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Dark Star

The spaced out odyssey.

  • Movie
  • 1974
  • G
  • 1h 23m

Directed by John Carpenter

6.0

TMDB audience rating
6.0 out of 10 from 690 votes

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Overview

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.

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Cast and crew

  • Brian Narelle

    Brian NarelleLt. Doolittle

  • Cal Kuniholm

    Cal KuniholmBoiler

  • Dan O'Bannon

    Dan O'BannonSgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge

  • Dre PahichTalby

  • Adam BeckenbaughBomb #20 (voice)

  • Nick Castle

    Nick CastleAlien

  • Joe SaundersCommander Powell (voice)

  • Cookie KnappMuttercomputer (voice)

  • Alan SheretzBomb #19 (voice)

  • John Carpenter

    John CarpenterTalby Voice

  • Miles Watkins

    Miles WatkinsWatkins - Mission Control

Director
John Carpenter
Writer
John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon
Music
John Carpenter
Cinematography
Douglas Knapp