Dark Star (1974)

[Jynks]

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Dark Star
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What would you be like after 20 years aboard DARK STAR the spaced-out spaceship. The ultimate cosmic comedy!

Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems which are to be colonised. The late Commander Powell is stored in deep freeze, where he is still able to offer advice. As their mission nears completion, they must cope with a runaway alien which resembles a beach-ball, faulty computer systems, and a "smart bomb" who thinks it is God.

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Dark Star Original Sound Track
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About this Recording:

This recording was made from elements of the film's three-stripe and the producer's personal print. An effort has been made to preserve the flowof the film's narrative by judicious editing of dialogue. Whole music cues, where they exist, have been allowed to play as they exist in the film, i.e.: "When Twilight Falls On NGC891", cuts, without resolution, to "Ode To A Bell Jar", following the scene in the film.

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[jakobx]

or download the one from viewtopic.php?t=350&highlight=dark+star#dark

[Dominica]

Omg this movie is hilarious

[Jynks]

Yea.... some people have commentated that it could be the insperation for red dwalf.

[elguaxo]

Synopsis: The directorial debut of horrormeister John Carpenter comes in the way of Dark Star a parody of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001--A Space Odyssey. The story follows four hippyish techno-nerds 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. When their weapons system malfunctions, they are forced to deal with a "smart" bomb trapped in the launching mechanism, and the acting captain (Dan O'Bannon) must debate phenomenology with the device in order to dissuade it from destroying them all. The film also features an imaginative and amusing struggle between a crew member (Dre Pahich) and an inflatable alien he attempts to keep as a pet, a long reflection on the virtues of surfing, a series of personality struggles, and a cryogenically-frozen captain whose brain is preserved on computer for the purpose of consultation.

Reviews: Roger Ebert | filmcritic.com | Rotten Tomatoes | IMDb (external reviews)

"Dark Star" is one of the damnedest science fiction movies I've ever seen, a berserk combination of space opera, intelligent bombs, and beach balls from other worlds. -- Roger Ebert

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10 (7,151 votes)
Tomatometer: 80%

Produced and Directed by: John Carpenter
Written by: John Carpenter & Dan O'Bannon

Cast:
Brian Narelle .... Lt. Doolittle
Cal Kuniholm .... Boiler
Dre Pahich .... Talby
Dan O'Bannon .... Sgt. Pinback

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               Title: Dark Star (1974) - Director's Cut
              Source: DVD / R1, NTSC / VCI/Magic Lantern Ent.
                Size: 1.172.958.072 bytes (1/4 DVDR)
             Runtime: 01:22:24
              Format: MKV

         Video Codec: H264 (x264 rev.1171M)
       Video Bitrate: 1512 kbps
          Resolution: 696x340 (displayed at 1.86 AR)
        Aspect Ratio: 1.86 (SAR: 10/11)
          Frame rate: 23.976 fps

         Audio Codec: AC3 (5.1 channels)
       Audio Bitrate: 384 kbps
       Sampling Rate: 48 KHz

            Language: English
Subtitles (muxed in): SRT: Spanish

                  SA: HP @ Level 4.1

               Notes: Thanks to Fernan54/Transilvania for the
                      spanish subs.
                      The DVD Menu says this edition is the
                      "Director's Cut", but it has also been called
                      the "1983 Extended Release".

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* brightness and contrast were tweaked a little.

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[MrBlonde]

sweet! gonna replace that old rip of mine... thank you very much!

[kabalizo]

Finally this comes to life. Thanks indeedy.