Rent Starman (1984)
3.6 of 5 from 147 ratings
1h 50min
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- Synopsis:
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'll die. 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 for passion. - Actors:
- Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Tony Edwards, John Walter Davis, Ted White, Dirk Blocker, M.C. Gainey, Sean Stanek, George 'Buck' Flower, Russ Benning, Ralph Cosham, David Wells, Anthony Grumbach, James Deeth, Alex Daniels, Carol Rosenthal, Mickey Jones
- Directors:
- John Carpenter
- Producers:
- Larry J. Franco
- Voiced By:
- Nick Sagan
- Writers:
- Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Dean Riesner
- Aka:
- John Carpenter's Starman
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/10/2017
- Run Time:
- 115 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Italian Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Spanish Dolby TrueHD 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/03/2024
- Run Time:
- 114 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Dolby Atmos, English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Latin American Spanish DTS Mono
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Castillian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Actor Jeff Bridges
- 21 Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes
- Behind-the-Scenes Time Lapses
- They Came from Hollywood! - Remembering Starman Featurette
- Making-Of Featurette
- "All I Have to Do Is Dream" Music Video
- Still Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Starman
OK but too 'girly' for me - Starman review by RP
I've been catching up on a few Jeff Bridges films that I had missed on their cinema release, and came across this one from 1984. It's a romantic / sci-fi / comedy film, if that combination is possible. It stars the young Jeff Bridges (well, 35 years young) putting on one of his 'goofy' acts as the 'Starman', an alien whose craft has crashed on Earth (after being fired on by US planes) and who must get to a specific location in Arizona to be picked up by the mother ship.
Karen Allen plays Jenny Hayden, a young widow, and the Starman adopts the form of her late husband. She drives him to the rendezvous and along the way there are car chases, crashes and an assortment of mild adventures, and of course a romantic interlude.
The storyline is very much one from the 1950s pulp 'space fiction' stories and feels dated even for the year in which the film was made. OK if you like that kind of thing – it's not an unlikeable film but I found it a little too 'girly' for me, although it certainly made me smile a few times. I'll rate it 3/5 stars.
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