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Dark Star

Bombed Out in Space with a Spaced Out Bomb!

6.0 / 10 1974 1h 23mG English
ComedyScience Fiction

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Brian Narelle

Brian Narelle

Lt. Doolittle

Lead
Cal Kuniholm

Cal Kuniholm

Boiler

Dan O'Bannon

Dan O'Bannon

Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge

DP

Dre Pahich

Talby

AB

Adam Beckenbaugh

Bomb #20 (voice)

Nick Castle

Nick Castle

Alien

JS

Joe Saunders

Commander Powell (voice)

CK

Cookie Knapp

Muttercomputer (voice)

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Carpenter's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dark Star is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker