Dark Star

1974
G
1h 23m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Parody Satire Slapstick Space Sci-Fi Comedy Sci-Fi

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

28K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations 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)

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Storyline

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

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

Quotes
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.

Alternate 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).

Connections
Edited into The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986)

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

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Featured review

9/10

A demented outer space comedy from John Carpenter.

Dark Star (1974) was a student film that John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon worked on while they were in college. They later found a film distributor who asked them to expand it to feature film length. The movie takes place in a small, cramped out of date spacecraft. Several astronauts are on board (who have been around each other to long) trying to complete their mission of destroying unstable planets. I found this film to be very entertaining and bizarre. I enjoyed it very much. The highlight of this film is when a computerized bomb decides that he doesn't want to take orders from the astronauts anymore and ponders the meaning of life. Highly recommended, but it's not your average Sci-Fi film.

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