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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.
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- Director
- John Carpenter
- Written by
- Dan O'Bannon, John Carpenter
- Produced by
- John Carpenter
- Composer
- John Carpenter
- Cinematographer
- Douglas Knapp
- Editor
- Dan O'Bannon
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- G
- Also known as
- Dark Star (Director's Cut), John Carpenter's Dark Star
- TMDB
- 6.0/10 (641 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 74% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 66/100
- IMDb
- 6.1/10 (29,142 votes)
Released March 30, 1974·$60,000 budget
Cast
Brian Narelle
Lt. Doolittle
Cal Kuniholm
Boiler
Dan O'Bannon
Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
No photo
Dre Pahich
Talby
No photo
Adam Beckenbaugh
Bomb #20 (voice)
Nick Castle
Alien
No photo
Joe Saunders
Commander Powell (voice)
No photo
Cookie Knapp
Muttercomputer (voice)
No photo
Alan Sheretz
Bomb #19 (voice)
John Carpenter
Talby Voice
Miles Watkins
Watkins - Mission Control
