An alien is stranded on earth and eventually befriends a young boy during his quest to return to his home planet. Badi is a Turkish remake of Steven Spielberg's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
Practical Effects
The alien costume — foam rubber nightmare with visible zippers.
Direction
Zafer Par's Spielberg cosplay: all the shots, none of the budget.
Production
Shot in a single house with borrowed equipment and stolen hope.
Director
Zafer Par
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Turkish 'remake' cinema of the 70s-80s operated in legal gray zones, producing unauthorized versions of blockbusters with zero licensing — Badi is the most infamous survivor.
The Badi costume was reportedly recycled from a Turkish superhero film and smelled permanently of cigarettes because the actor chain-smoked between takes.
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