Hilarious, taking the mickey out of science fiction films but still honoring the genre. I love it
Dark Star
6.1/10IMDb
74%Rotten Tomatoes
64%Audience
66Metacritic- 5.7/10MC Users
59%Trakt
3.1/5Letterboxd- 3.0/4Roger Ebert
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Bloodstream“The spaced out odyssey.”
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.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $60K
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Cast
Brian NarelleLt. Doolittle
Cal KuniholmBoiler
Dan O'BannonSgt. Pinback alias Bill FrugeDre PahichTalbyAdam BeckenbaughBomb #20 (voice)
Nick CastleAlienJoe SaundersCommander Powell (voice)Cookie KnappMuttercomputer (voice)Alan SheretzBomb #19 (voice)
John CarpenterTalby Voice
Miles WatkinsWatkins - Mission ControlMedia
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User Reviews
There was always a dearth of sci-fi movies on the television as I was growing up, and this one used to appear rather regularly - and rather disappointingly too. It's supposed to be funny, but somehow the humour is just too contrived to make for much to remember as a group of astronauts start their twenty-year mission into outer space tasked with destroying unstable planets. Over time, though, the crew start to question the morality of their quest and coupled with the antics of their pet (looks like a rubber space-hopper) they find themselves facing the ultimate, explosive, dilemma. In it's…
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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.
Who stars in Dark Star?
The movie stars Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Adam Beckenbaugh and more.
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Dark Star was released in 1974 and is streaming free on FlixWow.
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