In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
- Bomb #20
- (uncredited)
- Talby voice
- (uncredited)
- Alien
- (uncredited)
- Computer
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Commander Powell
- (uncredited)
- Bomb #19
- (uncredited)
- Watkins - Mission Control
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe double rows of large buttons on the bridge consoles are ice cube trays illuminated from beneath.
- GoofsLt Doolittle's cloth name tape on his uniform is spelled/misspelled "DOOLTTLE", obvious in the first scene in the Food Locker.
- Quotes
Doolittle: [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.
- Alternate versionsOriginally released in a shorter 68-minutes version, later expanded to a longer 83 minute version with the addition of new scenes (including the meteor storm, the visit to the crew's quarters and Doolittle playing his music).
- ConnectionsEdited into The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986)
- SoundtracksBenson Arizona
Music by John Carpenter
Lyrics by Bill Taylor
Vocals by John Yager (uncredited)
[Played over the opening and closing credits]
It was really way ahead of its time. People now comment that films like Star Wars and Alien were the first to make sci-fi more 'realistic' but Dark Star pre-dates both of them by several years. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is where Scott Ridley and George Lucas got some of their ideas.
- Jay-Kavanaugh
- Nov 2, 2003
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- Also known as
- Temna zvezda
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- Budget
- $60,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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