Classic SF comedy by co-author, actor and production designer Dan O’Bannon and co-author, composer and director John Carpenter. 73min imdb
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Recap:
The Dark Star has been scouting space for many years now, and the crew has become quite weary. Boiler and Doolittle are still doing their job, though Doolittle misses his surfboard. Talbot has retreated to the observation dome, meditating all day. Pinback is not even an astronaut, he is on board only by accident. Talking bout accidents: commander Powell is cryogenic hibernation, they have lost their complete supply of toilet paper, and the AI of one of the bombs is getting stubborn.
This was a college movie in the first place, probably one of the best college movies ever made. It caught the attention of a movie producer who ordered additional footage to pad the runtime for a theatrical release, and the rest is history. Now it’s not only a top notch comedy but also an artifact of historic value because it started the career of Dan O’Bannon and John Carpenter.
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