John Carpenter's Starman / Columbia Pictures presents a Michael Douglas, Larry J. Franco production ; directed by John Carpenter ; produced by Larry J. Franco ; written by Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 04129 | Columbia PicturesLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: [Culver City, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment., ©2005.Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0767812166
- 9780767812160
- Starman
- Starman (Motion picture)
- Edited by Marion Rothman ; music by Jack Nitzsche ; director of photography, Donald M. Morgan.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Having crashed to Earth, an extraterrestrial space traveller must assume a human identity lest he be captured by the authorities. The alien (Jeff Bridges) chooses the likeness of the recently deceased husband of Jenny Hayden (Karen Allen). At first dumbstruck, Jenny becomes both hostile toward and frightened of her guest. He gradually wins her confidence, learning a few vital English-language phrases so that he can explain his presence. The "starman" has come to Earth with a message of peace, in response to the similar message sent out on Voyager One. He asks for Jenny's help in transporting him to the Nevada desert, where his fellow aliens are to pick him up and take him to his home planet. Soon he and Jenny form a united front against a mean-spirited National Security Council agent (Richard Jaeckel), who intends to seize the starman and turn him over for scientific scrutiny (and possible extermination). While en route to Nevada, Jenny grows closer to the gentle-natured Starman, eventually making love with him. By the time he is poised to leave, she is carrying his child, leaving the field wide open for a sequel--which was never produced, though a weekly TV version surfaced in 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD ; Region 1 ; Dolby digital stereo ; Full screen, 1:33:1.
English, French, Spanish language options; subtitles in English, French, Spanish; closed-captioned in English.
Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel.
Edited by Marion Rothman ; music by Jack Nitzsche ; director of photography, Donald M. Morgan.
Videodisc release of the 1984 motion picture.
MPAA rating: rated PG.
"When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden, 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."--Container.
Special features include: theatrical trailers.