Starman

UPC: 043396296312

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity]

Summary: 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

Category: Romance

Awards: Best Original Score – null Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Starman

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 08/11/2009

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DTHD null

Runtime: 115 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French

Michael Hastings

Horror auteur John Carpenter set aside the casual thrills and copious bloodletting of his previous efforts to tell this well-observed tale of a peace-mongering alien who decides to inhabit the body of a woman's recently deceased true love. The result is akin to E.T. for grown-ups, with Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges chronicling the couple's hesitant friendship as they embark on a road trip to return the alien to his people. The reliable Bridges earned an Oscar nomination for his sedate, understated performance: he's like a mime with a photographic memory. But Starman ultimately belongs to Allen, who treats the character of Jenny Hayden as if she were lying on a therapist's couch, working through her ex-husband's death. She lends the film a depth and permanence that place it above the standard humanist sci-fi fare. The role dovetails well with her strong work in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Shoot the Moon (1982): all were parts that required her to be sexy, brooding, and tough all at once, even if she was relegated to one-dimensional supporting roles for much of her subsequent career. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Stephen Brennan  Actor 
Carol Rosenthal  Actor 
Pat Lee  Actor 
Russ Benning  Actor 
John Walter Davis  Actor 
Ralph Cosham  Actor 
Mickey Jones  Actor 
George "Buck" Flower  Actor 
Kenny Call  Actor 
Charlie Hughes  Actor 
John Anderson  Actor 
Betty Bunch  Actor 
Alex Daniels  Actor 
Lu Leonard  Actor 
Jerry Gatlin  Actor 
Dirk Blocker  Actor 
James Deeth  Actor 
Jeff Ramsey  Actor 
Ted White  Actor 
Ron Colby  Actor 
John Carpenter  Actor 
Sean Faro  Actor 
Dennis Burkley  Actor 
M.C. Gainey  Actor 
David Wells  Actor 
Jennifer Shull  Actor 
Ray Gideon  Producer 
Ray Gideon  Screenwriter 
John Carpenter  Director 
John Carpenter  Screenwriter 
Michael Douglas  Executive Producer 
Michael Douglas  Producer 
Bruce A. Evans  Producer 
Bruce A. Evans  Screenwriter 
Jack Nitzsche  Composer (Music Score) 
Dean Riesner  Screenwriter 
Larry Franco  Producer 
Jeff Bridges  Actor 
Karen Allen  Actor 
Charles Martin Smith  Actor 
Richard Jaeckel  Actor 
Robert Phalen  Actor 
Tony Edwards  Actor 

Country: USA