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Dark Star

Movie
1974
1h 23m
G
English
Comedy, Science Fiction
User Score: 
6.1
Critic Score: 
71
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A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
Dark Star Poster

Dark Star

G
Movie
1974
1h 23m
English
Comedy, Science Fiction
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
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6.1
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Dark Star (1974) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
71

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Brian Narelle
Lt. Doolittle
Dan OBannon
Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
Adam Beckenbaugh
Bomb #20 (voice)
Joe Saunders
Commander Powell (voice)
Cookie Knapp
Muttercomputer (voice)
Alan Sheretz
Bomb #19 (voice)
John Carpenter
Talby Voice
Miles Watkins
Watkins - Mission Control
Directed By: John Carpenter
Written By: John Carpenter (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay)

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KurtMoney says...
7 years ago
This movie is a bit goofy due to the extreme low budget but they stretch that money and do some really cool practical effects. Also, it's a lot funnier than I expected. Like genuine laughs, not laughing at it, but with it. And almost every single laugh came compliments of my boy Dan O'Bannon. Not only did he write Alien and direct one of my fave of all time, Return of the Living Dead, turns out he's a pretty good comedic actor. The scene with him and the alien was pure bugs bunny style genius. And the scene where he does his personal diary entry is laugh out loud funny. So good!
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sage020 says...
2 years ago
I don’t have much to say about this one, I didn’t get it and it wasn’t for me.
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CorsOfLuke says...
one year ago
3 inflatable ball aliens out of 10 Benson, Arizona
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HoundCat says...
10 months ago
Wow, 1h 23m that I'll never get back. I had to see it because I expected more from John Carpenter. He was only 26 years old and it was 1974, so a low budget really had to be stretched including an attack of a killer tomato, some corny items that shouldn't have taken up space, and could have been better spent by providing some razors to trim those beards. At least they had cigarettes and Tiparillos to smoke in their confined space, ugh. I assume that the hair would have been discarded into space and that there would be some giant ball of hair floating around out there. Really though, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. 2001 A Space Odyssey was made six years earlier and is still to this day considered a masterpiece where this movie is really a master piece of (insert colorful metaphor here). Sorry John, loved many of your movies, but this one... :-(
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drqshadow
3/10  5 years ago
The dense, confused tale of four exhausted, fatally stir-crazy astronauts in the midst of a twenty-plus-year mission to clear the universe of unfriendly alien planets. Long and windy, I couldn't decide if this was intended to be a dark comedy (as many of the promotional materials imply) or a mor More
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