One of my most-anticipated films at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival was IRON SKY – which we’ve previewed on the site ahead of time. The story, set not far in the future, involves Nazis with a secret base on the dark side of the moon, who have decided to return to earth and carry out their master plan. Don’t worry, it’s very much a comedy. My full review is coming soon – I really want to take my time with writing it.
While at SXSW, I had a chance to sit down with director Timo Vuorensola and producer Tero Kaukomaa (in the first half of the video), and stars Julia Dietze and Stephanie Paul (in the second half). We talked in depth about putting together the Finnish production, their experience opening at the Berlin Film Festival (where it premiered) and coming to the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival, plus their inspirations and experiences making the movie. I knew this was a rare opportunity, so I’m very excited we got a chance to chat. Check out the interview below, followed by the opening 4 minutes of the movie. My thanks to the intrepid Ric Mulligan for shooting this.
And as promised, we’re giving away a few signed press books (these are SO very nice) autographed by all four of the interview subjects above. To enter just send us an e-mail and tell us what your favorite movie featuring Nazis is, and your favorite space movie, and tell us why on both – but there’s a catch! Neither answer can be STAR WARS or INDIANA JONES, we won’t accept those. Think hard on this. There’s a lot of movies with Nazi storylines, and definitely a lot of Sci-Fi films, so think of some good ones. Contest is open to U.S. residents only – sorry to everyone overseas, but this would be rather expensive to ship outside of the U.S. area.
While you’re thinking hard on which movies to note, watch the first four minutes of IRON SKY now, and stay tuned on info where you can see it in your area. The IMDB page currently lists an opening date of April 4 (which we assume is the limited release date for U.S. theaters).
For more information on IRON SKY, click here
To purchase tickets in Finland, click here
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
Well………… I want to send you an email but when I click that blue high lighted link, it says ‘Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed.’
. What? What should I do?
When is the contest over?
Hosung – send to thebigfanboy [at] gmail.com
Brian – in a few weeks. Winners will be notified by email.