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UK Mall 1 - Starman [1984]
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Manufacturer: Laser Disc Distribution
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen
Directed By: John Carpenter
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Audience Rating: Parental Guidance
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5024165577974
Format: Dolby
Label: Laser Disc Distribution
Manufacturer: Laser Disc Distribution
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Laser Disc Distribution
Release Date: 1996-01-29
Running Time: 111
Studio: Laser Disc Distribution
Theatrical Release Date: 1984-12-14
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Summary: Starman
Comment: I loved this film, it is quite simply.. beautiful.
It will interest sci fi fans with it space man content but also involves you on the human feeling level with a purity that will make you well up.
It will also make you take another long hard look at what we... humans.. would look like to someone visiting us... an it isn't good.
great film recommended...bridges is as always brilliant
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Summary: Gentle and thoughtful sci-fi
Comment: This underrated sci-fi is a joy to watch. Karen Allen stars as Jenny Hayden, a young widow who wakes one night to find someone in her house who looks exactly like her dead husband Scott. Jeff Bridges plays an alien who is sent on an investigative mission after his kind intercepted the Voyager probe, which was carrying details of earth. In a naive attempt not to frighten Jenny, the alien takes on the form of Scott.
The alien has crash landed and has only 24 hours to cross the USA to a rendevous point where he will be rescued so Jenny is forced to drive him there. Government agencies are in hot pursuit, their aim is to capture, interrogate and kill the being. Initially Jenny is scared and hostile, but as they flee across the States a burgeoning relationship develops.
This is a film that is gentle and moving but also manages to build up tension as the chase is on and fine acting from all the leads adds to the quality. This film is great for anyone wanting something a little more thoughtful than the usual action packed, special effects filled type of movie in this genre.
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Summary: Wonderful, often under-estimated little film.
Comment: Starman never gets the critics reviews it deserves. Carpenter is best known for his more brash, out-and-out scary films (The Thing), but Starman is gentle, well thought out, well paced, and well acted. Look out for Charles Martin Smith's Shermin, which is a brilliant piece of character acting. I defy anyone with an ounce of tenderness not to be genuinely touched by the bond that develops between Allen and Bridges. Some laugh out loud moments too. "Scott's" journey is an allegory for the human condition. "You are at your best when things are worst". Buy it now, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Universal Love
Comment: A UFO is located and shot down. Little did we know that the occupant was invited. Realizing his predicament the being finds a lock of hair from an expired Jeff Bridges and morphs into his naked bod. Naturally he is spotted by the widow (Karen Allen) and forces her to take him to a pickup point. Meanwhile back at the ranch the agency in charge of picking up stray aliens is in hot pursuit. They get a hot clue "He burnt a lug wrench and said 'greetings'?"
Will he make it? Will they catch him and do unspeakable things? Or will love bloom creating a sequel? If you are in love with love you will love this movie.
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Summary: What a lovely, heartwarming film.
Comment: It is total lunacy of course. But who cares? Films are meant to be enjoyed and I often watch films with many guys and girls watching with me. All the girls were crying to this....The word "alien" sounds terrifying; the director of Starman knows this so he based the alien character around the beloved, dead husband (Scott)of a young woman. She is terrified by the alien to start with, then starts to trust him, and finally loves him. It probably sounds yucky - however, the director stops it being such. I particularly like the bit where Scott (the alien) tells her that, despite her infertility, she will have a baby and he will make sure the baby will be okay is particularly heartwarming. Another nice bit is where he gives her his final "crystal" at the end of the film. "What will I do with this" she asks. "The baby will know" replies Scott. Wonderful stuff. This is a very nice film. It is romantic, scientific and, in a way, frightening - in that we as a species are so fearful of unknown phenomena and we greet such with violence. The film plays along this thread and demonstates that Scott is millions of years ahead of us in technology and that we are little minnows against him.
A wonderful movie.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Starman
Comment: I loved this film, it is quite simply.. beautiful.
It will interest sci fi fans with it space man content but also involves you on the human feeling level with a purity that will make you well up.
It will also make you take another long hard look at what we... humans.. would look like to someone visiting us... an it isn't good.
great film recommended...bridges is as always brilliant
Customer Rating:
Summary: Gentle and thoughtful sci-fi
Comment: This underrated sci-fi is a joy to watch. Karen Allen stars as Jenny Hayden, a young widow who wakes one night to find someone in her house who looks exactly like her dead husband Scott. Jeff Bridges plays an alien who is sent on an investigative mission after his kind intercepted the Voyager probe, which was carrying details of earth. In a naive attempt not to frighten Jenny, the alien takes on the form of Scott.
The alien has crash landed and has only 24 hours to cross the USA to a rendevous point where he will be rescued so Jenny is forced to drive him there. Government agencies are in hot pursuit, their aim is to capture, interrogate and kill the being. Initially Jenny is scared and hostile, but as they flee across the States a burgeoning relationship develops.
This is a film that is gentle and moving but also manages to build up tension as the chase is on and fine acting from all the leads adds to the quality. This film is great for anyone wanting something a little more thoughtful than the usual action packed, special effects filled type of movie in this genre.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderful, often under-estimated little film.
Comment: Starman never gets the critics reviews it deserves. Carpenter is best known for his more brash, out-and-out scary films (The Thing), but Starman is gentle, well thought out, well paced, and well acted. Look out for Charles Martin Smith's Shermin, which is a brilliant piece of character acting. I defy anyone with an ounce of tenderness not to be genuinely touched by the bond that develops between Allen and Bridges. Some laugh out loud moments too. "Scott's" journey is an allegory for the human condition. "You are at your best when things are worst". Buy it now, you won't regret it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Universal Love
Comment: A UFO is located and shot down. Little did we know that the occupant was invited. Realizing his predicament the being finds a lock of hair from an expired Jeff Bridges and morphs into his naked bod. Naturally he is spotted by the widow (Karen Allen) and forces her to take him to a pickup point. Meanwhile back at the ranch the agency in charge of picking up stray aliens is in hot pursuit. They get a hot clue "He burnt a lug wrench and said 'greetings'?"
Will he make it? Will they catch him and do unspeakable things? Or will love bloom creating a sequel? If you are in love with love you will love this movie.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a lovely, heartwarming film.
Comment: It is total lunacy of course. But who cares? Films are meant to be enjoyed and I often watch films with many guys and girls watching with me. All the girls were crying to this....The word "alien" sounds terrifying; the director of Starman knows this so he based the alien character around the beloved, dead husband (Scott)of a young woman. She is terrified by the alien to start with, then starts to trust him, and finally loves him. It probably sounds yucky - however, the director stops it being such. I particularly like the bit where Scott (the alien) tells her that, despite her infertility, she will have a baby and he will make sure the baby will be okay is particularly heartwarming. Another nice bit is where he gives her his final "crystal" at the end of the film. "What will I do with this" she asks. "The baby will know" replies Scott. Wonderful stuff. This is a very nice film. It is romantic, scientific and, in a way, frightening - in that we as a species are so fearful of unknown phenomena and we greet such with violence. The film plays along this thread and demonstates that Scott is millions of years ahead of us in technology and that we are little minnows against him.
A wonderful movie.
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