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Dark Star - L'étoile noire

Original title: Dark Star
  • 1974
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
27K
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Dark Star - L'étoile noire (1974)
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ComedySci-Fi

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

  • Director
    • John Carpenter
  • Writers
    • John Carpenter
    • Dan O'Bannon
  • Stars
    • Dan O'Bannon
    • Dre Pahich
    • Brian Narelle
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    27K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • John Carpenter
    • Writers
      • John Carpenter
      • Dan O'Bannon
    • Stars
      • Dan O'Bannon
      • Dre Pahich
      • Brian Narelle
    • 212User reviews
    • 129Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Brian Narelle in Dark Star - L'étoile noire (1974)
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    Brian Narelle and Dan O'Bannon in Dark Star - L'étoile noire (1974)
    Dre Pahich in Dark Star - L'étoile noire (1974)
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    Dan O'Bannon
    Dan O'Bannon
    • Pinback
    Dre Pahich
    Dre Pahich
    • Talby
    Brian Narelle
    Brian Narelle
    • Lt. Doolittle
    Cal Kuniholm
    Cal Kuniholm
    • Boiler
    Adam Beckenbaugh
    • Bomb #20
    • (uncredited)
    John Carpenter
    John Carpenter
    • Talby voice
    • (uncredited)
    Nick Castle
    Nick Castle
    • Alien
    • (uncredited)
    Cookie Knapp
    • Computer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Saunders
    Joe Saunders
    • Commander Powell
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Sheretz
    • Bomb #19
    • (uncredited)
    Miles Watkins
    Miles Watkins
    • Watkins - Mission Control
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John Carpenter
    • Writers
      • John Carpenter
      • Dan O'Bannon
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      A computer screen flashes: "FUCK YOU HARRIS" during the film. This was a message directed toward Jack H. Harris, the producer, who annoyed director John Carpenter during production. Supposedly, the offensive sentence was his revenge. However, many people have a hard time finding it.
    • Goofs
      Lt Doolittle's cloth name tape on his uniform is spelled/misspelled "DOOLTTLE", obvious in the first scene in the Food Locker.
    • Quotes

      Doolittle: [Doolittle convinces the bomb not to explode]

      Doolittle: [1:12:12] Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?

      Bomb #20: Of course.

      Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts?

      Bomb #20: I am always receptive to suggestions.

      Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist?

      Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist.

      Doolittle: But how do you know you exist?

      Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious.

      Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist?

      Bomb #20: Hmmmm... well... I think, therefore I am.

      Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know

      Doolittle: that anything else exists?

      Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun.

    • Alternate versions
      Originally released in a shorter 68-minutes version, later expanded to a longer 83 minute version with the addition of new scenes (including the meteor storm, the visit to the crew's quarters and Doolittle playing his music).
    • Connections
      Edited into Star Slammer: La Prison des étoiles (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Benson Arizona
      Music by John Carpenter

      Lyrics by Bill Taylor

      Vocals by John Yager (uncredited)

      [Played over the opening and closing credits]

    User reviews212

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    Featured review
    7/10
    A silly little film
    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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    • tomimt
    • Aug 2, 2005

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    • Release date
      • July 9, 1980 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dark Star
    • Filming locations
      • Raleigh Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Jack H. Harris Enterprises
      • University of Southern California (USC)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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