Starman (film)
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Starman theatrical poster. The ad copy reads:
"He has traveled from a galaxy far beyond our own. He is 300,000 years ahead of us. He has powers we cannot comprehend. And he is about to face the one force in the universe he has yet to conquer. Love." |
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| Directed by | John Carpenter |
| Produced by |
Larry J. Franco Michael Douglas |
| Written by |
Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon Uncredited: Dean Riesner |
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| Music by | Jack Nitzsche |
| Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
| Edited by | Marion Rothman |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $24 million |
| Box office | $28.7 million (US only) |
| Starman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Jack Nitzsche | |
| Released | December 14, 1984 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 33:05 |
| Label | Varèse Sarabande |
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Starman is a 1984 American science fiction romance film directed by John Carpenter, that tells the story of a humanoid alien (Jeff Bridges) who has come to Earth in response to the invitation found on the gold phonograph record installed on the Voyager 2 space probe.
The original screenplay was written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon, with Dean Riesner doing uncredited re-writes. Bridges was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role.
The film inspired a short-lived television series of the same name in 1986.
Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 space probe carried a gold phonographic disk with a message of peace, inviting alien civilizations to visit Earth. The probe is intercepted by an alien ship which then sends a small scout vessel to establish first contact with Earth. However, instead of greeting the alien craft, the US government shoots it down. Crashing in Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin, the lone alien occupant, looking like a floating ball of glowing energy, finds the home of recently widowed Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen). While there, the alien uses a lock of hair from her deceased husband, Scott, to clone a new body for himself as a terrified Jenny watches. The alien "Starman" (Jeff Bridges) has seven small silver spheres with him which provide energy to perform miraculous feats. He uses the first to send a message to his people stating that Earth is hostile and his spacecraft has been destroyed. He arranges to rendezvous with them in three days' time. He then uses the second sphere to create a holographic map of the United States, coercing Jenny into taking him to the rendezvous point in Arizona.
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