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13 July 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
In his wildest dreams Alex never suspected that tonight he would become...The Last Starfighter morePlot:
A videogaming boy, seemingly doomed to stay at his trailer park home all his life, finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
4 nominations moreUser Comments:
Silly, enjoyable, fun moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lance Guest | ... | Alex Rogan / Beta Alex |
| Dan O'Herlihy | ... | Grig |
 | Catherine Mary Stewart | ... | Maggie Gordon |
| Barbara Bosson | ... | Jane Rogan |
| Norman Snow | ... | Xur |
| Robert Preston | ... | Centauri |
| Chris Hebert | ... | Louis Rogan |
 | John O'Leary | ... | Rylan Bursar |
| George McDaniel | ... | Kodan Officer |
| Charlene Nelson | ... | Rylan Technician |
| John Maio | ... | Friendly Alien |
| Robert Starr | ... | Underling |
| Al Berry | ... | Rylan Spy |
| Scott Dunlop | ... | Tentacle Alien |
| Vernon Washington | ... | Otis |
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101 minCountry:
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2.20 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PGFilming Locations:
9411 Soledad Canyon Rd., Canyon Country, California, USAFun Stuff
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The voice of the video game that Alex plays at the trailer park is done by Robert Preston, who also played Centauri. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When the Centauri-Creature takes its face off, the glow of its eyes does not reflect either off the inside of the star-car's windshield or off the star-car's passenger partition. moreQuotes:
Lord Kril: Damage report!Kodan Officer: Guidance system out. Auxiliary steering out.
Lord Kril: Divert! Divert!
Kodan Officer: She won't answer the helm! We're locked into the moon's gravitational pull. What do we do?
[sound of Lord Kril's eyepiece swinging over left eye]
Lord Kril: We die.
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Referenced in "Clerks: Dante and Randal and Jay and Silent Bob and a Bunch of New Characters and Lando Take Part in a Whole Bunch of Movie Parodies... (#1.5)" (2001) moreSoundtrack:
Incommunicado moreFAQ
Has there ever been a "Starfighter" game released?more
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Granted, I'm a child of the 80s, so there's some nostalgia at work here, but I'm surprised at how interesting and enjoyable this movie is. It sounds like a turkey when you read the main plot line, but it's very well-done and charming for what it is. Sure, it has its problems, but it never claims to be anything other than teenage sci-fi. A good ride.