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Dark Star is a 1974 American independent science fiction comedy film produced, scored and directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship Dark Star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets.
Jan 17, 1975 · Dark Star: Directed by John Carpenter. With Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon. In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.
Apr 3, 2024 · Made for $60,000 (£47,581) by film school students, horror maestro John Carpenter's directorial debut Dark Star is now regarded as a sci-fi cult classic.
The new commander, Talby (Dre Pahich; voiced by John Carpenter), sits in a bubble on top of the ship, falls asleep... dreaming about the Phoenix asteroid which circles the universe every 1.23 trillion years.
Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Adam Smith Empire Magazine Hats off nonetheless to young whippersnapper John Carpenter, whose studenty tale of space tedium, aliens and molasses-black humour remains...
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Armed with Exponential Thermosteller Bombs, the scout ship DARK STAR travels out on the very rim of the known universe, far in advance of colony ships, prowling the unstable planets. Meanwhile the crew of Doolittle, Pinback, Boiler and Talby perform their jobs in a state of abject boredom.
"Dark Star" is one of the damnedest science fiction movies I've ever seen, a berserk combination of space opera, intelligent bombs, and beach balls from other worlds. It has a checkered history. It began as a student project by John Carpenter (later to direct " Halloween ") and Dan O'Bannon (later to write " Alien "), and grew over a period of ...
