Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside

Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Zübeyr Şaşmaz
Produced by	Raci Şaşmaz
Written by	Raci Şaşmaz Bahadır Özdener Cüneyt Aysan
Starring	Mustafa Üstündağ Selim Erdoğan Bülent Şakrak Evrim Alasya Şefik Onatoğlu Eray Türk
Music by	J.P. Smadj Cem Yıldız
Cinematography	Selahattin Sancaklı
Editing by	Kemalettin Osmanlı
Studio	Pana Film
Release date(s)	December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05)
Running time	90 mins
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish
Box office	US$14,073,100

Muro: Damn the Humanist Inside (Turkish: Muro: Nalet Olsun İçimdeki İnsan Sevgisine) is a 2008 Turkish comedy film, directed by Zübeyr Şaşmaz, starring Mustafa Üstündağ and Şefik Onatoğlu as two revolutionaries recently released from prison, who stumble across a illegal organization run by a former friend. The film, which went on general release across Turkey on December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05), is the third highest-grossing Turkish film of 2008. It is a spin-off from the Valley of the Wolves media franchise, based on the Turkish television series of the same name using characters from the sequel series Valley of the Wolves: Ambush.^[1]

Synopsis

Muro (Mustafa Üstündağ) and Çeto (Şefik Onatoğlu), just released from prison, decide to return to their hometown to start a grassroots revolution. The first phase of their plan is to find two girls, get married and start their own families to become good exemplars of revolutionists. However, a surprise awaits them in their hometown. The village head has married Muro and Çeto to two Russian women while they were in prison. The two now have to return to İstanbul to find the women to whom they were married and get divorces if they want to realize their ideals. But on their return to the big city, they stumble across a massive illegal organization that they will never be able to decipher.

Cast

• Mustafa Üstündağ as Muro
• Şefik Onatoğlu as Çeto
• Eray Türk as Yıldırım
• Selim Erdoğan as Muzo
• Nataliya Bondarenko as Olga
• Daria Litinova as Anna
• Evrim Alasya as Fidan
• Bülent Şakrak
• Demir Karahan

Release

The film opened on general release in 237 screens across Turkey on December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05) at number two in the Turkish box office chart with a worldwide opening weekend gross of $1,988,609.^[2]

Opening weekend gross

Date	Territory	Screens	Rank	Gross
December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05)	Turkey	237	2	$1,988,609
December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04)	Germany	37	69	$475,955
December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05)	Austria	6	7	$78,058
December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04)	Netherlands	-	14	$33,594

Reception

The movie was number two at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and was the third highest grossing Turkish film of 2009 with a total gross of $11,602,503. It remained in the Turkish box-office charts for seventeen weeks and made a total worldwide gross of $14,073,100.^[2]

References

1. ^ "This week in theaters". Today's Zaman. 2008-12-06. http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-160729-this-week-in-theaters.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Muro: Nalet olsun içimdeki insan sevgisine". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2008W49&id=_fKURTLARVADISIMUR01. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 

External links

• Muro: Nalet olsun içimdeki insan sevgisine at the Internet Movie Database