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Overview

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6.6/10   7,577 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John Carpenter (original story and screenplay) and
Dan O'Bannon (original story and screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 February 1979 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Tagline:
What would you be like after 20 years aboard DARK STAR the spaced-out spaceship. The ultimate cosmic comedy! more
Plot:
Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems which are to be colonised... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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A silly little film more (129 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
John Carpenter's Dark Star (Australia)
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Runtime:
83 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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The Playboy posters are blurred in the bedroom scene, although the bedroom scene is not in all versions of the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Boiler and Pinback are fighting in the corridor, the gun that Boiler dropped at the beginning of the fight is on the deck not far in front of them, but when they stop fighting and climb the ladder back to the control room, the gun is not there. more
Quotes:
Talby: What a beautiful way to die - as a falling star. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Silent Running (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Benson Arizona more

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17 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
A silly little film, 2 August 2005
7/10
Author: tomimt from Finland

John Carpenter's first film. Must be horror you say, but you'd be wrong in that account. Dark Star is a parodied view of future, in where a group of astronauts travel in space, destroying unstable planets in danger of hitting in to the sun, thus making them in to novas.

One would think there's lots of special effects in a movie like this, and one would be right. Those special effects just aren't extremely good in any standard, but they do have lots of charm. And I actually do believe, that if this movie would have any better specials it wouldn't be as funny as it's now.

I won't spoil the movie for you, but if you like sci-fi this just might suit for you then. It gave me couple of laughs.

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