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In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.
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Lt. Doolittle
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Boiler
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Talby
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Pinback
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adam Beckenbaugh ...
Bomb #20 (uncredited)
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Talby voice (uncredited)
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Alien (uncredited)
Cookie Knapp ...
Computer (uncredited) (voice)
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Commander Powell (uncredited)
Alan Sheretz ...
Bomb #19 (uncredited)
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Watkins - Mission Control (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Carpenter ... (directed by)

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John Carpenter ... (original story by) and
Dan O'Bannon ... (original story by)
 
John Carpenter ... (screenplay by) and
Dan O'Bannon ... (screenplay by)

Produced by

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John Carpenter ... producer (produced by)
Jack H. Harris ... executive producer
J. Stein Kaplan ... associate producer

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John Carpenter

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Douglas Knapp ... director of photography

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Dan O'Bannon

Production Design by

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Dan O'Bannon

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J. Stein Kaplan ... assistant director

Art Department

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David Seal ... chief carpenter
Tommy Lee Wallace ... associate art director (as Tom Wallace)

Sound Department

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John Brasher ... sound effects
Nina Kleinberg ... sound
Leslie Shatz ... sound effects re-recording
Nick Spaulding ... sound effects cutter

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Ron Cobb ... special effects
Bob Greenberg ... special effects
Gregory Jein ... special effects (as Greg Jein)
Dan O'Bannon ... special effects supervisor
Harry Walton ... special effects
John C. Wash ... special effects (as John Wash)

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Bill Taylor ... optical effects / visual effects consultant
Jim Danforth ... matte painter (uncredited)

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Dale Beldin ... additional photography
Nick Castle ... camera assistant
Cliff Fenneman ... additional photography
Les Rumsey ... key grip

Additional Crew

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Jack H. Harris ... presenter
Jack F. Murphy ... production associate (as Jack Murphy)
Craig Portman ... creative consultant / engineering
Terence H. Winkless ... production assistant: Terry Winkless
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Plot Summary

A low budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence. Written by yusufpiskin

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Taglines What Do You Say To A Talking Bomb? All Systems Snafu!!! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dark Star : L'Étoile noire (France)
  • Estrella oscura (Spain)
  • Aluniza como puedas: Dark Star (Spain)
  • Dark star (Spain)
  • Pimeä tähti (Finland)
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  • 83 min
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Budget $60,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia A computer screen flashes: "FUCK YOU HARRIS" during the film. This was a message directed toward Jack H. Harris, the producer, who annoyed director John Carpenter during production. Supposedly, the offensive sentence was his revenge. However, many people have a hard time finding it. See more »
Goofs Lt Doolittle's cloth name tape on his uniform is spelled/misspelled "DOOLTTLE", obvious in the first scene in the Food Locker. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986). See more »
Soundtracks Benson Arizona See more »
Quotes [Doolittle convinces the bomb not to explode]
Doolittle: [1:12:12] Hello, Bomb? Are you with me?
Bomb #20: Of course.
Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts?
Bomb #20: I am always receptive to suggestions.
Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist.
Doolittle: But how do you know you exist?
Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious.
Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist?
Bomb #20: Hmmmm... well... I think, therefore I am.
Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know
Doolittle: that anything else exists?
Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun.
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