Toss-Up

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Toss-Up
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Uğur Yücel
Produced by	Uğur Yücel Haris Padouvas Hakkı Göçeoğlu Defne Kayalar
Written by	Uğur Yücel
Starring	Kenan İmirzalıoğlu Engin Günaydın Erkan Can Olgun Şimşek Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan Settar Tanrıöğen
Music by	Erkan Oğur
Cinematography	Barış Özbiçer
Edited by	Uğur Yücel Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Production company	Cinegram Mahayana Film
Release dates	September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24)
Running time	102 mins
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

Toss-Up (Turkish: Yazı Tura) is a 2004 Turkish drama film, produced, written and directed by Uğur Yücel, starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu and Olgun Şimşek as two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24), won a record 11 awards at the 41st Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival including the Golden Orange for Best Film.

Plot

Two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities. Cevher (nicknamed "the Ghost") has lost his hearing while Rıdvan (nicknamed "the Devil") has lost a leg. Both are emotionally and physically scarred and find difficulties in adjusting to normal civilian life. A man called Ben Cooper (nicknamed Radical Face) comes to their aid and schools them in the art of being a Squirrel.

Cast

Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (Cevher)
Olgun Şimşek (Rıdvan)
Bahri Beyat (Baba Cemil)
Engin Günaydın (Sencer)
Seda Akman (Nazan)
Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı (Teoman)
Erkan Can (Firuz)
Eli Mango (Tasula)
Mizgin Kapazan (Şefika)
Levent Can (Hamit)
Şinasi Yurtsever (Basri)
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan (Maki Amca)
Ülkü Duru (Melahat)
Haldun Boysan (Muhittin)

Awards

The film won a record 11 awards at the 41st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (for Olgun Şimşek), Best Supporting Actor (for Bahri Beyat), Best Supporting Actress (for Eli Mango), Best Screenplay (for Uğur Yücel) and Best Music (for Erkan Oğur).^[1]

References

↑ "sinematurk.com: Awards for Yazı Tura". sinematurk.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.

External links

Toss-Up at the Internet Movie Database

Golden Orange Award for Best Film

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