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Dark Star (1973)
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Produced as a film project at the University of Southern California for just $60,000, this sly space parody begins as a satire on 2001: a Space Odyssey. However, it quickly moves into original territory as the cabin-fevered crew copes with an alien stowaway, a nagging computer, its late commander's cryogenically preserved brain and a thermo-nuclear device that's all set to explode. Witty, profound and cleverly scored by its producer/director John Carpenter, this cult favourite was co-written (with Carpenter) by cast member Dan O'Bannon, who later worked on Alien. AJ
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Running time
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79mins
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Science fiction
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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John Carpenter, Dan O'Bannon
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Theatrical distributor
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Oppidan (UK) Ltd
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UK cinema certificate
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A
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