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Plot.
John Carpenter directed this wigged-out spoof of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The
film originally began as a 45-minute U.S.C. student film project by Carpenter
and Dan O'Bannon that was eventually expanded into a feature length production.
The sstory takes place on the deep-space cruiser Dark Star, where a crew of
laid-back astronauts are assigned the task of blowing up planets with
unsuitable life forms in order to make the universe safe for the human race.
The leader is Commander Powell (Joe Sanders), who is cryogenically frozen after
being killed in a freak accident. Next in line is Doolittle (Brian Narelle) who
tries to keep the rest of the crew in check. However, there is a lot of down
time between planetary explosions and the tediousness is starting to get to
everyone. However, after a series of accidents, a smart bomb --i.e. a bomb that
can talk and think on its own-- does not detach itself from the ship as planned
and will explode within 24 minutes unless it can be cajoled into disarming
itself.
Stars.
=>-Dan O'Bannon.
=>-Dre Pahich.
=>-Brian Narelle.
Director.
=>-John Carpenter.
Info.
=>-Genre : Action : Comedy : Sci-Fi : Cult Movie : Fantasy.
=>-Release Date : 1974.
=>-Language : English.
=>-File Size : 963 MiB.
=>-Overall bit rate : 1 623 Kbps.
=>-Movie Runtime : 1h 22mn.
=>-Chapters : 18 Named.
Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1.
=>-Resolution : 1280 x 688.
=>-Bit rate : 1 505 Kbps.
Audio English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel Stereo.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 147 Kbps.
Subtitles Softsubbed SubRip MicroDVD.
=>-English.
