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Roy warner is one of the darks more original characters, as the film is a parade of stereotypes. Dark star, a 1974 science fiction comedy film directed by john carpenter. I read an article on him when alien came out in 1979 over and over. Dark star are a melodic nwobhm band best known for their one hit, lady of mars, which was featured on the metal for muthas ii compilation as well as their debut album. John carpenter once described dark star as waiting for godot in space. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship dark star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets beginning as a university of southern california student film produced from 1970 to 1972, the film. The dark is episodic by nature, moving from one slaying to another, with our heroes not so hot on the big galoots trail. A science fiction adventure a screenplay by john carpenter and dan obannon open on black silence. Oct 26, 2003 in another way, ridley scotts 1979 movie is a great original. Dark star by john carpenter brian narelle, andreijah.
In 1983, dark star was reissued to home video as a special edition, created under the supervision and authorization of the filmmakers. Alps and the dangerous forest death ryona death duration. A stunt performer in a number of 1960s biker films, a production manager for cult director al adamson, and familiar character actor mostly playing heavies, john bud cardos is bonafide exploitation movie royalty. The 123178 dark star was the first in 4 years, and is better than many of the dark stars from 7174. The recordings of the two shows from 1979 are the best auds i could. En route to veil nebula for destruction of unstable planet.
Fade in on a long tracking shot through the universe. No 19 best scifi and fantasy film of all time science. Dark star was originally intended to be a 68 minute film. As their mission nears completion, they must cope with a runaway alien which resembles a beachball, faulty. Another magnificent band to originate from the ultimate epicenter from which u. An all new, featurelength documentary exploring the controversial making of the john carpenter halloween and dan o bannon alien exclusive interviews with actor brian narelle, cinematographer doug knapp, art director tommy lee wallace, visual effects artist greg jein, voice artist cookie knapp, film director jack harris. Alien screenwriter dan obannon wrote dark star, and clearly borrowed from it for the 1979 ridley scott film taking the hilarious beachball sequence and. A lowbudget, scifi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. Dark star 1974 g 83 min comedy, scifi 9 february 1979 west germany in the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their. They broke up in 1982 while writing a second album, mainly due to their labels bankruptcy.
John carpenter one could have anticipated in 1974 that dark star was the beginning of a huge movie maker of the horror and scifi genre. Frustrated by the clueless police, the father of the first victim is looking for answers, no matter how far fetched they are. But as fate would have it, the movie gods stepped in to sprinkle a bit of b movie fairy dust over the production. As the narrator speaks we move through galaxies, nebulae, solar systems, moving from the infinite slowly down to a particular. Despite an extremely low budget, dark star is pretty funny and intelligent, with production values that, while cheap, still impress. Jun 27, 2011 1979s the dark is notoriously terrible and i guess it has a right to be.
And the film s apocalyptic ending, lifted almost wholly from ray bradburys short story kaleidoscope has the remaining crew drifting away from each other in space, each to a suitably absurd end. Stephens was revived in 1976, and here it is one of last in the 76 style. The interesting thing is a good chunk of this film looks like a parody of alien, even though alien didnt exist yet. The sound of electronic music rises, hollow, metallic. Dark star by john carpenter brian narelle, andreijah pahich.
An all new, featurelength documetnary exploring the controversial making of the john carpenter halloween and dan obannon alien student film. The story follows four hippyish technonerds in their mission through deep space to destroy planets and ward off boredom and loneliness as they attempt to hold on to what little they can remember of earth. Sep 09, 2011 movie trailer to dark star 1974 this feature is not available right now. A tripulacao da espaconave dark star esta numa missao ha 20 anos e tem um unico objetivo.
Theatrical trailer from john carpenters first movie dark star. With leslie barany, sandra beretta, mia bonzanigo, tom gabriel fischer. The dark, aka the mutilator, directed by john bud cardos. With movies like assault on precinct 1973, the fog 1980, escape from new york 1981, the thing 1982, christine 1983, prince of darkness 1987, they live 1988, in the mouth of madness 1994 or vampires 1998, john carpenter. My goal was to show the evolution of dark star through one very long. I wish i could jump in a time machine and stop them. Louisborn dan obannon made his first and arguably greatest impact to date as a screenwriter, on alien 1979. Third in a series of italian science fiction films clearly inspired by star wars. The trouble the film went through shows from time to time and it suffers from lots of talky stretches, but many of the characters are decently drawn out in spite of a few rough spots of dialog. Dark star began as a student film at the university of southern california film school in the early 1970s and eventually evolved into a cult science fiction comedy in 1974, launching the careers of director john carpenter halloween, the thing and writer dan obannon alien, blue thunder. Includes exclusive interviews with actor brian narelle, cinematographer doug knapp, art director tommy lee wallace, visual effects artist greg jein, voice artist cookie knapp, film.
Dark star is one of the damnedest science fiction movies ive ever seen, a berserk combination of space opera, intelligent bombs, and beach balls from other worlds. The system fits on a minidvd and is provided as an installable livecd, which contains all youd need. If it werent for the alien angle, the film would play as a less is more, more or less ok police procedural. At some point midway through production the producers one of whom was dick clark decided that the film s central earthly menace might attract science fiction fans if it came instead from outer space. Movie trailer to dark star 1974 this feature is not available right now. With william devane, cathy lee crosby, richard jaeckel, keenan wynn. Theres also a 3d guide to the dark star ship, an audio commentary by super fan andrew gilchrist, and a textbased trivia section. As their mission nears completion, they must cope with a runaway alien which. The trouble the film went through shows from time to. Jack harris, the hollywood producer, convinced the filmmakers to shoot 15 minutes of extra footage and he released the expanded version theatrically in 1975 through bryanston pictures. The dark 1979 a writer william devane and a tv newswoman cathy lee crosby link a california killing spree to an alien werewolf in blue jeans. Considering the name of the film, a blind man is seen wandering the streets at certain points during the movie. Dark star original soundtrack subtitle on front cover.
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It began as a student project by john carpenter later to direct halloween and dan obannon later to write alien, and grew over a period of. A look at the life the dark surrealist swiss artist, h. Dark star the 1979 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Download caligola 1979 movie full hd, divx, dvd download. Since star wars mania was sweeping the planet at the time, edward l. Dark star cruising at light speed through sector theta 990. One of the amazing things about the dark is that its only about 85 minutes long short for a feature film, if more than long enough for this one. Dark star is a 1974 american science fiction comedy film directed by john carpenter and.
Vcis new bluray release touts an extensive framebyframe digital. Dark star is a tongueincheek 1974 scificomedy motion picture directed by john carpenter helming his first feature film and cowritten with dan obannon. Lowbudget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems which are to be colonised. The crew of the deep space vessel the dark star comes under attack from a muttering. Dark star is a 1974 american science fiction comedy film directed by john carpenter and cowritten with dan obannon. In 1983, dark star was reissued to home video as a special edition, created under the supervision and. In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong. Dark star, a 1974 science fiction comedy film directed by john carpenter dark star, a 1978 film distributed by david grant dark star. With dan obannon, dre pahich, brian narelle, cal kuniholm. The dark star tv episode 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship dark star, twenty years into their mission to destroy unstable planets that might threaten future colonization of other planets. But as a film student in southern california, he also made a major. The late commander powell is stored in deep freeze, where he is still able to offer advice.
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