Journey to Saturn
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Journey to Saturn is a 2008 Danish animated comedy-science-fiction film produced by A. Film A/S
, 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
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, supposedly to explore Saturn
for natural resources. Upon arrival the crew make 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. The aliens head to earth and on the way learn 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 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.
A. Film A/S
A. Film A/S is a Danish animation studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It produces traditional and CGI animation for feature films, television, advertising and games...
, 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
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
on a quest for natural resources
Natural Resources
Natural Resources is a soul album released by Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas in 1970 on the Gordy label. The album is significant for the Vietnam War ballad "I Should Be Proud" and the slow jam, "Love Guess Who"...
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Plot
In the film a corporate backed rocket takes off from DenmarkDenmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, supposedly to explore Saturn
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
for natural resources. Upon arrival the crew make 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. The aliens head to earth and on the way learn 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
Black hole
A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that...
and land in heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
. Leaving heaven guided by the holy spirit
Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of the Hebrew Bible, but understood differently in the main Abrahamic religions.While the general concept of a "Spirit" that permeates the cosmos has been used in various religions Holy Spirit is a term introduced in English translations of...
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 at the installation. They defeat an alien monster with a keg of beer in a manner similar to that in Jaws
Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,...
and escape the installation just in time as it is destroyed by a nuclear bomb, sent from the moon.
Voice cast
- Casper Christensen ... Per Jensen
- Frank Hvam ... Arne Skrydsbø
- Ali Kazim ... Jamil Ahmadinejad
- Simon Jul Jørgensen ... Fisse-Ole
- Iben Hjejle ... Susanne Mortensen
- Lars Hjortshøj ... Ib
- Bjarke Søballe Andersen ... Crowd
- Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen ... Fulderik
- Peter Belli ... Alien Diktator
- Rasmus Bjerg ... Agent 2
- Klaus Bondam ... Kurt Maj
- Thorbjørn Christoffersen ... General
- Tine Clasen ... Crowd
- Claus Darholt ... Assistant
- Tobias Dybvad ... Statsministeren
- Craig Frank ... Afro-Amerikansk Astronaut
- Morten Pilegaard Jespersen ... Crowd
- Roberto Johansson ... Jørgen fra Hundige Kortbølgeklub
- Karsten Kiilerich ... Tysk Bonde
- Henrik Koefoed ... Læge & Alien Forsker
- Flemming Krøll ... Prins Henrik
- Tilde Landgreen ... Lille Pige
- Jørgen Lerdam ... Liberal Journalist
- Anders Lund Madsen ... Reserve Jesus
- Justin Murphy ... Redneck Astronaut
- Kjeld Nørgaard ... Skt. Peter
- Esben Pretzmann ... Alien Soldat
- Lasse Rimmer ... TV Journalist / Gert
- Ask Rostrup ... Intercom stemme
- Sidsel Rostrup ... Engel
- Puk Scharbau ... Tysk Bonde Pige
- Jonas SchmidtJonas SchmidtJonas Tveje Bisgaard Schmidt is a Danish self-taught actorJonas Schmidt has appeared in numerous roles, mostly comedy however. He first gained fame, portraying the nerdy carseller Bruce, in the Danish Toyota commercials....
... Agent 1 - Regitze Stampe ... Crowd
- Martin Wichmann ... Skattesnyder