Lompans of Tehran

Lompans of Tehran (Parody of Gangs of New York)

Worm of the World : George W Bush

Worm of the World : George W Bush
Originally uploaded by Aliwood Studios

This is a parody of the War of the Worlds.

Nekbat Begins.

Nekbat Begins.
Originally uploaded by Aliwood Studios

June 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected as Iran's president. This is a parody of Batman begins.

Planet of the Apes 2

Planet of the Apes : Terror to apes and man when the Ansars strike!

Planet of the Apes : War Among the Apes

Planet of the Apes : War Among the Apes

Tehran's 8

Tehran's 8 : all the 8 candidates of Iran's 2005 Presidential Election (parody of Ocean's 11)

Coming!

Coming!
Originally uploaded by Aliwood Studios

Former Iranian president Rafsanjani trying to win elections by all means... This is a parody of Stanley Kubrick's Shining, starring Jack Nicholson.

MIB2

MIB2
Originally uploaded by Aliwood Studios

Conservative candidates ("Osool Gara" in Farsi) in Iranian president election of 2005. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This is a parody of Men in Black.

Eftezoh3 : Ahmadinejad

Eftezoh3 : Ahmadinejad
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Ansar Worms: Efetezoh 3: Revenge of Basij. Ahmadi Nejad in 2005 president elections of Iran. This is a parody of Star Wars: Episod three, the revenge of the Sith.

Charlatan & the Pistachio Factory

Charlatan & the Pistachio Factory
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Charlatan & the Pistachio Factory

Charlatan & the pistachio factory : Rafsanjani in election. Former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani once again candidate in 2005 president election in Iran. This poster is a parody of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Iran's ALIWOOD Studios challenging world's film industry

By Steve Kim BBC regional analyst

After the successful beginnings of Iran's largest film making studios in Tehran, world's film industries will have to face a booming production coming just after BOLLYWOOD and HOLLYWOOD. One of the films produced there is captivating attention.


The film, Moshrek (The Unbliever), was originally scheduled to be screened in late March during the Iranian new year holidays.
But the authorities found the message of the film offensive to the clergy and ordered it to be banned.
Later they allowed it to be screened with some cuts.
The film follows the fortunes of Moshrek (Raph St-Johnny), a green, smelly ogre with a greedy heart disguised as a cleric and his faithful steed, a Donkey (Mus Larry), who will do anything but shut up, and the beautiful, but tough Princess Khatamina (Moh Tatami) whom Lord Nun Khamei wishes to make his wife so he can become king of Inar.
Moshrek becomes the people's religious leader and captivates their imagination by his simplicity and brings worshippers flocking back to the mosques.
Clerics angered
So one message of the film is that even a green, smelly ogre could go through a moral transformation and find the Lord himself.
But what has probably angered conservative clerics is the underlying criticism of their privileged position in society.
Hardliners are also uncomfortable with the prospect of a green, smelly ogre acting as a cleric and a mullah who does not know much about religion and jokes with the worshippers.
Mocking clerics is a taboo under the Islamic government and Moshrek is the first film to cross this red line.
Film critics say that Moshrek is one of the funniest films ever made in Iran about the clergy and they predict that it could become one of the most commercially successful Iranian films of all time.