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Released Year: 1974
Runtime: 83 minutes
Directors: John Carpenter
Casts: Nick Castle, Dan O'Bannon, Cookie Knapp, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Adam Beckenbaugh, Joe Saunders, Alan Sheretz
IMDB: Dark Star (1974)
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Empire -
In essence, Dark Star has what all great comedy has: a sense of desperation and pathos allied to an abiding humanity which elevates it high above the realm of mere spoof.
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The Guardian -
It's a smart, cynical look at space travel, treating it as a blue-collar job and not a divine calling as Kubrick and others would have you believe.
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Time Out London -
Four bombed-out astronauts journey endlessly through the galaxy, whiling away the time with jokes, sunlamp treatment, personal diaries on videotape, and games with their own pet alien. Sheer delight.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
This is a fun movie, and a bright and intelligent one. It bears few signs of having been made on a low budget, and the special effects are reasonably slick.
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Rolling Stone -
The special effects vacillate between defiantly shitty and endearingly resourceful, and Carpenter and O’Bannon's sense of humor covers a similarly narrow ground between Loony Tunes goofiness and dorm-room stoned.
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Dark Star (1974)
A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
Dark Star (1974)
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Information
Released Year: 1974
Runtime: 83 minutes
Directors: John Carpenter
Casts: Nick Castle, Dan O'Bannon, Cookie Knapp, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Adam Beckenbaugh, Joe Saunders, Alan Sheretz
IMDB: Dark Star (1974)
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A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
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Reviews
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Empire -
In essence, Dark Star has what all great comedy has: a sense of desperation and pathos allied to an abiding humanity which elevates it high above the realm of mere spoof.
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The Guardian -
It's a smart, cynical look at space travel, treating it as a blue-collar job and not a divine calling as Kubrick and others would have you believe.
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Time Out London -
Four bombed-out astronauts journey endlessly through the galaxy, whiling away the time with jokes, sunlamp treatment, personal diaries on videotape, and games with their own pet alien. Sheer delight.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
This is a fun movie, and a bright and intelligent one. It bears few signs of having been made on a low budget, and the special effects are reasonably slick.
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Rolling Stone -
The special effects vacillate between defiantly shitty and endearingly resourceful, and Carpenter and O’Bannon's sense of humor covers a similarly narrow ground between Loony Tunes goofiness and dorm-room stoned.
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A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
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