Germans love Nazi spoof

'Iron Sky' lands more than $3 mil in bow

'Iron Sky'

MOSCOW -- "Iron Sky," the $10 million Nazis-on-the-moon spoof partly financed by global sci-fi fans, clocked in more than a quarter of a million admissions, and box office north of $3 million, in its initial release over the Easter holiday weekend.

No. 1 in its home territory of Finland with 75,000 admissions, the film -- a co-production with Germany and Australia, pulled in 250,000 admissions from 340 screens across Norway and Germany.

Released by Polyband in Germany, the movie -- a dark comedy of mad Third Reich escapees to the moon planning to return to Earth for a 21st century takeover -- "Iron Sky" rolls out next across other European and international territories, including the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Australia, Israel and Japan.

Helsinki-based producer Blind Spot Pictures worked a worldwide community of sci-fi fans and online gamers to help pull in close to 10% of the movie's budget through crowd-financing.

Polyband CEO Swetlana Winkel said the 164-screen release in Germany did gangbusters biz. "We are very glad that so many fans of 'Iron Sky' went to see the film although it was Easter holidays and very cold," she said. "We will increase the screens to follow the huge demand."

Producer Tero Kaukomaa said the opening suggested there was a potential audience of "millions around the world."

Stealth Media Group has sold the film worldwide except for Portugal, Italy, Spain, Latin America and South Africa, he added.

Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Quote:
An Airliner

At a recent software engineering management course in the US, the participants were given an awkward question to answer. "If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software how many of you would disembark immediately?"

Among the ensuing forest of raised hands, only one man sat motionless. When asked what he would do, he replied that he would be quite content to stay onboard.

With his team's software, he said, the plane was unlikely to even taxi as far as the runway, let alone take off.


----------------------
An artist, a lawyer, and a computer scientist

An artist, a lawyer, and a computer scientist are discussing the merits of a mistress. The artist tells of the passion, the thrill which comes with the risk of being discovered. The lawyer warns of the difficulties. It can lead to guilt, divorce, bankruptcy. Not worth it. Too many problems. The computer scientist says "It's the best thing that's ever happened to me. My wife thinks I'm with my mistress. My mistress thinks I'm home with my wife, and I can spend all night on the computer!"


--------------

Microsoft Support

A Microsoft support man goes to a firing range. He shoots 10 bullets at the target 50m away. Then the supervisors check the target and see that there's not even a single hit, and they shout to him that he missed completely. So he tells them to recheck, and gets the same answer. Then he put his finger at the top of the gun and shoots, blasting off his finger. When he saw it he shouted back "I don't know, it's working perfectly here, the problem must yours..."

Hi Jim, were you awake when you posted this????? Looks to me like you forgot which thread you where in and posted it in the wrong one since this is definitely no joke or at least it's not to me.

Quote:
http://www.ironsky.net/site/

Germans love Nazi spoof

'Iron Sky' lands more than $3 mil in bow

By Nick Holdsworth

'Iron Sky'

MOSCOW -- "Iron Sky," the $10 million Nazis-on-the-moon spoof partly financed by global sci-fi fans, clocked in more than a quarter of a million admissions, and box office north of $3 million, in its initial release over the Easter holiday weekend.

No. 1 in its home territory of Finland with 75,000 admissions, the film -- a co-production with Germany and Australia, pulled in 250,000 admissions from 340 screens across Norway and Germany.

Released by Polyband in Germany, the movie -- a dark comedy of mad Third Reich escapees to the moon planning to return to Earth for a 21st century takeover -- "Iron Sky" rolls out next across other European and international territories, including the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Australia, Israel and Japan.

Helsinki-based producer Blind Spot Pictures worked a worldwide community of sci-fi fans and online gamers to help pull in close to 10% of the movie's budget through crowd-financing.

Polyband CEO Swetlana Winkel said the 164-screen release in Germany did gangbusters biz. "We are very glad that so many fans of 'Iron Sky' went to see the film although it was Easter holidays and very cold," she said. "We will increase the screens to follow the huge demand."

Producer Tero Kaukomaa said the opening suggested there was a potential audience of "millions around the world."

Stealth Media Group has sold the film worldwide except for Portugal, Italy, Spain, Latin America and South Africa, he added.

Contact the Variety newsroom at mailto:news@variety.com?subject=Germans%20love%20Nazi%20spoof