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The Last Starfighter

Alex Rogan was a small town boy with big dreams. But in his wildest dreams, he never suspected that tonight he would become The Last Starfighter.

6.6(825)19841h 41m5

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

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Status
Released
Budget
$15M
Box office
$28.7M
Language
English
  • android
  • flying car
  • space marine
  • trailer park
  • laser gun
  • shapeshifting
  • fighter pilot
  • alien
  • game
  • 1980s
  • arcade game
  • universal translator

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Nick Castle

Produced in

United States of America

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPGDouble feature with Cloak & Dagger13 Jul 1984
    • PhysicalPGMCA Home Video #80078 [๐•๐‡๐’๐Ÿ“ผ]๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ mรญnutั”ั•1 Jan 1995
    • PhysicalPGUniversal Studios [๐ƒ๐•๐ƒ๐Ÿ“€] ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ mรญnutั”ั•8 Jun 1999
    • PhysicalPGBlu-ray18 Aug 2009
    • PhysicalPGUniversal Studios [๐ƒ๐•๐ƒ๐Ÿ“€] ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ mรญnutั”ั•9 May 2010
    • PhysicalPG-13Universal Studios [๐ƒ๐•๐ƒ๐Ÿ“€] ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ mรญnutั”ั•9 Jul 2013
    • PhysicalPGUniversal Studios [๐๐ฅ๐ฎ-๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐Ÿ“€] ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ mรญnutั”ั•10 May 2016
    • PhysicalPGUniversal Studios [๐ƒ๐•๐ƒ๐Ÿ“€] ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ mรญnutั”ั•12 Jul 2016
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG20 Sept 1984
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG13 Dec 1984
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP5 Jun 1985
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1219 Apr 1985
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalPG1 Nov 1984
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1210 May 1988
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG14 Dec 1984
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG1227 Apr 1985
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TV6Veronica14 Dec 2003
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/621 Nov 1985

Frequently asked questions

The Last Starfighter was released on 13 July 1984.

Audience reviews

4
  • J

    John Chard

    4/13/2020

    7/10

    You have been recruited by The Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada. The Last Starfighter is directed by Nick Castle and written by Jonathan R. Betuel. It stars Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O'Herlihy and Norman Snow. Music is by Craig Safan and cinematography by King Baggot. Story sees Guest as Alex Rogan, an everyday teenage boy who upon breaking the higโ€ฆ

  • J

    JPV852

    12/27/2020

    8/10

    Didn't grow up watching this, though sort of heard of it over the years, but gave it a watch and immensely liked it, even with the cheesy game-like graphics/effects. Lots of fun and liked the lead actor, Lance Guest. Definitely has some replay value down the road. **3.75/5**

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    12/25/2022

    4/10

    **Overall, it's a decent movie, if not a very good one.** There is no doubt that, if there is something that marked sci-fi in the 80s, it was arcade games and the popularization of information technology and the personal computer, with the potential that this allowed in everyone's life. However, I have some doubts about the quality of the films it spawned. In this case, the film begins by showing us a young teeโ€ฆ

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/8/2023

    7/10

    Just think back to when you spent hours on your Atari games console playing space invaders, without realising that one day you might save the world? Well "Alex" (Lance Guest), a bored teenager living in a trailer park doing odd jobs might just prove to be just such a man. Well, at least this is what "Centauri" (Robert Preston) thinks and leaving a perfectly plausible android doppelgรคnger in his place, recruits our yoโ€ฆ

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