Recep İvedik
Recep İvedik is a Turkish movie starring Şahan Gökbakar, which was released on February 21, 2008. It was filmed after the character of Recep İvedik was caught on TV. The trailer of the film, whose trailer was watched approximately 5 million 750 thousand times on the video sharing site YouTube as of March 2008, was released on February 21, 2008 with 230 copies after the great interest it received. Watched by 791,536 people in the first three days, Recep İvedik ranked second in the list of the most watched films in Turkey in the first 3 days. It was watched by 3 million 150 thousand people in 17 days.
| Recep İvedik | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Togan Gökbakar |
| Written by | Serkan Altunigne Mehmet Ali Bayhan Sahan Gökbakar |
| Produced by | Faruk Aksoy Ayse Germen Mehmet Soyarslan |
| Starring | Şahan Gökbakar |
| Cinematography | Ertunç Şenkay |
| Edited by | Erkan Özekan |
| Music by | Oguz Kaplangi Ugurcan Sezen |
Production companies | Aksoy Film Özen Film |
| Distributed by | Özen Film |
Release date | February 22, 2008 |
Running time | 90 min |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
| Budget | $500,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $28,548,025 |
Storyline
The movie is about a man trying to impress his childhood lover. When Recep comes sees Sibel, he starts to remember the old days. From there on he goes into very ridiculous lengths to impress her. The story gets a bit complicated when Recep comes across many obstacles but overcomes everything in his own funny ways.
Cast
- Şahan Gökbakar as Recep İvedik
- Fatma Toptaş as Sibel
- Tuluğ Çizgen as Sibel's mother
- Lemi Filozof as Fazil
- Hakan Bilgin as Müdür
Sequels
External links
- Official website for the film (Turkish)
- Recep İvedik at AllMovie
- Recep İvedik at IMDb
- Recep İvedik at Rotten Tomatoes
- Recep İvedik at the TCM Movie Database