Dark Star

1974
PG
1h 23m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,2/10

28 k

MA NOTE

Liretrailer2 min 23 s

2 vidéos

61 photos

Parody Satire Slapstick Space Sci-Fi Comedy Sci-Fi

Aux confins de l'espace, un petit équipage, 20 ans après le début de sa mission solitaire, constate que les choses commencent à tourner de façon hilarante.Aux confins de l'espace, un petit équipage, 20 ans après le début de sa mission solitaire, constate que les choses commencent à tourner de façon hilarante.Aux confins de l'espace, un petit équipage, 20 ans après le début de sa mission solitaire, constate que les choses commencent à tourner de façon hilarante.

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,2/10

28 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 victoire et 2 nominations au total

Bomb #20
(uncredited)

John Carpenter

Talby voice
(uncredited)

Nick Castle

Alien
(uncredited)

Cookie Knapp

Computer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Joe Saunders

Commander Powell
(uncredited)

Alan Sheretz

Bomb #19
(uncredited)

Miles Watkins

Watkins - Mission Control
(uncredited)

Histoire

Modifier

Le saviez-vous

Modifier

Anecdotes
The double rows of large buttons on the bridge consoles are ice cube trays illuminated from beneath.

Gaffes
Lt Doolittle's cloth name tape on his uniform is spelled/misspelled "DOOLTTLE", obvious in the first scene in the Food Locker.

Citations
Doolittle: [Doolittle convinces the bomb not to explode]
Doolittle: [1:12:12] Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?
Bomb #20: Of course.
Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts?
Bomb #20: I am always receptive to suggestions.
Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist.
Doolittle: But how do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious.
Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist?
Bomb #20: Hmmmm... well... I think, therefore I am.
Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know
Doolittle: that anything else exists?
Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun.

Autres versions
Originally released in a shorter 68-minutes version, later expanded to a longer 83 minute version with the addition of new scenes (including the meteor storm, the visit to the crew's quarters and Doolittle playing his music).

Connexions
Edited into Prison Ship (1986)

Bandes originales
Benson Arizona
Music by John Carpenter
Lyrics by Bill Taylor
Vocals by John Yager (uncredited)
[Played over the opening and closing credits]

Commentaires des utilisateurs222

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Commentaire en vedette

10/10

One of my favourite films!

John Carpenter's feature debut 'Dark Star' is an absolutely brilliant little curio, that'll make you laugh and laugh. I first saw the film on England's Channel 4 a few years back, and remember wondering what the hell I was watching. I quickly tracked down a copy and rewatched it to see if it was really THAT good...

The story involves a bunch of astronauts who have been in space for many years: they spend their time blowing up unstable planets and rocking out to surf music. During this time, an alien (that looks suspiciously like a beach ball) runs riot, and an unruly bomb threatens to blow everyone to smithereens.

'Alien' screenwriter Dan O'Bannon wrote 'Dark Star', and clearly borrowed from it for the 1979 Ridley Scott film - taking the hilarious beach-ball sequence and playing it out for tension rather than laughs. Also a big influence on the TV series 'Red Dwarf'.

Check it out if you're a fan of science fiction or a fan of John Carpenter. 10/10. An underrated classic.