Dark Star
“The spaced out odyssey.”
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.
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Cast
11 people
Brian Narelle
Lt. Doolittle
Also in
Space Ninjas
Henry V
Cal Kuniholm
Boiler
No other roles listed
Dan O'Bannon
Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
Also in
Area 51: The Alien Interview
Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear
Dre Pahich
Talby
Also in
Blood Bath
Adam Beckenbaugh
Bomb #20 (voice)
No other roles listed
Nick Castle
Alien
Known for
Halloween
Joe Saunders
Commander Powell (voice)
Cookie Knapp
Muttercomputer (voice)
Alan Sheretz
Bomb #19 (voice)
No other roles listed
John Carpenter
Talby Voice
Known for
Body Bags
Escape from New York
Miles Watkins
Watkins - Mission Control
Also in
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
John Carpenter Director · Dan O'Bannon Screenplay Douglas Knapp Cinematographer
Budget $60K · United States release March 30, 1974 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$60,000
Production
Jack H. Harris Enterprises
Production
University of Southern California
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 30, 1974
Limited theatrical · Filmex
United States
January 15, 1975 · Theatrical · Los Angeles (California)
Germany
May 28, 1978 · TV
February 9, 1979 · Theatrical
Italy
June 16, 1982 · TV
November 19, 1999 · Limited theatrical · Torino Film Festival
Japan
May 17, 1981 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 1, 1981 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 4, 1998 · TV · TV4
May 8, 2023 · Physical · Blu-ray
Switzerland
July 18, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Fribourg International Film Festival
United Kingdom
December 29, 1977 · TV
June 12, 1981 · Physical · VHS
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