Frank as Afro-American Astronaut
- Morten Pilegaard Jespersen as Crowd
- Roberto Johansson as Jørgen from Hundige Shortwave Radio Club
- Karsten Kiilerich as German Peasant
- Henrik Koefoed as Doctor & Alien Researcher
- Flemming Krøll as Prince Henrik
- Tilde Landgreen as Small girl
- Jørgen Lerdam as Liberal Journalist
- Anders Lund Madsen as Reserve Jesus
- Justin Murphy as Redneck Astronaut
- Kjeld Nørgaard as Skt. Peter
- Esben Pretzmann as Alien Soldier
- Lasse Rimmer as TV Reporter / Gert
- Ask Rostrup as Intercom voice
- Sidsel Rostrup as Angel
- Puk Scharbau as German peasant girl
- Jonas Schmidt as Agent 1
- Regitze Stampe as Crowd
- Martin Wichmann as Tax cheater