FILM · 2006 · TURKEY

Şaşkın

Directed by

Sahin Alparslan

Runtime

90 min

8 archived facts · 4 topics · 1 source · Last reviewed Sep 2026

The movie Saskin (Silly) is about a young guy Mehmet, who falls in love with a girl who happens to comment about perfect love on a radio show and follows her to a holiday resort where she possibly work.

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1. #001

   Şaşkın was adapted from a story by S.H. Barnett, with the screenplay written jointly by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff and Ralph Nelson in the director's chair.

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2. #002

   Originally titled Father Goose, the film was released in Turkish cinemas on 2 January 1967. The "Father Goose" of the original title is the code name used in the film by the character played by Cary Grant.

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3. #003

   The production won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1965 and was also nominated that same year in the Best Editing and Best Sound categories.

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4. #004

   Filming took place entirely in Jamaica.

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5. #005

   This film is Cary Grant's penultimate cinema film; Walk Don't Run (1966), which he made two years later, was his last. After this film, Grant did not appear in any cinema film for the 20 years until his death in 1986.

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6. #006

   The theme of opposing characters brought together under wartime conditions was also explored in John Huston's The African Queen (1951) and Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957); Ralph Nelson is said to have drawn heavily on these two productions, with some passages bearing scene-by-scene similarities.

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7. #007

   Şaşkın, listed on TMDb with a 2006 release date, follows Mehmet, a university student who travels to Antalya with his friend Çetin to find the girl whose voice he heard on the radio.

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8. #008

   According to the TMDb record, Şahin Alparslan directed and wrote the film; Erol Avcı and Cengiz Keten shared producing duties, and Doğu Yücel also contributed to the screenplay.

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