2001: A Space Travesty

February 2026 January 2025 2001: A Space Travesty 2001 a space travesty dvd cover.jpg DVD cover Allan A. Goldstein Martin Heldmann Werner Koenig Francesco Lucente Alan Shearman Leslie Nielsen Ophélie Winter Peter Egan Ezio Greggio Claude Foisy it Claude Foisy de Claude Foisy Sylvain Brault Gaétan Huot Helkon Filmverleih GmbH Buena Vista International 2000 10 31 Tokyo 99 minutes GermanyCanada English $30 million https://variety.com/1998/film/news/pic-book-pacts-set-for-helkon-1117488025/ Pic, book pacts set for Helkon Variety February 14, 2025 2001: A Space Travesty is a 2000 satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Allan A. Goldstein and starring Leslie Nielsen,Dockery Brandon A Year of Garbage Movies #76, "2001: A Space Travesty" (2000) 3 November 2019 Medium https://medium.com/the-garbage-movie-emporium/a-year-of-garbage-movies-76-2001-a-space-travesty-2000-668ba1103a71 4 December 2020Clements Warren DEJA VIEWED 2001: A SPACE TRAVESTY 1 December 2001 The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/deja-viewed-2001-a-space-travesty/article4157122/ 4 December 2020 Ophélie Winter, Peter Egan,Adams Jason AWFULLY GOOD: 2001: A SPACE TRAVESTY 17 April 2013 JoBlo.com https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/awfully-good-2001-a-space-travesty 4 December 2020 and Ezio Greggio. The film has a few sequences satirizing elements of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but is not focused on parodying that film alone. Filming took place in Canada. Plot Marshal Richard "Dick" Dix, a special agent, saves a fast food chain restaurant from a terrorist hostage situation, much to the displeasure of Chief Halverson. He drives away and back to the police station, where he meets his boss Secretary Osgood, who is with a police worker, Cassandra Menage. She retells her experience of the cloning of the President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton, who remains unnamed throughout the film. Dix is sent aboard a Space shuttle to the cloning facility, a Moon base called Vegan. He causes mayhem on the way there, reaches Vegan and is met by Lt. Bradford Shitzu at the security check. On the way to meet the main suspect in the cloning, Dr. Griffin Pratt, Dix experiences strange happenings throughout the colony involving certain Aliens who live there. During a very strange incident involving an Alien about to explode, Dix meets Capt. Valentino DiPasquale, with whom he will share his quarters. Dix and Shitzu get to Dr. Pratt's quarters, and talk to him. Shitzu leaves, and Pratt takes Dix on a tour of his cloning facility. While on the tour, he meets Dr. Uschi Künstler, with whom he takes the elevator to meet Ms. Menage. Dr. Künstler deserts the two, and they make their way to a party where the suspects may be. Pratt and Menage have dinner, while Dix has a bizarre escapade with Pratt's toupe. He leaves the party and goes to his quarters with Valentino. There he shows him his huge array of disguises. Dix gets a phone call from Ms. Menage that they are about to raid Pratt's quarters. Dix accidentally destroys his Vegan model and spreads paint all over the place. Then he stumbles on the radio, and it starts playing the cancan very loudly. Pratt comes back to his room, only to discover that Dix escaped. He goes to his apartment and threatens him. Dix tells Menage, and soon enough, Menage gets abducted by Pratt's goons. Pratt pretends to help Dix find the President and rescue Ms. Menage, but Pratt's goons trap them. Ms. Menage uses her martial arts skills, and the President, Dix, and Menage escape back to Earth. The President they rescued is then replaced with the president in the White House, and suddenly Dix finds out that he put the clone in the White House. They find out that Secretary Osgood is also with Pratt. Dix, the President, Menage, Valentino, Shitzu and Künstler go to a concert by the Three Tenors, who are singing Village People songs. The presidents are involved in an onstage fight, and the whole concert is ruined by Shitzu's fumbling with the control panel. Then Künstler double-crosses Dix, and reveals she is actually an alien. After Menage kills her, the president is replaced, and Menage goes with Dix to a restaurant for a date. Cast  Leslie Nielsen as Richard 'Dick' Dix  Ophélie Winter as Cassandra Menage  Ezio Greggio as Captain Valentino Di Pasquale  Peter Egan as Dr. Griffin Pratt  Alexandra Kamp as Dr. Uschi Künstler  Pierre Edwards as Lt. Bradford Shitzu  David Fox as Secretary Osgood  Sam Stone as Police Chief Halverson  Verona Pooth as Yetta Pussel  Michel Perron as Famous Tenor #1  Paul Rainville as Famous Tenor #2  Yvan Ducharme as Famous Tenor #3  Marc Hervieux as Famous Tenor Voice #1  Perry Canestrari as Famous Tenor Voice #2  Carlos Ruiz as Famous Tenor Voice #3  Tommy Schnurmacher as Conductor  Alan Shearman as Security Gendarme  Teresa Barnwell as Mrs. President  David Francis as Commander Wickernuts  Una Kay as Oona Hottenlocker-Wickernuts  Michele Scarabelli as Opera House Security Guard  Mark Stevens as Teenage Hostage  Ellen David as Spaceport Customs Officer  Armand Laroche as Backstage Gendarme  Ima Sudonim as Ben Hur (gag credit)  Pierre Lenoir as Inspector Wazoo  Richard Jutras as Wardrobe Dresser  David Millbern as Pin Head Alien #1  Matt Smiley as Pin Head Alien #2  Charles Dennis as Flashback Doctor  Natalie Gray as Flashback Mother  Betsy Soo as Opera reporter  Ghandi as Self  Robert Suetsugu as Sumo Wrestler #1  Reid Asato as Sumo Wrestler #2  Luc Campeau as Theater Manager  Stéphanie Dumoulin-Shaw as Shuttle Flight Attendant  Annabelle Torsein as Female Prompter  Charles Papasoff as Sax Musician  Jean-Marc Bisson as Alien Emcee  Alain Bérard as Converted Alien  Caroline André as Violinist  Toni Sherwood as Vegan Night Club Singer  Mikael Gravel as Vegan Night Club Singer  Marianne Farley as Vegan Night Club Dancer  Daniel Alvarez as Vegan Night Club Dancer  Rachel A. Jeperson as Vegan Night Club Dancer / Concert Dancer  Christian Vezina as Vegan Night Club Dancer  Marion Hinz as Vegan Night Club Dancer / Concert Dancer  Noam Alon as Vegan Night Club Dancer  Martin Samuel as Vegan Night Club Dancer  Jean-Luc Côté as Concert Dancer (as Jean-Luke Côté)  Don Jordan as Concert Dancer   2001: A Space Travesty (full cast & crew) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157262/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm IMDb 21 May 2026 Production In July 1998, it was announced German production company Helkon Media would be co-financing a Leslie Nielsen vehicle then titled Space Travesty 2000. https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/helkon-on-wheels-1117478627/ Helkon on wheels Variety February 9, 2025 Reception The website Need Coffee praised Nielsen's comedy style, despite the film's silliness. "If you're just in the mood for silly, puerile humor (and we all are, sometimes), or if you're under thirteen and the word 'penis' sends you into gails [sic] of laughter, then check this one out. Otherwise, skip it and check out something with a bit more sophistication."2001: A Space Travesty (2001) https://www.needcoffee.com/html/dvd/2001astravesty.html Need Coffee 18 October 2019 Jason James from The Nut Gallery gave the film only one star out of five, stating: "Overall I am not that big of a fan of spoof movies to begin with so it would have to be pretty special for me to like it. Even with that this is still not even that good of a spoof movie making it even harder to watch."James Jason 2001: A Space Travesty http://www.thenutgallery.com/review/2001aspacetravesty/2001aspacetravesty.html The Nut Gallery 23 May 2017 7 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200307083412/http://thenutgallery.com/review/2001aspacetravesty/2001aspacetravesty.html dead Richard Scheib from Moria.co also gave the film a very poor review, nominating it the "Worst Film of 2001".Scheib Richard 2001: A SPACE TRAVESTY http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/2001-aspacetravesty.htm Moria.co 14 June 2002 23 May 2017THE BEST AND WORST OF 2001 http://moria.co.nz/annuals/bestof2001.htm Moria.co January 2002 23 May 2017 September 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180901083019/http://moria.co.nz/annuals/bestof2001.htm dead References External links 0157262 2001 A Space Travesty 2001_A_Space_Travesty 2001 A Space Travesty Category:2000 films Category:2000 English-language films Category:2000s parody films Category:2000 science fiction comedy films Category:American parody films Category:American science fiction comedy films Category:Cultural depictions of Bill Clinton Category:Cultural depictions of Hillary Clinton Category:Cultural depictions of Luciano Pavarotti Category:American films about extraterrestrial life Category:Films directed by Allan A. 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