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The Ice Pirates (1984) 5.6
In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found ... See full summary » Director:Stewart Raffill |
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In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found information dangerous to the rulers. A real Space Opera with sword fights, explosions, fighting robots, monsters, bar fights and time warps. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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SEE... A Universe on the Rocks! SEE... Great Special Affects! SEE... Space Herpie the Love Bug! SEE... The Evil Emperor and his Bird! SEE... Action-Packed Action! SEE! Ferocious Space Possums! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 March 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Eispiraten See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles Theatre - 615 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
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$9,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Patch: [smiles] My apologies.
Maida: [slices off his eye patch] You didn't sound to sincere to me.
Patch: I'm sorry.
Parrot: Don't believe him. He's lying.
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According to a crew member, the entire sound team was fired mid-production and replaced without explanation. See more »Quotes
Maida: [after killing Patch's assistant] I think you owe the lady and me an apologyPatch: [smiles] My apologies.
Maida: [slices off his eye patch] You didn't sound to sincere to me.
Patch: I'm sorry.
Parrot: Don't believe him. He's lying.
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Ice Pirates is a B-movie, it's campy, trashy and it is most of the time hilariously funny.
To me it probably is the funniest sf movie I ever watched. Sure, Galaxy Quest is funny, but it is also totally selfconcious, the whole humour comes from making fun of Star Trek.
Ice Pirates also makes fun of sf tropes, but it never takes itself seriously. While the story might be less strange than Buckaroo Banzai, the former is as quirky as the latter.
On the other hand, some of the visuals still look great to me.
This is one of the few films, I loved as a child, that stood up to the test of time and entertained the adult me as well as the young peg.