Space Truckers (1996)

Director:

Stuart Gordon

Writers:

Ted Mann (screenplay)
Stuart Gordon (story) ...

Release Date:

April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Earth's Only Hope

Plot:

John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry...

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Killer Robot | Spacewalk | Cult Comedy | Pirate

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tim Loane	...	Trooper Officer
Ian Beattie	...	Trooper
Olwen Fouere	...	Building Commander
Shane Rimmer	...	E. J. Saggs
Charles Dance	...	Nabel / Macanudo
Roger Gregg	...	Tank Patrol
Dennis Akayama	...	Tech Leader (as Denis Akiyama)
Seamus Flavin	...	Chopper 4
Jason O'Mara	...	Chopper 3
Dennis Hopper	...	John Canyon
Sandra Dickinson	...	Bitchin' Betty
George Wendt	...	Keller
Graeme Wilkinson	...	Jackie
Sean Lawlor	...	Mel
Debi Mazar	...	Cindy

Also Known As:

Star Truckers

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, sensuality and drug content, and for language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK | USA | Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (No. 34627)

Filming Locations:

Ardmore Studios - Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Company:

Goldcrest Films International

Goofs:

Factual errors: There's numerous events where laws of gravity and other physics are neglected, but the most notable is probably the upright flame of a lighter in a place where there's no air and no gravity.

Quotes:

Cindy: Did you hear something back there that sounds like there's something back there?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Kaubôi bibappu: Heavy Metal Queen (#1.7)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Martian Moons

Hopper loses at cards

The only thing that makes this movie funny is the fact that they actually got Dennis Hopper and Stephen Dorff to be in it. They must have lost a bet with somebody, and a pretty big one.

The script is so/so. The dialogue is so/so. The special effects are cheesy, but unintentionally, so. In Gordon's "Fortress" or "Robot Jox," the special effects were pulled off quite well and looked really great. But why on earth would he opt to go for realism, in a movie titled, "Space Truckers?!"

The production design was intentionally cheesy, and that's the part of the movie I loved. "Square Pigs." "Zero Gravity Beer." That, friends, is comedy.

Not quite self-aware enough. But good for an afternoon rent when you think all straight-to-video is garbage. 6 of 10.