Space Milkshake

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Space Milkshake
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Directed byArmen Evrensel
Written byArmen Evrensel
Produced byHolly Baird
Robin Dunne
Rob Merilees
Shane Putzlocher
Starring Billy Boyd
Robin Dunne
Kristin Kreuk
Amanda Tapping
George Takei
CinematographyLayton Burton
Edited byDaryl K. Davis
Fredrik Thorsen
Music byPatric Caird
Production
companies
Foundation Features
Trilight Entertainment
Release date
  • 26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)
(London MCM Expo)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Space Milkshake is a 2012 Canadian science fiction comedy film directed and written by Armen Evrensel. Its cast features Billy Boyd, Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk and Amanda Tapping.

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Plot

A mutant rubber ducky named Gary terrorizes four workers who are stranded on a sanitation space station. Meanwhile, Earth is inexplicably devoid of life. The crew must now work together to defeat the mutant rubber duck and figure out the strange device that has also appeared on the ship. [1]

Cast

Production

Filming was conducted between 14 November 2011 to 3 December 2011 at Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios in Regina. [1] [2] The project received financial support from Telefilm Canada through the Canada Feature Film Fund. [3]

Rob Bryanton, of Talking Dog Studios, who created some of the sound effects for the film, remarked about the project "that was a weird one, it reminds me of some of the British sci-fi shows from the 70s, it was a lot of fun to work on, that's for sure; the foley department got to do all kinds of fun and grotesque things with bones and KY Jelly." [4] Boyd said since he was also producing the movie, he had a "big part in the cut of the movie and one of Beecake's songs is on the final credits." [5]

When asked about the meaning of the film's title, Robin Dunne stated:

The story is that there is no story! When the script came to me, I read it ... and I liked it a lot and I called my producing partner Rob Merliees and said, I love this, I want to be part of this, but what’s the title? and he's like, I don’t know. I said, Well it doesn't mean anything. and he says, Exactly! and I thought, Okay, I guess so – so people see the title and they go, What does that mean? and basically, it means nothing. It means nothing or it means everything. [6]

Release

The world premiere was held at the London MCM Expo on 26 October 2012. [7] [8] Actors Robin Dunne and Billy Boyd were at the premiere for a question and answer session.

The film premiered on Canadian television channel The Movie Network on 8 February 2013 and aired on Movie Central in Canada starting on 22 March 2013. [9] [10] The film also screened at film festivals in February 2013; the film also screened at the Armageddon Expo in Melbourne, Australia on 19 October 2013 and Auckland, New Zealand on 26 October 2013.

Reception

John Gormley of The StarPhoenix said the "Saskatchewan-made movie wasn't just bad, it was bloody awful." [11] Critic Richard Scheib wrote "the film grasps at some big concepts – the end of all life on Earth, travel between alternate dimensions/timelines, artifacts with world-destroying potential – but never depicts any of this or does much more than go beyond its space station sets; the digital effects are economical but passable for the film's needs, although the rubber duck monster often looks cheap and cheesy." [12]

References

  1. 1 2 Ritchie, Kevin (15 November 2011). "Armen Evrensel sci-fi comedy begins shooting in Saskatchewan". Playback . Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (21 March 2012). "Indie producers in the Canadian province immediately criticized the provincial government for leaving their local production sector without a future". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. ↑ The Canadian Press (19 March 2012). "Telefilm Canada supports 11 new English-language feature-film projects for a total investment of $9 million". Canada Newswire .
  4. ↑ King, Andrew (April 2014). "Creative New Tricks Trump Complacency At Regina's Talking Dog Studios". Professional Sound. Vol. 25, no. 2. pp. 38–40.
  5. ↑ Fulton, Rick (4 January 2013). "Actor and musician Billy Boyd on his two careers". Daily Record. p. 36.
  6. ↑ Fuamoli, Sosefina (8 April 2014). "Robin Dunne on bringing Sanctuary to Australia, Space Milkshake and extraterrestrial life!". The AU Review. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Dunne, Robin (16 October 2012). "World Premiere of Space Milkshake will be at London @MCMExpo Oct 26th". Twitter (Tweet). Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Space Milkshake (16 October 2012). "World Premiere of Space Milkshake will be at London MCMExpo Oct 26th. We're Ducked". Twitter (Tweet). Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Space Milkshake on The Movie Network". The Movie Network. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "Space Milkshake on Movie Central". Movie Central . Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  11. ↑ Gormley, John (5 April 2013). "Of winter-damaged roads and really bad movies". The StarPhoenix . p. A2.
  12. ↑ Scheib, Richard. "Space Milkshake (2012)". Moriareviews.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025.
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