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Dark Star

The spaced out odyssey.

6.0(684)19741h 23m3

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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Status
Released
Budget
$60K
Box office
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Language
English
  • future
  • artificial intelligence (a.i.)
  • boredom
  • space travel
  • destruction of planet
  • anarchic comedy
  • metrocolor

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)Filmex30 Mar 1974
    • TheatricalGLos Angeles (California)15 Jan 1975
  • United KingdomGB

    • TVPG29 Dec 1977
    • PhysicalPGVHS12 Jun 1981
  • GermanyDE

    • TV28 May 1978
    • Theatrical129 Feb 1979
  • ItalyIT

    • TV16 Jun 1982
    • Theatrical (limited)Torino Film Festival19 Nov 1999
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical17 May 1981
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/121 Feb 1981
  • SwedenSE

    • TV15TV44 Sept 1998
    • Physical11Blu-ray8 May 2023
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • Theatrical (limited)12Fribourg International Film Festival18 Jul 2021

Frequently asked questions

Dark Star was released on 30 March 1974.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    JJJ222cool

    6/21/2023

    10/10

    Hilarious, taking the mickey out of science fiction films but still honoring the genre. I love it

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/10/2024

    6/10

    There was always a dearth of sci-fi movies on the television as I was growing up, and this one used to appear rather regularly - and rather disappointingly too. It's supposed to be funny, but somehow the humour is just too contrived to make for much to remember as a group of astronauts start their twenty-year mission into outer space tasked with destroying unstable planets. Over time, though, the crew start to questi…

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