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Genre | Sci-Fi |
Format | Closed-captioned, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Full Screen |
Contributor | Larry J. Franco, Richard Jaeckel, Columbia Pictures Corporation, John Carpenter, Charles Martin Smith, Karen Allen, Ted White, Jeff Bridges See more |
Language | English, French |
Runtime | 1 hour and 55 minutes |
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Jeff Bridges stars as an innocent alien from a distant planet who learns what it means to fall in love with an earthling (Karen Allen). Universally moving!
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While most movie buffs are likely to call Halloween the best movie from John Carpenter, others--die-hard romantics and anyone who cried while watching E.T.--might vote in favor of the director's 1984 hit Starman. It's easily Carpenter's warmest and most beguiling film, and the only one that ever earned an Oscar nomination. That honor went specifically to Best Actor nominee Jeff Bridges for his performance as an alien visitor to Earth who is knocked off course and must take an interstate road trip to rendezvous with a mothership from his home planet. To complete this journey he assumes the physical form of the dead husband of a Wisconsin widow (Karen Allen) who responds first with fear, then sympathy, and finally love. Carpenter's graceful strategy is to switch the focus of this E.T.-like film from science fiction to a gentle road-movie love story, made believable by the memorable performances of Bridges and Allen. It's a bit heavy-handed with tenacious government agents who view the Starman as an alien threat (don't they always?), but Carpenter handles the action with intelligent flair, sensitivity, and lighthearted humor. If you're not choked up during the final scene, well, you just might not be human. --Jeff Shannon
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.38 x 0.6 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Item model number : 41295
- Director : John Carpenter
- Media Format : Closed-captioned, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Full Screen
- Run time : 1 hour and 55 minutes
- Release date : August 25, 1998
- Actors : Karen Allen, Jeff Bridges, Charles Martin Smith, Ted White, Richard Jaeckel
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Producers : Larry J. Franco
- Language : French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : 0767812166
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #88,372 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,778 in Science Fiction DVDs
- #3,476 in Romance (Movies & TV)
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024I tend to choose older movies for Friday streaming movie nights with my wife when it is my turn. I simply trust them more then most of those being produced these days. I saw this lovely sci fi romance long time ago, shortly after its release in 1984. I have personal connection to its protagonist played by young Jeff Bridges who was nominated for the Oscar for his masterful performance in this treasure of American cinema. The higher spiritual being (or space alien for you if you do not subscribe to that definition) used the image of the body of the deceased Scott Hayden in the movie for communicating with his wife Jenny Hayden played masterfully as well by Karen Allen. I had many conversations in metaphysical world with being whom I actually called Starman, who used to appear in our interactions in the form of Jeff Bridges from that movie. He created that form by pulling out that image from my memory. That is why I wanted to see it again. You do not have to believe my claims until you try something like that yourself. After seeing the whole movie again after years I realized that I only remembered Starman reviving the dead dear killed by the hunter.
The space aliens, metaphysical entities or star friends as I call them are contacting variety of individuals all over the planet. One of their agendas is definitely trying to help us become better throughout our children. This visionary movie is gently suggesting that in some point. Why? As Starman tells Jenny in the movie, his distant world he came from is not as beautiful as ours. And they are trying to understand why we are weird, especially because " we are the best when we are in our worst." My wife and I once met young man at metaphysical meditational retreat, who was clearly unusually advanced. What was coincidentally strange about it was that his name was Hayden. If you did not see this great movie please do it now. You can thank me later.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024This movie is a favorite of mine, offbeat from most sci-fi movies. Directed my John Carpenter, it stars Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen in a romantic tale. Bridges gained recognition for his quirky betrayal of a gentle space alien. Altogether worth watching.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024Jeff Bridges. And Karen Allen....are in the movie.....it's a great movie!
- Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 202510/10
- Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2024Nothing
- Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2024This was released in 1984 but it plays as though it was made in today's movies. I have loved this movie for all these years and when I watched it again, all the awe and feelings come back . . .a marvelous movie!!! Jeff Bridges is unbelievably fantastic as an Sci-Fi ET. No wonder he was nominated for an Oscar for it. You end up falling in love with the character (and him). Karen Allen & he act together so well . . .you melt! And my fav supporting actor, Charles Martin Smith is also great! This will always be one movie I'll never forget. Highly recommend!!! DVD delivered on time and it was perfectly new & played nicely.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2024Jeff Bridges at his best! Great acting!
- Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2024I first saw this movie in the theatre in 1984 when it came out, I loved it then, and I still love this movie. Although some of the special effects are very dated by todays expectations, the story line is so strong one doesn't really care. The relationship between the two main characters blossoms as they begin to understand one another. That, along with some very clever twists and turns makes Starman a winner.
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- Alison stokesReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Sci / some romance
Xmas present for dad loves this film
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肥満パンダReviewed in Japan on August 27, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars 人間の野蛮さについて考えさせる作品です。
1980年代の半ば日本でも話題になった作品です。以降、これと似たあらすじの作品が世界各国で作られました。さて、このあらすじは異星人が地球に訪れ、彼が事故で死別した女性ジェニーの夫のDNAを複製し、夫に生き写しとなる。そして、ジェニーは彼を捕らえようとする軍隊から一緒に逃げ延びる間、この異星人と愛が芽生える。…この異星人が言った言葉が印象に上った。→「知性が有るのに野蛮なのは君ら地球人だけだ。」…現在、世界ではミャンマーやアフガニスタンで非政府組織が住民を銃撃・殺害したり、中国共産党が新疆ウイグル自治区でウイグル人を強制収容・強制労働させ、ジェノサイド(民族集団殺害)までしている。…人間とは本当に野蛮で愚かな存在でも有ります。
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schmit jeanReviewed in France on December 23, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars STARMAN
STARMAN: un film de science fiction charmant, bien fait’ bien joué. Je l’ai revu avec beaucoup de plaisir.
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ZweisteinReviewed in Germany on February 4, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Top gebrauchte DVD
Lange nach diesem tollen Film gesucht. Gebraucht in top Qualität von Meximops. Bisher zufrieden.
- Loves moviesmariette lafrance saakReviewed in Canada on January 26, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars starman
very good film