Dark Star poster
Screenplay John Carpenter, Dan O'Bannon
Director John Carpenter

Dark Star

Tagline: Bombed Out in Space with a Spaced Out Bomb!

Release Date: 1974-04-01

Duration: 83 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • John Carpenter
    Talby Voice
  • Nick Castle
    Ailien
  • Dan O'Bannon
    Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge
  • Cookie Knapp
    Muttercomputer (voice)
  • Brian Narelle
    Lt. Doolittle
  • Cal Kuniholm
    Boiler
  • Dre Pahich
    Talby
  • Joe Saunders
    Commander Powell (voice)
  • Adam Beckenbaugh
    Bomb #20 (voice)
  • Alan Sheretz
    Bomb #19 (voice)