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Mood:
- HumorousSuspensefulExciting
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Plot:
- Space TravelA.I.PetsSurfingTechnology Gone AwryDangerEscapadesHeroes more...
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Genres:
- ComedySci-FiFuturisticThriller
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Time/Period:
- Future
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Humor:
- SatireSilly Humor
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantastic
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Dark Star, 1974
English
USA
Profile of Dark Star
Dark Star can be described as suspenseful, humorous, and exciting. The plot revolves around space travel, surfing, and pets. Its comic aspect comes from satire and silly humor. Dark Star's main genres are comedy, sci-fi, and thriller. In terms of style, it is futuristic. In approach, it is fantastical.
Summary of Dark Star
John Carpenter's low-budget debut feature is a hilarious romp set in the deepest reaches of outer space. The haggard crew of the dilapidated Dark Star spaceship--Doolittle (Brian Narelle), Boiler (Cal Kuniholm), Pinback (Dan O'Bannon), and Talby (Dre Pahich)--is on an extended mission to seek out and destroy unstable planets. But after 20 years of the same routine, each crewmember is reaching the end of his tether. The journey is fraught with mishaps, and danger seems to lurk around every corner. There are misbehaving pet aliens, suicidal bombs that dream of detonating, frozen crewmates dispensing advice from beyond the grave, and a surly, unhelpful main computer that holds the men it serves in total contempt. Despite all these problems, the crew is still bored to the brink of madness. Co-written by the multitasking O'Bannon, who is also credited as the film's production designer and editor, DARK STAR brims with giddy jabs at the science-fiction genre (including George Lucas's THX 1138), an approach that Mel Brooks would later take in his own sci-fi spoof, SPACEBALLS (1987). In addition to writing, directing, and acting, Carpenter also composed the film's atmospheric score.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | April 1974 |
| Runtime: | 83 min |
Cast and Crew
as Lt. Doolittle
as Sgt. Pinback
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