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Starman (Collector's Edition) (Blu-ray)
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region ABC (Worldwide)
- Released: August 11, 2009
- Originally Released: 1984
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jeff Bridges & Karen Allen | |
Performer: | Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Tony Edwards, Ted White, Dirk Blocker, M.C. Gainey, George 'Buck' Flower, David Wells, Alex Daniels, Mickey Jones & Lu Leonard | |
Directed by | John Carpenter | |
Edited by | Marion Rothman | |
Screenwriting by | Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon | |
Composition by | Jack Nitzsche | |
Produced by | Larry J. Franco | |
Director of Photography: | Donald M. Morgan |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
Starman contains the potential to be a very silly movie, but the two actors have so much sympathy for their characters that the movie, advertised as space fiction, turns into one of 1984's more touching love stories.
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Chicago Sun-Times
There is little that is original in Starman, but at least it has chosen good models.
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Variety
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Offers little that's fresh but skates by on the strength of the lovely turns by Allen and especially Bridges.
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Film Frenzy
[A]s these two lost souls drive to Arizona to rendezvous with an alien search party, their relationship becomes sweetly affecting. -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 3/5 --
In Mr. Bridges' hands [his role] becomes the occasion for a sweetly affecting characterization -- a fine showcase for the actor's blend of grace, precision and seemingly offhanded charm.
New York Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
[A] surprisingly tender, funny movie from John Carpenter, a man otherwise known for his intense horror/genre flicks. It may be the best sci-fi/romance hybrid ever made.
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Combustible Celluloid
Rating: A --
We see a sweet side to the director that never appeared anywhere else: an emotional palate that he rarely indulged in, but which he handles with surprising grace and subtlety.
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Mania.com
Product Description:
A departure for director John Carpenter, STARMAN is a gentle, simple film that won accolades from critics and applause from audiences. Jeff Bridges plays the title character, an alien that has come down to Earth on a peaceful scouting mission. When he takes the form of a recently widowed woman's dead husband he unintentionally involves her in his mission. The alien only has a few days to reach a rendezvous point where he will be picked up by his mothership. Along the way he must discover what he can about human beings and our civilization. He finds out plenty very quickly, as his relationship with the young widow grows very strong as they make their way to the rendezvous point. Meanwhile, the FBI is in hot pursuit after it discovers the discarded landing vehicle, and the alien's own health is deteriorating in Earth's foreign atmosphere. The story tells of the struggle for communication, the pain of letting go, and the search for understanding. Jeff Bridges gives an unforgettable performance as the gentle alien trying his best to cope with being a human. With STARMAN, Carpenter proves he is a master storyteller, not just of horror and science fiction, but of subtle, emotional drama as well.
Product Description:
Director John Carpenter presents a romantic science fiction odyssey starring Jeff Bridges as an innocent alien from a distant planet who learns what it means to be a man in love. When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman (Bridges) arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen), and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days, he'lldie. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings forpassion.