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Dark Star (30th Anniversary Collector`s Edition) (UK)

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John Carpenter`s pulp sci-fi classic
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 79 mins
Retail Price: £15.99
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Synopsis:
John Carpenter`s pulp sci-fi classic. This brilliantly clever and funny parody of Stanley Kubrick`s 2001: A Space Odyssey follows a warped intergalactic mission to blow up unstable planets. Four bored astronauts fill in time between missions catching up on their tans with the help of a sun-lamp, playing with a suspiciously plastic-looking alien mascot they are taking back to Earth and conversing with their female version of HAL. Things start to go horribly wrong as the spaceship computer misfires. Ultimately, only one crew member - an ex-surfer - makes it back to Earth surfing on an improvised board...

Special Features:
Character and Crew biographies
Stills gallery
Theatrical trailer

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1
Standard 1.33:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English

Directed By:
John Carpenter

Written By:

Starring:
Brian Narelle
Cal Kuniholm
Dre Pahich

Soundtrack By:
John Carpenter

Director of Photography:
Douglas Knapp

Producer:
John Carpenter
J. Stein Kaplan

Executive Producer:
Jack H. Harris

Distributor:
Fabulous Films

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