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Dark Star is a 1974 American 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.
Apr 3, 2024 · Dark Star was a collaboration between Carpenter, who directed and scored the film, and Dan O'Bannon, who in addition to co-writing the script, acted as editor, production designer, and visual ...
Feb 19, 2018 · www.screenbound.co.ukDark Star [1974]John Carpenter directs this Sci-Fi cult classic, spoofing Kubrick’s 2001. Four bored astronauts wandering space destroyi...
"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 time and expanding budgets into a full-length film.
A loopy 2001 satire, Dark Star may not be the most consistent sci-fi comedy, but its portrayal of human eccentricity is a welcome addition to the genre. A satiric look at the problems experienced ...
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John Carpenter's pulp science fiction classic - this brilliantly clever and funny parody of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, follows a warped intergalactic mission to blow up unstable planets. Four bored astronauts fill in time between missions catching up on their tans with the help of a sun-lamp, playing with a suspiciously plastic-looking alien mascot they are taking back to Earth and conversing with their female version of Hal. Things start to go horribly wrong when the spaceship ...
John Carpenter. Director, Screenplay. Dan O'Bannon. Screenplay. A 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.
