Dark Star (1974 film)
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Dark Star (1974 film) is a low-budget 1974 science fiction comedy directed and co-written by John Carpenter, following a group of bored astronauts on a long-term mission to destroy unstable planets.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dark Star (1974 film) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
comedy film
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cult film ⓘ film ⓘ independent film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Dark Star (1970 student film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| budget | low-budget ⓘ |
| castMember |
Brian Narelle
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Cal Kuniholm NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan O'Bannon NERFINISHED ⓘ Dre Pahich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Lt. Doolittle
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Sgt. Pinback NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Douglas Knapp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coWriter |
Dan O'Bannon
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John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | USC student film project ⓘ |
| director | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Bryanston Distributing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor |
Dan O'Bannon
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John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmRating | PG ⓘ |
| format | color ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
boredom in deep space
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existentialism ⓘ satire of bureaucratic space missions ⓘ |
| influenced | Alien (1979 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Brian Narelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableElement |
philosophical conversation about phenomenology with a bomb
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talking intelligent bomb ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | follows a group of astronauts on a long-term mission to destroy unstable planets ⓘ |
| posterTagline | "The spaced-out odyssey" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jack H. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Jack H. Harris Enterprises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 83 minutes ⓘ |
| screenDebutOf |
Dan O'Bannon (feature writing and acting)
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John Carpenter (feature directing) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dan O'Bannon
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John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | spacecraft Dark Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Dark Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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