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6.0A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty 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.
Released: 1974-03-3083 minDir: John CarpenterComedy, Science FictionBudget: $60,000
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Cast
- Brian Narelle as Lt. Doolittle
- Cal Kuniholm as Boiler
- Dan O'Bannon as Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
- Dre Pahich as Talby
- Adam Beckenbaugh as Bomb #20 (voice)
- Nick Castle as Alien
Themes
- future
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- boredom
- space travel
- destruction of planet
- anarchic comedy
- metrocolor
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
29,142 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 83
- FilmAffinity ID
- 431089
- Official website
- theofficialjohncarpenter.com/dark-star
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- publication date
- 1974-00-00
- title
- Dark Star
- capital cost
- 60000
- review score
- 6.1/10
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1970s parody films1970s science fiction comedy films1974 American films1974 comedy films1974 directorial debut films1974 English-language films1974 films1974 independent films1974 science fiction filmsAmerican films about extraterrestrial lifeAmerican independent filmsAmerican parody filmsAmerican science fiction comedy filmsAmerican space adventure filmsAmerican student filmsEnglish-language independent filmsEnglish-language science fiction comedy filmsFilms directed by John CarpenterFilms produced by John CarpenterFilms scored by John CarpenterFilms set in the 22nd centuryFilms set on spacecraftFilms with screenplays by Dan O'BannonFilms with screenplays by John Carpenter