| Actors: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Love & Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy Studio: Sony Pictures Format: Blu-ray - Color,Widescreen - Dubbed,Subtitled DVD Release Date: 08/11/2009 Original Release Date: 01/01/1984 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1984 Release Year: 2009 Run Time: 1hr 55min Screens: Color,Widescreen Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 9 MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Languages: English, French Subtitles: English, French |
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![Starman [Blu-ray]](https://nationalbookswap.com/dvd/l/38/3538/223538.jpg)  | Starman Blu-ray Actors: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy PG 2009 1hr 55min Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rating: PG Release Date: 11-AUG-2009 Media Type: Blu-Ray |
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Member Movie Reviews K. K. (GAMER) Reviewed on 2/23/2023... Fun but movie does not have re-watchability.
Movie ReviewsGreat movie--revised review for Blu-ray. Looks great but laz Wayne Klein | My Little Blue Window, USA | 03/12/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Movie-5 stars, extras 0 stars, tranfer for Blu-ray (anamorphic widescreen I might add) 4 stars Really what is Columbia thinking? "Starman" is one of John Carpenter's finest films with an Oscar nominated performance by Jeff Bridges, a moving score by Jack Nitsche and a clever, thoughtful script that takes the same themes as Spielberg's "E.T." and develops them better. We get no extras. Nada. Nothing. We also get to pay a fairly hefty amount for the Blu-ray (it's retailed at $29.00). Warner does a better copy of releasing their Blu-rays. Heck, even Fox and Universal have been making an effort to do a decent job with their films and TV shows on Blu-ray of late. "Starman" on Blu-ray is at least in widescreen and has a nice presentation with nice detail. Sony didn't really have to do much. England got a DVD edition of this with a commentary by John Carpenter. All they had to do was port that version over for this edition and throw on the original promotional featurette made back in the day. It wouldn't have been hard. Don't get me wrong, this is a terrific movie and it looks great but it's a LOUSY effort on behalf of Sony. That's surprising given that they won the format war. You'd expect a better effort than this truly lazy package. What can you do? I suppose write Sony or wait to see if the UK version has the commentary track and other extras ported over to the Blu-ray. Since it'll be region free buy that. If you must buy this cheap edition of the film try and pay as little as possible as this nearly bare bones (it has BD Live capacity and-whoopee!--trailers) editon of an exceptional film SHOULD retail at about $15.99 for what we get." Impossible not to like--a love story with a twist. Roger J. Buffington | Huntington Beach, CA United States | 01/01/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "This film is simply impossible not to like. Jeff Bridges is unforgettable as an alien from an incomparably advanced race who is stranded on Earth (after taking human form) and seeking to return to his own civilization, and his excellent performance as such earned him an Oscar nomination. He really gets into the role, and plays it to perfection. His gestures and mannerisms as the alien trying to understand human beings are uncannily plausible. Karen Allen is also superb in her role as an ordinary human being caught up in the struggle between Bridges, seeking to escape the Earth, and those darned nasty Big Government agents who fear the alien and seek to capture and destroy him. Darned gummint, isn't that just like them?There are few special effects in the movie, and none are needed--this is a movie that gets through by sheer excellent storytelling and wonderful acting by Bridges and Allen. It manages to be touching without being sappy, and although our human government is viewed as being narrow-minded and overly paranoid, the alien in the end forms a high and joyous opinion of mankind, which I found uplifting and optimistic.Well worth watching and owning." As good today as when it was first released. dsrussell | Corona, CA. United States | 04/11/1999 (4 out of 5 stars) ""Starman" is a top notch sci-fi movie that boasts a wonderful performance by Jeff Bridges. It is a story of first contact with a twist--an alien flys to Earth after receiving a welcome message from Voyager, only to find the human race hostile (the U.S. Air Force shoots down his ship). The alien takes the form of a dead house painter via some DNA trickery (yes, the plot is thin), then abducts the widow and makes her drive to Arizona where he will meet his mothership. The 3-day journey is one of discovery, not only for the alien, but the bewildered widow as well. Alternatively funny and touching, "Starman" turns into a love story, and it works quite well. What doesn't work is the standard Government/Military `capture-and-kill-the-threat' scenario. In spite of this weakness, "Starman" gets 8 out of 10. If by chance you haven't seen this film, by all means pick it up. It is well worth the time, even for people who don't normally like sci-fi."
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