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MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1974 DVD Release: 03/23/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Director's Cut Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 23 mins Studio: Magic Lantern Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction, Satire, Sci-Fi Comedy

The directorial debut of horrormeister John Carpenter comes in the way of Dark Star a parody of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001--A Space Odyssey. The story follows four hippyish techno-nerds in their mission through deep space to destroy planets and ward off boredom and loneliness as they attempt to hold on to what little they can remember of Earth. When their weapons system malfunctions, they are forced to deal with a "smart" bomb trapped in the launching mechanism, and the acting captain (Dan O'Bannon) must debate phenomenology with the device in order to dissuade it from destroying them all. The film also features an imaginative and amusing struggle between a crew member (Dre Pahich) and an inflatable alien he attempts to keep as a pet, a long reflection on the virtues of surfing, a series of personality struggles, and a cryogenically-frozen captain whose brain is preserved on computer for the purpose of consultation. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide

Brian Narelle - Doolittle
Andreijah Pahich - Talby
Carl Duniholm
Dan O'Bannon - Pinback

John Carpenter's cult sci-fi favorite Dark Star makes its way to DVD with a widescreen 1.85:1 transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. There are no subtitles or closed-captions on this disc. Supplemental features are limited to a theatrical trailer and biographies. Considering the entertaining history of this film, a superb extras section could have been created, but this release will most certainly please fans of the film as well as anyone with an interest in low-budget, high-imagination filmmaking. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide