User Rating
Intensity
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.
Where to Watch
Details
- 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
- English
- Rating
- G
- Also known as
- Dark Star (Director's Cut), John Carpenter's Dark Star
- TMDB
- 6.0/10 (674 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 74% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 66/100
- IMDb
- 6.1/10 (30,799 votes)
Cast
Brian Narelle
Lt. Doolittle
Cal Kuniholm
Boiler
Dan O'Bannon
Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
Dre Pahich
Talby
Adam Beckenbaugh
Bomb #20 (voice)
Nick Castle
Alien
Joe Saunders
Commander Powell (voice)
Cookie Knapp
Muttercomputer (voice)
Alan Sheretz
Bomb #19 (voice)
John Carpenter
Talby Voice
Miles Watkins
Watkins - Mission Control
Crew
John Carpenter
Director
Dan O'Bannon
Screenplay
Douglas Knapp
Director of Photography
Jack H. Harris
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Appears in
Related Films
Notes
Join the discussion
Notes are for the conversation around a film — theories, close reads, the details worth arguing over.
Just logging a quick reaction to a watch? That lives in your Log.