Starman

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Movie
German title Starman
Original title John Carpenter's Starman
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1984
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Carpenter
script Bruce A. Evans ,
Raynold Gideon
production Larry J. Franco
music Jack Nitzsche
camera Donald M. Morgan
cut Marion Rothman
occupation

Starman is an American science fiction film from 1984 , starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen . The Director led John Carpenter . The film opened in German cinemas on September 5, 1985.

action

An alien (in the American original: Starman ) accepts the invitation of the Voyager Golden Record , which is carried by the Voyager probes, to visit Earth. When entering the earth's atmosphere, however, his spaceship is shot at by fighter jets and has to make an emergency landing on earth. After analyzing films, photos, and the DNA of a strand of hair, the alien takes the form of Jenny Hayden's late husband Scott. After initial resistance, Jenny drives him to the Barringer Crater in Arizona , where the alien is to be picked up in two days. The relationship between the two is initially very tense. Jenny initially reacts disturbed to the strange behavior of the alien. However, the situation is improving by the hour. The alien learns to speak, eat and drive a car.

He also has a few small balls that give him special powers. As a result (he brings a shot deer back to life, for example) he attracts attention and is soon hunted by the military, who see the alien as a threat, but also an interesting research object. The opponent of the military is the scientist Mark Shermin, who rejects all violence and only wants to communicate with aliens. The highlight of the chase is the explosion of a tanker truck, from which the alien can save himself and the seriously injured Jenny with the help of the penultimate little bullet.

After a night of love, the Starman says to Jenny, who thinks she is sterile : "It will be a baby boy" .

At the edge of the crater, the military succeeds in catching the refugees. Only with the help of Mark Shermin do they manage to escape into the crater. An alien spaceship appears. The Starman disappears after giving Jenny the last little ball for her son.

series

Based on the feature film, the 22-piece was 1986-1987 science fiction - television series The Man from another planet produces.

In the television series, "Starman" played by Robert Hays comes back to earth to take care of his son Scott Hayden ( Christopher Daniel Barnes ) and to go with him in search of his missing mother.

criticism

The lexicon of international films judged that the film was "only interesting because of some special effects."

Awards

  • Jeff Bridges was nominated for an Oscar in 1985 for the role of the extraterrestrial Starman . In the same year he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor .
  • The film received two nominations for the Saturn Award in the categories of Best Science Fiction Film and Best Actress (Karen Allen).
  • Jack Nitzsche and Jeff Bridges were nominated for the 1985 Golden Globe .

literature

  • Frank Schnelle: Suspense, shock, terror. John Carpenter and his films. Verlag Robert Fischer, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-924098-04-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Starman. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used